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United Nations University
Natural Resources Programme-Arid Lands Sub-programme
Workshop on Strategies for Improved Management of Latin American
Drylands
''Antonio Narro "Autonomous Agrarian University, Saltillo,
Coahuila, Mexico
25-29 February 1980
Objectives
(a) To initiate a programme network in Latin America.
(b) In the light of identified obstacles to the application of existing knowledge for the solution of arid lands problems, to develop strategies for future development and management of Latin American drylands, and to formulate training programmes for their management.
Coverage
1. Problems in dryland management in Latin America
- environmental
- social and economic
- technological and organizational
2. Obstacles to arid lands development in Latin America
-technological
-social and cultural
-economic and organizational
3. Management and development of Mexico's drylands
4. Arid lands management problems in South America
5. Training programmes for arid lands management in South America
6. The role of the UNU network for arid lands development in Latin America
| Monday February 25 | |
| 9.00 a.m. | Registration and documentation |
| 11.00 a.m. | INAUGURAL MEETING |
| Eng Humberto Alvarado-Sánchez, Vice-Chancellor UAAAN | |
| Professor Jack A. Mabbutt, Co-ordinator, UNU Arid Lands Sub-programme | |
| Dr Richard S. Odingo, Senior Programme Officer, UN University | |
| 2.00-3.30 p.m. | SESSION I - PROBLEMS IN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN DRYLANDS |
| Commission A: Environmental Factors | |
| Chairman: Armijo --- Rapporteur: Zavaleta | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Dregne: Environmental Factors in Dry/and Agriculture in Latin America | |
| Gastó: Environmental Factors in Rangeland Management in South America | |
| Commission B: Social and Economic Problems | |
| Chairman: Medellín --- Rapporteur: Hernández | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Correia: Social and Economic Problems in the Irrigated Areas of the San Francisco River, Northeastern Brazil | |
| Trueba: Social and Economic Problems in Mexico's Drylands | |
| Commission C: Technological and Organizational Problems | |
| Chairman: Dávila --- Rapporteur: Lailhacar | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Anaya: Technology in Present-day Dryland Management in Latin America | |
| Smith: Natural Resources Management in the Drylands of Northern Mexico | |
| 4.00-5.30 p.m. | Plenary Session |
| Chairman: Percious --- Rapporteur: Anaya | |
| Tuesday February 26 | |
| 9.00-10.30 a.m. | SESSION II - PROBLEMS IN MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN AMERICAN DRYLANDS |
| Commission A: Technological Obstacles | |
| Chairman: Nava --- Rapporteur: Fierro | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Braun: Technological Obstacles for Development in the Central- Western Regions in Argentina | |
| Schechter: Organizational Problems in Dryland Management in Latin America | |
| Commission B: Social and Cultural Obstacles | |
| Chairman: Correia --- Rapporteur: Trueba | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Less: Social and Cultural Obstacles to New Agricultural Inputs | |
| Browman: Social and Economic Problems in Dryland Management in the Peruvian - Bolivian Altiplano | |
| Commission C: Economic and Organizational Obstacles | |
| Chairman: Lailhacar --- Rapporteur: Armijo | |
| Contributed Papers | |
| Piña: Economic Obstacles for Dryland Development in Latin America | |
| Percious: Technical Assistance for Dryland Development | |
| 11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. | Plenary Session |
| Chairman: Schechter --- Rapporteur: Nava | |
| 2.00-5.30 p.m. | SESSION III - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEXICO'S DRYLANDS |
| Plenary Session | |
| Chairman: Marroquín --- Rapporteur: Armijo | |
| Reports from: | |
| Anaya (Graduate School, Chapingo) | |
| Franco (National Institute for Agricultural Research) | |
| Olivieri (Institute for Research on Biotic Resources) | |
| Medellín (Desert Research Institute, University of San Luis Potosí) | |
| Medina (UAAAN) | |
| Wednesday February 27 | |
| FIELD EXCURSION: UAAAN's experimental stations and ecosystem management applications | |
| Thursday February 28 | |
| 9.00-10.30 a.m. | SESSION IV - ARID LANDS MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN SOUTH AMERICA |
| Plenary Session - Brazil and Peru | |
| Chairman: Dregne --- Rapporteur: Marroquin | |
| Speakers: | |
| Correia (Brazil) | |
| Zavaleta (Peru) | |
| 11.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. | Plenary Session - Argentina and Chile |
| Chairman: Olivieri --- Rapporteur: Rodriguez | |
| Speakers: | |
| Braun (Argentina ) | |
| Gastó (Chile) | |
| 2.00-4.30 p.m. | SESSION V - TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN ARID LANDS MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AMERICA |
| Chairman: Lees --- Rapporteur: Muñoz | |
| Brief reports from representatives of participant countries | |
| Friday February 29 | |
| 9.00-11.30 a.m. | SESSION VI - THE ROLE OF A UNU NETWORK FOR ARID LANDS TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN LATIN AMERICA |
| Chairman: Medina --- Rapporteur: Medellín | |
| 12 noon-1.00 p.m. | CLOSING SESSION |
| Speakers: | |
| Mabbutt (UN University) | |
| Odingo (UN University) | |
| 3.00 - 5.00 p.m. | UNU representatives' and rapporteurs' meeting |