Villages in the Future: Crops, Jobs and Livelihood

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Village Futures: Concept, Overview and Policy Implications....Pages 3-20
The Crucial Importance of Urban-Rural Linkages....Pages 21-24
The Independence of the Village....Pages 25-26
A New Vision of the Rural World’s Role in a Globalized Environment....Pages 27-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-32
Introductory Statement....Pages 33-34
The Need to Reconcile Village and Globalization....Pages 35-42
Policies to Stimulate Agricultural and Rural Growth....Pages 43-50
Decentralization and Active Community Participation in India....Pages 51-58
Gandhi and Village Governance....Pages 59-66
Rural Incomes and Employment in Russia’s Transition Phase....Pages 67-76
Policies to Manage Local Public Goods in an EU Context....Pages 77-84
German Policy for an Integrated Rural Development....Pages 85-89
Potsdam Declaration Rural21....Pages 91-92
Introductory Statement....Pages 93-96
The Active Rural Society in West and Central Africa....Pages 97-106
Akina Mama wa Afrika — a Women’s Development Organization....Pages 107-110
The Darewadi Watershed Development Project in Maharashtra, India....Pages 111-113
Grassroots Movements as a Means to Overcome Rural Financial Market Failures....Pages 115-117
The Barefoot Approach....Pages 119-121
IFOAM — the International Organic Grassroots Movement....Pages 123-124
Front Matter....Pages 31-32
SEKEM — an Egyptian Cultural and Economic Initiative....Pages 125-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-128
Introductory Statement....Pages 129-132
Rural Development and Sustainable Energy Systems....Pages 133-139
The Route to Sustainable Energy Systems in Germany....Pages 141-143
Renewable Energy Sources for Community Sustainability in India....Pages 145-148
Sustainable Energy Systems in Tanzania....Pages 149-154
Introductory Statement....Pages 155-156
Balanced Fertilization: Integral Part of Sustainable Soil Management....Pages 157-168
Land Degradation: Causes and Prevention....Pages 169-172
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification....Pages 173-174
Do African Soils only Sustain Subsistence Agriculture?....Pages 175-184
Natural Resource Use in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myths and Realities....Pages 185-188
Introductory Statement....Pages 189-190
Creating Institutional Arrangements for Managing Water-Scarce River Basins....Pages 191-202
More Water for Village-Based Irrigation....Pages 203-214
Access, Participatory Parity and Democracy in User Based Irrigation Organizations....Pages 215-221
Water Conservation and Demand Management in Africa....Pages 223-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Introductory Statement....Pages 235-236
The Role of Information in Rural Development....Pages 237-249
Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society....Pages 251-253
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Jobs, Livelihood and Information Technology....Pages 255-258
Worldwide Access to ICT: The Digital Divide....Pages 259-262
The Phone and the Future: Village Pay Phones in Bangladesh....Pages 263-274
Local Participation in the Information Society....Pages 275-275
Telecommunications in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 277-278
Introductory Statement....Pages 279-280
What Can We Expect from Agrotechnologies in the Future?....Pages 281-294
Declaration of Hamburg: Meeting Future Human Needs....Pages 295-296
The Future of Agriculture in the Industrialized World....Pages 297-304
Ensuring the Future of Sustainable Agriculture....Pages 305-320
Dresden Declaration: Towards a Global System for Agricultural Research for Development....Pages 321-322
Introductory Statement....Pages 323-324
The Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Breeding....Pages 325-328
Potential of Biotechnologies to Enhance Animal Production....Pages 329-338
Can India Afford to Ignore Biotechnological Applications?....Pages 339-344
The Conservation of Genetic Resources: A Global Effort....Pages 345-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Introductory Statement....Pages 351-354
Urban-Rural Linkages in the Context of Decentralized Rural Development....Pages 355-365
Berlin Declaration on the Urban Future....Pages 367-368
Employment and Migration in the Urban Future of Southeast Asia....Pages 369-376
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Employment and Migration Perspectives in Africa....Pages 377-384
Reunified Germany: Separate Rural Developments....Pages 385-389
Large-Scale Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods....Pages 391-396
Urban World — Rural World....Pages 397-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-410