Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (Peruvian Center for Social Studies) is a civil society

Civil society

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 organization specializing in rural development

Rural development

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 based in Peru

Peru

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The CEPES was founded in 1976. Its muti-disciplinary staff come from backgrounds which include economics

Economics

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, law

Law

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, social science and communication

Communication

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 and the information science

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CEPES conducts research

Research

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 and disseminates information on rural development which seeks to contribute to the inclusion of peasant

Peasant

A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...

s and small farmers in the process of modernization and democratization of rural society and economy, through the generation of proposals and the development of political influence, with a strong commitment to a national, decentralized, and equitable democratic development.

Its activities include creating and disseminating information and knowledge through publications, magazine

Magazine

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s, electronic bulletins and radio broadcasts. Its publications include:

• Debate Agrario (a research journal)
• La Revista Agraria (a magazine focusing on agrarian and rural development issues)
• Informativo Legal Agrario (a legal review published three times a year)
• Notiagro, an online daily round-up of agrarian and rural news
• electronic bulletins on the coffee
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  -growing, livestock
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  -farming and milk
  Milk
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  -producing industries in Peru
  Peru
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The CEPES website is in Spanish and includes agrarian and rural statistics; rural and agrarian news; audio from radio broadcasts; and downloadable articles from La Revista Agraria and Debate Agrario. The Centre is located in Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

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