Title: The Impact of Local Economic Development Services of Pueblos en Acci6n Comunitaria (PAC) on rural livelihood in Nicaragua
Abstract: Nowadays, rural households are facing difficult transformations in the agricultural market environment. Three of the main challenges in the pro-poor agricultural growth initiatives are (Hazell, 2004):
• Liberalization and globalization: they are affecting the marketing chain, which means that small farmers compete in more demanding markets.
• Protectionist agricultural policies of industrialized countries: these make difficult for small farmers to access rich countries' agricultural markets, and also subsidized imports create unfair competition in local markets.
• Structural adjustment programs: these programs have outcomes such as the inadequate access to key inputs and services, including farm credit; the removal of subsidies, making the inputs more expensive for small farmers; the elimination of price stabilization, exposing them to volatile prices; and, the state agencies removal, making a void in the agricultural marketing chain.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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