No Brasil termos como "indústria da seca" e "polígono das secas" são constantemente relacionados à região semiárida do país. Além dos fatores climáticos, atribui-se isto a questões políticas e de infraestrutura, sendo consenso que a principal forma de convivência com a escassez de água é o seu uso racional. Com o propósito de contribuir com o desenvolvimento de comunidades de agricultores familiares desta região, o projeto Universidades Cidadãs em parceria com o projeto Espaço da Água, planejou estratégias em que foram desenvolvidas atividades direcionadas ao manejo racional e a conservação dos recursos hídricos, aplicadas através de metodologias interdisciplinares, conhecimentos e tecnologias específicas junto ao corpo docente e discente de uma escola pública rural da Comunidade de Uruçu, Município de Gurinhém, PB. Os avanços puderam ser contabilizados a partir de resultados que desencadearam uma série de ações práticas na comunidade e entorno como mutirões de coleta de lixo e recuperação de nascentes, além da inclusão de temas relacionados à água, de modo concomitantemente às disciplinas do parâmetro curricular obrigatório, na perspectiva de que os estudantes possam relacionar os assuntos vistos na escola com a sua vida cotidiana. | In Brazil, terms such as "drought industry" and "drought polygon" are constantly used in reference to the semiarid region of the country. Besides climatic factors and political and infrastructural issues, there is a consensus that the best way to deal with water scarcity is its rational use. While offering to contribute to the development of farmers' communities in this region, the project "Citizen Universities", in partnership with the project "Space of Water", developed strategies involving the interdisciplinary rational management and conservation of hydric resources, to include knowledge and specific technologies in cooperation with the faculty and students of a rural public school in the Community of Uruçu, Gurinhém, PB. Progress can be seen in the practical applications of the project in the community and surrounding areas, such as forming teams to collect trash and the cleaning up of springs, and the inclusion of issues related to water together with the mandatory curriculum, in the expectation that students can apply the academic issues to their everyday life.

According to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, in Nicaragua, the main transfer problems are the lack of technology adoption indicators for soil and water conservation. Due to this, the study is given with the purpose of documenting longterm environmental and socio-economic effects of the process of adoption of soil conservation techniques promoted by the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) and the Rural Research and Development Foundation (FIDER) in the 1990s. The title of the research is Technological adoption in soil and water conservation and its effect on agricultural income and organic matter contents in rural localities, from 2002 to 2008, was executed with a sample population of 45%, the methodological process started with The planning phase to design the field instruments and select the sample per community, followed by the data collection process in fields, to be analyzed and interpreted with the community. The variables evaluated; (Adoption, Productive Income, Simple Reproduction Threshold and Organic matter content in soils). Land-owning producers were able to adopt up to 16 conservation techniques and maximum no-owners 4 technologies. The living and dead barriers were the most adopted techniques in the two communities and the organized producers were the most adopters. Revenues increase by more than 50% as more technologies are adopted and approach the Simple Playback Threshold. Organic matter contents increase to 2.8% in combined systems and with a longer adoption time. | Según el Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, en Nicaragua unos principales problemas de transferencia es la ausencia de indicadores de adopción de tecnología en conservación de suelo y agua. Debido a esto el estudio se da con la finalidad de documentar efectos ambientales y socio económicos a largo plazo del proceso de adopción de técnicas de conservación de suelos promovidas por las entidades Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuario (INTA) y la Fundación de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural (FIDER) en los años 90s. El Titulo de la investigación es La adopción tecnológica en conservación de suelos y agua y su efecto en los ingresos agropecuarios y contenidos de materia orgánica en localidades rurales, 2002 al 2008, se ejecutó con una población muestral del 45 %, el proceso metodológico inicio con la fase de planeación para diseñar los instrumentos de campo y seleccionar la muestra por comunidad, seguido del proceso de Recolección de datos en campos, para luego ser analizados e interpretados con los comunitarios. Las variables evaluadas; (Adopción, Ingresos Productivos, Umbral de Reproducción Simple y Contenido de materia orgánica en los suelos). Los productores propietarios de tierra lograron adoptar hasta 16 técnicas de conservación y los no propietarios máximos 4 tecnologías. Las barreras vivas y muertas fueron las técnicas más adoptadas en las dos comunidades y los productores organizados fueron los más adoptadores. Los Ingresos se incrementan por encima del 50% a medida que se adoptan más tecnologías y se aproximan al Umbral de Reproducción Simple. Los contenidos de Materia orgánica se incrementan hasta 2.8% en sistemas combinados y con mayor tiempo de adopción.