Summary of lines of actions connected to health,
food and nutrition, rural community organisation, culture
and sports, education, etc. http://www.senar.org.br/dpp/ps.htm
Summary of proposals and activities involving
educational centres and their participation in competitions
that focus on environmental care, health, citizenship, labour
and consumption. http://www.senarpr.com.br/Agrinho/PagAgrinho.htm
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
(EMBRAPA)
The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation,
which is linked to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock
and Supply of Brazil, was established in 1973 and since then
it has generated and recommended technology for the agroindustrial
sector. As a consequence, it has contributed to the increase
in agricultural harvests and the productive efficiency of
the agricultural sector, favouring a reduction in production
costs and the external dependence on technologies, basic products
and genetic materials.
EMBRAPA's mission is to work for the sustainable development
of Brazilian agribusiness through the generation, adaptation
and transfer of knowledge and technology to benefit society.
By networking through 37 research centres and three service
centres, located in every Brazilian state, EMBRAPA is responsible
for the coordination of the National Agricultural Research
System. http://www.embrapa.br
The Centres of Agro business Promotion and
Management (CPGAE, in Spanish) aim at generating the appropriate
social and economic environment to create alliances between
producers and entrepreneurs that may
articulate innovating business strategies so that they may
be the basis for hiring direct rural technical assistance
and designing integral technical assistance plans that may
fulfil the requirements of the business plans drawn by such
alliances. http://www.sena.edu.co/Portal/Planes+y+Programas/Centros+Provinciales/Información+General/
National Programme for
the Transfer of Agricultural Technology (PRONATTA, in Spanish)
The National Programme for the Transfer of Agricultural Technology
(PRONATTA) is a National Government programme established
in 1995 that operates a fund of competitive resources and
executes Institutional Development strategies. Its mission
consists in facilitating the access of small farmers to technologies
that cater for their real needs and that are environmentally
sustainable, competitive and equitable, thus building a social
capital. It is a strategic programme run by the Coordinating
Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
It is financed with credit resources from the World Bank and
national contributions. http://www.pronatta.gov.co/index.htm
Costa Rica
National Training Institute (INA) The Centro Nacional Especializado Granja
Modelo (National Specialised Centre Model Farm) has a number
of training-production programmes that allow offering training
through complementary actions oriented to the population in
the area of influence. In this way, the technological experience
acquired is translated into training actions and technological
services geared to fulfilling the real and potential demands
and needs of different users and sectors, whether they are agricultural
entrepreneurs, agricultors, public or private students or the
public in general. http://www.ina.ac.cr/agropecuario/sitiomapautgm.html
Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fisheries and Food -
- Subsecretary of Rural Development
Two types of programmes stand out among the rural development
programmes developed by the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock,
Rural Development, Fisheries and Food of Mexico: basic programmes
and specific programmes. The former are implemented with a new
strategic approach to support the value productive chain and
not only the primary activity, while integral productive projects
- not only specific components - are promoted. On the other
hand, specific programmes are those devoted to offering support
to rural organisations and low-income rural producers. http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx/sdr/progs2002/progs2002.htm
- Inca Rural
Description and analysis of interventions made by Inca Rural
with regards to sustainable development. The contributions made
by the division Methodological Approaches and News from the
Agricultural Sector are specially recommended. http://www.inca.gob.mx/flash_paginas/home.htm
Plazas comunitarias rurales (Rural community
centres)
The rural community centres are educational
spaces where youth and adults with no basic education find an
integral offer that encompasses educational content and training
for work. They have a wide range of resources such as printed
educational material, IT resources, Internet and Intranet technology,
digital library, audiovisual resources, etc.
They are open to all community members so that the use of IT
and television resources may facilitate their access to a global
knowledge of humanity. To fulfil their objectives they have
3 educational spaces: a room for taught courses, a room for
educational T.V. and an IT room with study and learning resources. http://www.inca.gob.mx/plazas%20comunitarias/pcr_contiene.htm
The Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development
in Vocational Training (ILO/Cinterfor)
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