DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Author: VILLAREAL MENDEZ NORMA.
Year: 2004.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: FAC. CC POLÍTICAS Y SOCIOLOGÍA.
Place of preparation: ESCUELA DE POSTGRADO.

Summary: The paper looks at the process of emergence and development of a movement of rural women with the capacity to influence the decision-making of sectoral policies geared to the rural sector. The increase in the influence of women in the economy and rural society is a complex process characterized by poverty, crisis and rural modernization, social and armed conflict and socio-political changes. The organization of rural women is the result of public policies to contribute to the reduction of rural poverty in the context of awareness of its role in rural development and security policies.

Author: RIVAS ORTEGA TIRSO RAMON.
Year: 2006.
University: CÓRDOBA [www.uco.es].
Place of defense: ETSIAM.
Place of preparation: ETSIAM.

Summary: Our participatory research, proposed to build solidarity networks and introduce agroecology and sustainable development strategies, has been carried out in the rural community of Maracajá, in the Northeast region of Brazil. It began in the year 1999, and it was noticed in doctoral thesis between 2002 and 2006. This work was carried out according to the socio-economic problems experienced for that community as well as environmental problems caused for the predatory practice of agriculture, which has evolved rapidly showing strong signs of desertification, to the point of threatening the environment and the survival of the population living in their localities. As a result of the research was provided by the knowledge obtained about the systematic agroecosystem local adding to that the sociological study of the peasant community. As a result of practical purpose mentioned at the beginning has been performed reasonably.