Non-Governmental Organisations and the State in Latin America : Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development

This book offers 20 specially commissioned case studies of Latin American agricultural development plans initiated by non-governmental organizations and involving farmer participation. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 3 Title......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Figures......Page 9 Tables......Page 10 Boxes......Page 11 Foreword......Page 16 Preface......Page 18 Acknowledgements......Page 20 Abbreviations......Page 22 1 Introduction......Page 26 2 Democratizing Agricultural Development?......Page 36 3 NGO's The State and Rural Development......Page 52 4 From Modernization to a New Technological Agenda......Page 79 5 Institutions for the New Technological Agenda......Page 92 6 Institutional Changes in the Latin American ATS......Page 128 7 Making NGO-NARS Relations Work......Page 157 8 NGO's The State and Agriculture in Central America......Page 188 9 Conclusions: Rethinking Roles for NGO's and the State......Page 207 Annex 1 Case Studies Commissioned During the Research......Page 222 Annex 2 Case-Study Profiles......Page 225 Annex 3 Various Development Indicators......Page 263 References......Page 266 Index......Page 279 This book presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by non-governmental organizations in Latin America. Beginning with a broad review of institutional activity at the grassroots level, the authors set the case material within the context of NGO relations with the state and their contribution to democratization and the consolidation of rural civil society.

The book raises specific questions about how useful NGOs can be in promoting technological innovation and addressing constraints to change in present agriculture, how effective they are at strengthening grassroots organizations, and how donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the state. Presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America with case material set within the context of NGOs' relations with the State. Presents 20 specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Latin America with case material set within the context of NGOs' relations with the state First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.