ISBN: 3540424679
TITLE: Villages in the Future
AUTHOR: Virchow, von Braun (Eds.)
TOC:

Preface V
Table of Contents VII
List of Contributing Authors XI
List of Abbreviations XIX
Introduction 1
1 Village Futures: Concept, Overview and Policy Implications 3
Joachim von Braun and Detlef Virchow
2 The Crucial Importance of Urban-Rural Linkages 21
Klaus Tpfer
3 The Independence of the Village 25
M.S. Swaminathan
4 A New Vision of the Rural World's Role in a Globalized Environment 27
Margarita Marino de Botero
I. Political and Institutional Framework 31
Policies to Foster Rural Development 33
Introductory Statement 33
Michael Bohnet
5 The Need to Reconcile Village and Globalization 35
Gnter Dresrsse
6 Policies to Stimulate Agricultural and Rural Growth 43
Rajul Pandya-Lorch
7 Decentralization and Active Community Participation in India 51
Anita Das
8 Gandhi and Village Governance 59
Santosh Kumar Sharma
9 Rural Incomes and Employment in Russia's Transition Phase 67
Renata Ianbykh
10 Policies to Manage Local Public Goods in an EU Context 77
Martin Scheele
11 German Policy for an Integrated Rural Development 85
Wilhelm Schopen
12 Potsdam Declaration Rural21 91
Grassroots Movements 93
Introductory Statement 93
Anil Gupta
13 The Active Rural Society in West and Central Africa 97
Sana F.K. Jatta
14 Akina Mama wa Afrika - a Women's Development Organization 107
Sandra Okoed
15 The Darewadi Watershed Development Project in Maharashtra, India 111
Robert D'Costa and Abraham Samuel
16 Grassroots Movements as a Means to Overcome Rural Financial Market Failures 115
Franz Heidhues
17 The Barefoot Approach 119
Bunker Roy
18 IFOAM - the International Organic Grassroots Movement 123
Bernward Geier
19 SEKEM - an Egyptian Cultural and Economic Initiative 125
Klaus Merckens and Ahmed Shalaby
II. Sustainable Use of Natural Resources 127
Sustainable Energy Systems 129
Introductory Statement 129
Peter Hennicke
20 Rural Development and Sustainable Energy Systems 133
El Houssine Bartali
21 The Route to Sustainable Energy Systems in Germany 141
Erich Deppe
22 Renewable Energy Sources for Community Sustainability in India 145
Chaman Lal Gupta
23 Sustainable Energy Systems in Tanzania 149
Stanford A.J. Mwakasonda
Sustainable Soil Management 155
Introductory Statement 155
Helmut Eger
24 Balanced Fertilization: Integral Part of Sustainable Soil Management 157
Adolf Krauss
25 Land Degradation: Causes and Prevention 169
Paul L.G. Vlek, Daniel Hillel and Sonya Teimann
26 The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 173
Hama Arba Diallo
27 Do African Soils only Sustain Subsistence Agriculture? 175
Uzo Mokwunye
28 Natural Resource Use in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Myths and Realities 185
Henk Breman
Enough Water for All 189
Introductory Statement 189
Winfried Polte
29 Creating Institutional Arrangements for Managing Water-Scarce River Basins 191
Douglas J. Merrey
30 More Water for Village-Based Irrigation 203
Hans P. Aeppli
31 Access, Participatory Parity and Democracy in User Based Irrigation Organizations 215
Margreet Zwarteveen
32 Water Conservation and Demand Management in Africa 223
Andr Dzikus
III. Broadening the Technological Base 233
Information and Communication Technologies 235
Introductory Statement 235
Subbiah Arunachalam
33 The Role of Information in Rural Development 237
Heather E. Hudson
34 Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society 251
35 Jobs, Livelihood and Information Technology 255
Srinivasan Ramani
36 Worldwide Access to ICT: The Digital Divide 259
Christophe Brun and Anton Mangstl
37 The Phone and the Future: Village Pay Phones in Bangladesh 263
Abdul Bayes
38 Local Participation in the Information Society 275
Arnulf Heuermann
39 Telecommunications in Sub-Saharan Africa 277
Miko Rwayitare
The Future of Agriculture 279
Introductory Statement 279
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
40 What Can We Expect from Agrotechnologies in the Future? 281
Manfred Kern
41 Declaration of Hamburg: Meeting Future Human Needs 295
42 The Future of Agriculture in the Industrialized World 297
William Lockeretz
43 Ensuring the Future of Sustainable Agriculture 305
Patricia Howard-Borjas and Kees Jansen
44 Dresden Declaration: Towards a Global System for Agricultural Research for Development 321
Bio- and Crop Technologies for Agriculture 323
Introductory Statement 323
Barry Thomas and Walter Dannigkeit
45 The Impact of Biotechnology on Plant Breeding 325
Christian Jung
46 Potential of Biotechnologies to Enhance Animal Production 329
Ernst Kalm
47 Can India Afford to Ignore Biotechnological Applications? 339
Usha Barwale Zehr
48 The Conservation of Genetic Resources: A Global Effort 345
J.M.M. Engels
IV. Urban - Rural Linkages 349
Urban -Rural Linkages 351
Introductory Statement 351
Mathias Hundsalz
49 Urban-Rural Linkages in the Context of Decentralized Rural Development 355
Sudhir Wanmali
50 Berlin Declaration on the Urban Future 367
51 Employment and Migration in the Urban Future of Southeast Asia 369
Yap Kioe Sheng and Radhika Savant Mohit
52 Employment and Migration Perspectives in Africa 377
John O. Oucho
53 Reunified Germany: Separate Rural Developments 385
Claudia Neu
54 Large-Scale Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods 391
Shrashtant Patara and Ashok Khosla
55 Urban World - Rural World 397
Kirtee Shah
Index 401
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