THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART IX Chapter 9: The Ladder of Creation The theory of evolution by natural selection was put forward in the 1850s independently by two men. One was Charles Darwin; the other was Alfred Russell Wallace. Both men had some scientific background, of course, but …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART IV Chapter 2: Stopping at Seven Billion (Cont.) The demographic bonus In contrast to these countries whose future is fading, countries that have quickly reduced birth rates are benefiting from what economic demographers …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART X Chapter 12: On-the-Ground Solutions for Ending Poverty (Cont.) INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND VILLAGES LIKE SAURI The international donor community should be thinking round the clock about one question: how can the Big Five …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART VII Chapter 4: Dynamic Training Centers What leads to excellence in an institution? What attributes should schools try to develop? Can the staff of institutions be both compassionate and businesslike? Hodja story #5 One of Hodja’s neighbors complained bitterly to him …
Book Review THE EARTHSCAN READER IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDITED BY JULES PRETTY EARTHSCAN 2005 PART V PART 3: SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES Perspective 14: The Hawkesbury Experience: Tales from a Road Less Travelled by Richard Bawden Introduction A quarter of century has now passed since the meeting at which the entire Agriculture School of 50-or so …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART VI Chapter 3: The Farm School Model (Cont) Are there dimensions to agricultural schools other than training programs? Is there a place for adult education in secondary agricultural schools? What are the most useful methods in management training? THE YEARS …
OUTGROWING THE EARTH THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES LESTER BROWN EARTHSCAN 2005 PART III Chapter 2: Stopping at Seven Billion In early 2003, UN demographers announced that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has reduced life expectancy for the 700 million people of sub-Saharan Africa from 62 to 46 …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART V Chapter 3: The Farm School Model Are there dimensions to agricultural schools other than training programs? Is there a place for adult education in secondary agricultural schools? What are the most useful methods in management training? Hodja story #4 …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART IX Chapter 12: On-the-Ground Solutions for Ending Poverty The end of poverty will require a global network of cooperation among people who have never met and who do not necessarily trust each other. One …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART IV Chapter 2: A Society in Transition Why is the Greek village significant as a model for development? Are there similarities between the attitudes of rural people in Greece and those in Third World countries? How do peasant attitudes relate to …
