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The condition of youth in ethnic bribrí moves between two paths that oppose and relate on the one hand, expectations of a national political agenda for the conservation of indigenous cultural identity that matches with the local initiatives of identity affirmation of the same the loss of indigenous traditions and cultural heritage and, on the other hand, the expansion of the media and tourism have taken the young bribrís a huge amount of consumer goods, including music from other latitudes like young people and makes them feel young inserted in the historic moment was built by the media and perceived by them as dynamic and current. ; El presente artículo trata del papel de la música en el proceso de construcción identitaria de los jóvenes indígenas de la etnia bribrí en las poblaciones de Kéköldi, Suretka, Amubri y Cachabri con rangos etáreos entre los 16 y los 30 años y se basa en una investigación de campo realizada en setiembre de 2004 mediante entrevistas y observación participante. La condición juvenil en la etnia bribrí transita entre dos caminos que se oponen y que se refieren, por un lado, a las expectativas de una agenda política nacional de conservación de la identidad cultural indígena que coincide con las iniciativas locales de autoafirmación identitaria de los mismos indígenas ante la pérdida de sus tradiciones y su herencia cultural; y, por otro lado, la expansión de los medios de comunicación y del turismo han llevado a los jóvenes bribrís una inmensa cantidad de objetos de consumo, entre ellos, música de otras latitudes que gusta a los jóvenes y que les hace sentirse jóvenes insertados en el momento histórico construido por los medios de comunicación y percibido por ellos como dinámico y actual.

There is growing evidence that in some countries, acute food crisis takes place against a backdrop of increasingly entrenched chronic food insecurity. Malawi, with its high population density, diminishing farm size, decreasing soil fertility, high cost of imported inputs such as fertiliser, weak service delivery systems and weak governance, is one such country. In settings such as these, the policy options are limited. This paper analyses the performance of a highly innovative intervention in Malawi - the Starter Pack programme - which provided free of charge small packs of improved maize and other seed together with appropriate fertiliser. The paper discusses how the objectives of this programme evolved (but remain complex), its cost-effectiveness, and complementary policy objectives that might be pursued. It considers the different expectations raised by Starter Pack with regard to agricultural growth, poverty reduction, social protection and food security. The paper argues that Starter Pack's main strength is as a tool for combating chronic food insecurity, but there are also important synergies with social protection, growth and poverty reduction. (Nat Resour Perspect/DÜI)