The goal of this study was to obtain productivity and technological parameters changes (Páez, et al, 1998; Salamanca, 2004; Fuenmayor et al, 2010; Molina et al, 2009) to identify intervention points to increase milk ...

Major achievements in the improvement of Food Security and Nutrition reported in the LA Region are attributed to the effectiveness of policies implemented in this area in recent years. Seven countries in the Region have ...

Globally, food security is one of the most relevant topics to deal with. In Mexico, one way to fight poverty and hunger is the Special Program for Food Security (SPFS), the main objective of which is that marginalized rural ...

This communication reports the analysis of the most important economic and business activities in Sierra Norte (Madrid) and its formative needs at a local level. Its main objective is to identify formative necessities at ...

Hunger is a problem that currently affects more than one billion people worldwide, which 53 million are in Latin America. In the latest years prestigious international organizations have studied the problem and proposed ...

During the last 40 years, an increase of food energy supply has taken place, evolving from 2280 to 2800 kilocalories per capita at world level. However, many voices claim that this increase in the supply in per capita terms ...

Colombia is a country of vast social inequalities with 20 million people in poverty, 12% of its rural population has access only potable water and 42% of peasants don't have basic sanitation. To the current pace with the ...

Human Development Index (HDI) has become a very useful tool for measuring development and making inter-country comparisons. The observation of its trajectory and evolution by country arouses the curiosity of students of ...

To design rural development programs, a deep knowledge of the territory is required, being necessary the elaboration of previous studies. This implies a need to question: What should we really know in order to define the ...