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  • Blake, R. W.  2000.  Tradition and Transition in Intag 602 and the Graduate Field of   International Agriculture and Rural Development.  San José, Costa Rica.  Pages 36-40 in Proc. Intag 602 Millennium Conf. Agric. Devel. 21st Century, International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (pdf)
  • Diamond, J.  1997.  Guns , Germs, and Steel.  The Fates of Human Societies.  W. W. Norton and Co., NY  ISBN 0-393-31755-2.
  • Diamond, J. 2004. The Maya Collapses. Chapter 5 in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.Viking Adult. USA. ISBN: 0670033375.
  • Sisler, D. G., and E. B. Oyer.  2000.  The Past as Prologue to the Future:  50 Years of Change in International Agricultural Development.  San José, Costa Rica.  Pages 3-16 in Proc. Intag 602 Millennium Conf. Agric. Devel. 21st Century, International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.(pdf)

 


Livelihood Systems in Mexico´s Gulf Region:  Which are the priority information needs, policies and programs?

  • Blake, R. W., and C. F. Nicholson.  Livestock, land use change, and environmental outcomes in the developing world.  2004.  Pages 133-153 (Chapter 9) in Responding to the Livestock Revolutionthe role of globalization and implications for poverty alleviation.  (Owen et al., eds.).  Nottingham University Press, UK.(pdf)
  • Blake, R. W.  2004.  Dairy cattle performance in difficult environments.  Pages 125-131 in Proc. 7 th World Bruna Conference, Fieragricola, Verona, Italy.(pdf)
  • Nicholson, C.F., R. W. Blake, R.S. Reid, and J. Schellas. 2001. Environmental impactsof livestock in the developing worl. Environ. 43(2): 7-17.
  • El Diario de Yucatán .  2005.  Sets of articles in a series about a rural development program in support of sheep systems in Yucatán. Set 1 Set 2
  • Reynoso, O., D. G. Fox, R. W. Blake, M. C. Barry, L. O. Tedeschi, C. F. Nicholson, H. M. Kaiser, and P. A. Oltenacu.  2004.  Predicting nutritional requirements and lactation performance of dual-purpose cows using a dynamic model.  Agric. Syst.  80:67-83. (pdf)
  • Sterman, J. D.  2000.  Learning in and about complex systems.  Pages 3-39 (Chapter 1) in Business Dynamics.  Systems thinking and modeling for a complex world.  Irwin McGraw-Hill.  ISBN 0-07-231135-5.

 



Livelihood Systems in Mexico´s Gulf Region:  How to make research and extension relevant?

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  • Castillo, G. 1997. “Research Partnerships: Issues, Lessons, Results and Dreams for Sustainable Development”. ODI AgREN Network Paper No. 71. London, UK: Overseas Development Institute. (pdf)
  • Chambers, R. 1997. Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last. Pp.1 –14, pp. 130–187. London: ITDG Publishing (pdf)
  • Chambers R. and J. Jiggins 1987. "Agricultural research for resource-poor farmers: Part 1: Transfer oy and Farming Systems Research”. Agricultural Administration and Extension 27, 35–52. (pdf)
  • Farrington, John (1998). “Organisational Roles In Farmer Participatory Research and Extension: Lessons From the Last Decade”. Natural Resource Perspectives, number 27. ODI. (pdf)
  • Farrington, J. and Bebbington, A. J. 1994. From Research to Innovation: Getting the Most From Interaction with NGOs. In: Beyond Farmer First, I. Scoones and J. Thompson, 203–213. London, UK: Intermediate Technology Publication Technologs.(pdf)
  • IIRR. 1999. Research Partnerships: Issues and Lessons from Collaborations of NGOs and Agricultural Research Institutions. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Y.C. James Yen Center, Silang, Cavite, Philippines (Mann Reserve). 
  • Hall, Andrew, G. Bockett, S. Taylor, M. Sivamohan and N. Clark. 2001. Why Research Partnerships Really Matter. World Development, Vol. 29, No. 5. Pp. 783 –797. (pdf)
  • Rivera, W. 2001. Agricultural and rural extension worldwide: options for institutional reform in the developing countries. FAO: Rome.
  • Scoones, I. and Thompson, J. 1994. Knowledge, Power and Agriculture: Towards a theoretical understanding. In: Beyond farmer first: rural people’s knowledge, agricultural research and extension practice, ed. I. Scoones and J. Thompson, 1–17. (pdf)
  • Selener, D. 1997. Participatory Action Research and Social Change. Pp. 149–195. Cornell Participatory Action Research Network, Ithaca, NY. (pdf)

 

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