Sustainable Agriculture in Central America

Notes on the Contributors - Introduction and Summary; J.P.de Groot & R.Ruben - PART 1: MACRO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - Deforestation in Central America: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics; P.Utting - Macroeconomic Conditions for Sustainable Agriculture in Central America; A.Thorpe - PART 2: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS - Policies affecting Deforestation for Cattle in Central America; D.Kaimowitz - Production Systems in the Humid Tropics of Nicaragua: a Comparison of Two Colonization Areas; J.de Groot, R.Ambrogui & M.Lopes Jimenez - Food Insecurity as a Sustainability Issue: Lessons from Honduran Maize Farming; H.Johnson - Diversity and the Nature of Technological Change in Hillside Farming in Honduras; K.Jansen - PART 3: NATURAL RESOURCE RESERVES AND PROTECTED AREAS - Livelihoods, Land Rights and Sustainable Development in Nicaragua's Bosawas Reserve; S.M.Howard - Alternative Approaches and Problems in Protected Area Management and Forest Conservation in Honduras; M.Richards - PART 4: AGRARIAN POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE - Land Reform and Resource Management within Agrarian Production Cooperatives in Honduras; R.Rubin & M.van den Berg - Land Titling and Prospects for Land Conservation: Lessons from a Case-Study in Honduras; D.Wachter - Non-Conventional Rural Finance and the Crisis of Economic Institutions in Nicaragua; J.Bastiaensen - Rural Lending by Projects: Another Cycle of Unsustainable Interventions in Credit Markets? An Analysis of Case Studies in Central America; H.Clemens & C.Wattel - Index