live well. give well.
lessons from the peruvian countryside: poverty as deprivation of capabilities
Sunday, February 1, 2009
jil janine hellmann
january, 2009
tags: peru, cepeser, agriculture
abstract:
this article reviews the collaboration of peruvian non governmental organization (ngo), cepeser, and a group of rural farmers. The main part of the body discusses the situation for farmers in Northern Peru and how cepeser helped the farmers organize into an association through which they learned to improve productivity and thereby, lifestyle. thereafter follows a general discussion about effective and sustainable development work as exemplified by cepeser and the farmers