Rural development forums in Uruguay: Participation and political change?

The article examines the participation of farmers in the Mesas de Desarrollo Rural (MDRs) established in Uruguay in 2007. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with various stakeholders between 2016 - 2018 to explore their participation, analyse official documents and do participant observation of meetings. The main findings indicate the adaptability of these mechanisms to territorial and producer conditions; their openness to other non-agricultural sectoral institutions; and difficulties in maintaining or renewing the participation dynamic, particularly of farmers' representatives. The impacts of the political changes in 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic on MDRs were also examined after new interview of new policy responsibles.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Courdin, Virginia, Arbeletche, Pedro, De Torres Alvarez, Maria Fernanda, Sabourin, Eric, Guibert, Martine, Saravia, Alejandro, Morales, Hermes, Tourrand, Jean-François
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	E14 - Économie et politique du développement, E10 - Économie et politique agricoles, E51 - Population rurale, développement rural, participation des agriculteurs, approche participative, politique de développement, politique agricole, stratégies de développement rural, forum, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6701, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37603, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000119, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2228, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_201, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000140, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_50213, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8113,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/600800/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/600800/1/Courdin%20et%20al%20MDR%20Uruguay.pdf
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