O fazendeiro do Brazil :cultivador melhorado na economia rural dos generos já cultivados, e de outros, que se podem introduzir ; e nas fabricas, que lhe são proprias, segundo o melhor, que se tem escrito a este assumpto : debaixo dos auspicios, e de ordem de sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente, Nosso Senhor colligido de memorias estrangeiras

José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, 172?-1811 - Frei Velloso teve duas grandes paixões: a botânica e o desenho, inclusive a gravura e a pintura. Esforça-se para difundir o desenho e a pintura pela sua oficina do Arco do Cego. Trabalha na produção de livros didáticos, num esforço gigantesco, produz obras relacionadas com a agricultura, a mineração, a pecuária e as artes que se podiam obter àquela época. Como relata Borba de Moraes, o esforço fracassou devido ao imenso atraso das elites brasileiras da época. A respeito do Fazendeiro do Brasil, o Governador de São Paulo informou à Corte que não conseguira vender um só exemplar da coleção e que não achava quem os quisesse levar de graça.

Otley College: An Online toolkit for tutorials in rural- based FE – meeting new funding needs

As part of an LSIS Regional Response Fund project, Otley College has developed an online toolkit for one-to-one tutorials, based on research undertaken with practitioners and learners. The toolkit has been developed to meet the needs of students and tutors, and attempts to fulfil the requirement for tutorials within a new straightened funding agreement.

Assisting blog publication: annotation, model transformation, and crossblogging techniques

Although blogs exist from the beginning of the Internet, their use has considerablybeen increased in the last decade. Nowadays, they are ready for being used bya broad range of people. From teenagers to multinationals, everyone can have aglobal communication space.Companies know blogs are a valuable publicity tool to share information withthe participants, and the importance of creating consumer communities aroundthem: participants come together to exchange ideas, review and recommend newproducts, and even support each other. Also, companies can use blogs for differentpurposes, such as a content management system to manage the content of websites,a bulletin board to support communication and document sharing in teams,an instrument in marketing to communicate with Internet users, or a KnowledgeManagement Tool. However, an increasing number of blog content do not findtheir source in the personal experiences of the writer. Thus, the information cancurrently be kept in the user¿s desktop documents, in the companies¿ catalogues,or in another blogs. Although the gap between blog and data source can be manuallytraversed in a manual coding, this is a cumbersome task that defeats the blog¿seasiness principle. Moreover, depending on the quantity of information and itscharacterisation (i.e., structured content, unstructured content, etc.), an automaticapproach can be more effective.Based on these observations, the aim of this dissertation is to assist blog publicationthrough annotation, model transformation and crossblogging techniques.These techniques have been implemented to give rise to Blogouse, Catablog, andBlogUnion. These tools strive to improve the publication process considering theaforementioned data sources.

Self-recruiting species (SRS) from farmer managed aquatic systems: are they important to the livelihoods of rural communities?

Why are SRS important? The answer is to be found in this well-structured survey under: SRS as food source; SRS as additional source of cash income; Role of SRS in social capital. An analysis of the threats to SRS and the potential management options for farmer managed aquatic systems are also available in this survey along with the following definition of SRS: SRS are defined as aquatic animals that can be harvested from farmer managed aquatic systems without regular stocking. (PDF contains 4 pages)

Técnicas de Inteligencia Artificial integradas en una aplicación de gestión para una casa rural en JQueryMobile y Protégé Frames.

Este proyecto plantea el reto de realizar una aplicación web para la gestión y control de una casa rural desde dispositivos móviles como smartphones y tabletas, con una interfaz de propietario para gestionar de manera dinámica las diferentes partes de la misma, así como la inclusión de una zona de niños donde se aplicarán tecnologías de Inteligencia Artificial en concreto representación del conocimiento mediante “frames”, donde se permitirá a los usuarios realizar preguntas al sistema para intentar adivinar un árbol que previamente la propietaria de la casa rural habrá establecido. El objetivo no es elaborar un sistema experto, tarea que requeriría muchas más horas que las que corresponden a un proyecto de fin de carrera, sino comprobar la posibilidad de integración de estas herramientas en una aplicación orientada a dispositivos móviles. Se emplearán las funcionalidades de HTML5 para la inclusión de la “zona explorador” donde los niños podrán geo localizar árboles, así como su posterior búsqueda a modo de GPS donde los usuarios podrán ver donde está situado el árbol que desean buscar y su posición actual, la cual se irá actualizando automáticamente.

STREAM Initiative: support to regional aquatic resources management: a NACA strategy for rural development

(PDF contains 9 pages.)

The Kaipara story: a closer look at the benefits of working together, the evolution of a federation of aquaculture self-help groups and a one-stop aqua shop in rural West Bengal

What is special about Kaipara is that most recently, they have founded a federation of Self-Help Groups that work together to develop their own support network and to draw in the support of others. This is a sophisticated ‘home-grown’ support infrastructure that is the subject of this story. (Pdf contains 8 pages).

Networking for Rural Development: a closer look at the evolution of communications in the STREAM Initiative

What began as a general desire to share messages about processes, technologies, lives and opportunities – among farming and fishing communities and those who work with them – has evolved into a network that shares meanings and lessons learnt. Now instead of relying on core funding or catalytic support, the STREAM Initiative is self-funded through the services its network provides to academic, development and other organizations. (Pdf contains 8 pages).

Factores a considerar en la gestión de marketing del turismo rural. Cómo integrar turismo, marketing y medio ambiente en aras de un desarrollo sostenible

El aprovechamiento del medio rural para llevar acabo actividades turísticas no es algo nuevo en España. Sin embargo, no es hasta mediados de los 80 cuando el turismo rural empieza a tener un desarrollo mayor, apreciándose un crecimiento de la oferta, a medida que lo hacía la demanda. Este trabajo se circunscribe a este área y pretende determinar bajo qué circunstancias debe desarrollarse la gestión del marketing en este tipo turismo y establecer en qué medida sus peculiares características influyen en las actuaciones de las empresas en el ámbito rural.

El último proceso de cambio en el terriotorio del caserío

[EUS] XX. mendearen bigarren erdian Euskal Herrikoíanda espazio atlantiarrean suertatu den paisai aldaketa bertan ustiakuntza sistema funtsezkoa den baserriak eragin du. Lan honetan aldaketa prozesu hori aztertzeko nekazal estatistikaz baliatzen da.

El desarrollo rural en la vertiente atlántica del País Vasco: un balance

[EUS] Artikulo honetan euskal isurialde atlantiarreko bi munitzipioetan martxan jarritako garapen lokaleko proiektuak aztertzen dira. Esperientzia horiek beherapen industrialean dagoen eskualde batean landa garapenak izan dezakeen egokitasunari buruz pentsatzera bultzatzen dute.

New Insights into the Assessment of Protected Areas – Integrating Rural Development

DOI del libro: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1399

Desarrollo rural en Espacios Naturales Protegidos: el caso del Parque Natural de Gorbeia (1994-2008)

Una de las funciones encomendadas a los Espacios Naturales Protegidos es la promoción del desarrollo rural. Se ha tomado como caso de estudio el Parque Natural de Gorbeia para analizar la dinámica socioeconómica de su área de influencia y contrastarla con los objetivos planteados por su marco normativo. Con ello se ha puesto de manifiesto que, por una parte, el incremento poblacional y mayor dinamismo económico en su entorno probablemente responda a razones ajenas al potencial endógeno del Parque; y por otra, que la reestructuración agraria así como la búsqueda de objetivos diferentes al explícito de desarrollo rural podrían dificultar en un futuro próximo la gestión territorial y conservación medioambiental de este enclave.