Nicaragua project 524-0180 · 1980 · good governance

Grant is provided to the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to strengthen the research capacity of its Center for Research and Study of the Agrarian Reform (CIERA). CIERA will implement the project with long- and short-term technical assistance and training from the Land Tenure Center of the University of Wisconsin. Under an applied research program, approximately 16 studies will be undertaken in four key areas: (1) the effects of agrarian reform policy on rural credit and marketing programs; (2) seasonal labor markets; (3) the comparative performances of small-farmers, renters, sharecroppers and campesino cooperative members; and (4) reformed and private sector labor-management concerns such as the utility of incentives and conflicts between seasonal and permanent laborers. CIERA will create a comparative information base to improve its data storage and analysis capability. Data from the 1971 census destroyed in the 1972 earthquake is believed available from the University of Missouri for review and will be incorporated into CIERA's computerized series of agricultural sector changes between 1971-77. A 1980 data base will be established using survey material from the national rural L

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAF-794-A1 (1980). The source's own text.