A key element in sustainable rural development is to improve the welfare of communities to enjoy a decent and fair life, which cannot be achieved without an increase of their incomes. To achieve this, it is necessary that ...

The Andalusian region, given its geographical location, makes it strategic within the global logistics sector with a high potential for impact on an eminently agricultural productive economy. However, the austerity policies ...

The conflict caused by land and the power it represents, is a permanent topic on the debate to achieve peace in Colombia. This is the reason why the Colombian government decided to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on the ...

Manabi’s province has the highest child chronic under-nutrition in the Costa region in Ecuador. One of the reasons of the farmers Food Insecurity is the growing trend towards monoculture that implies a decrease in crops ...

The Ecuadorian island Santay, located on river Guayas 800 meters far from Guayaquil city, is a protected area because of its biodiversity, natural resources, beauty and historical and cultural value. It is also an important ...

This paper analyses communication for development from a new perspective: the project in its broader and most genuine sense, as an instrument for changing current reality. This is examined from both its theoretical and ...

The conflict between the Chilean State and some Mapuche organizations is related to the governance, land tenure, and with the abscense of social integration and social sensibility during the implementation process of private ...

Since the first automatic milking system installation in a Dutch farm in 1992, milking robots have made their way reaching over 18,000 units in 2012. A factor that has popularized robotic milking is that the majority of ...

In an environment where there is no communication between different social levels and which is suffering an increasing demand in agricultural production, agribusiness and quality, trade, as a regulator of the supply and ...

Access to quality drinking water is a global problem that persists in developing countries because of the absence or low efficacy of facilities and infrastructures as well as the lack of chemical products for the proper ...