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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Water pollution by heavy metals is a world problem that gives as a result the scarcity of drinking water, especially in developing countries. There are many techniques to remove heavy metals, such as biosorption. Biosorption ...

The United Nations recognized a significant effect on the dynamics of illicit crops in the region of the Macarena after a fall of 85.6% of the area planted with coca between 2004 and 2012, going from 18,740 to 2699 hectares. ...

Facing the frequent failure of projects in rural areas with top-down approaches, the has been a promotion of participation of the local people in decisions that affect their territories (bottom-up approach) to promote ...

The agrifood industry, like other sectors, faces the ongoing challenge of improving their competitiveness in order to strengthen its market presence and cater to the growing global population. This research measures the ...