Sustainable Agriculture in Central America

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction and Summary....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Deforestation in Central America: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics....Pages 9-29
Macroeconomic Conditions for Sustainable Agriculture in Central America....Pages 30-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Policies Affecting Deforestation for Cattle in Central America....Pages 51-66
Production Systems in the Humid Tropics of Nicaragua: a Comparison of Two Colonization Areas....Pages 67-88
Food Insecurity as a Sustainability Issue: Lessons from Honduran Maize Farming....Pages 89-107
Diversity and the Nature of Technological Change in Hillside Farming in Honduras....Pages 108-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Livelihoods, Land Rights and Sustainable Development in Nicaragua’s Bosawas Reserve....Pages 129-141
Alternative Approaches and Problems in Protected Area Management and Forest Conservation in Honduras....Pages 142-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Land Reform and Resource Management within Agrarian Production Cooperatives in Honduras....Pages 159-180
Land Titling and Prospects for Land Conservation: Lessons from a Case-Study in Honduras....Pages 181-190
Non-Conventional Rural Finance and the Crisis of Economic Institutions in Nicaragua....Pages 191-209
Rural Lending by Projects: Another Cycle of Unsustainable Interventions in Credit Markets? An Analysis of Case Studies in Central America....Pages 210-230
Back Matter....Pages 231-234