El riesgo en la Agricultura puede estar ligado a un gran número de eventos del orden climáticos, fisicos o económicos y cuya característica es el acceso a fuentes de financiamiento, principalmente formales, que ha sido considerado uno de los principales "cuellos de botella" que enfrentan los agricultores y pobladores rurales para el desarrollo de sus actividades. El limitado acceso al capital, se explica por la confluencia de múltiples factores: las características propias de las actividades agrícolas (riesgosas, con un cronograma fijo, estacionales, etcétera); los problemas de desintegración de diversos circuitos comerciales y financieros de la mayor parte de agricultores, y los elevados índices de pobreza en las zonas rurales. El otorgamiento y la recuperación de créditos, al sector agrícola, constituye claramente, el servicio financiero de mayor dificultad y complejidad. ...

Background: The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale is a versatile functional assessment tool for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We evaluated its performance in controls, Peruvians with MCI or AD. Methods: A cross-sectional study of older adults attending a neurology institute in Lima (Peru) with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), AD or cognitively healthy. Test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC; internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha) and validity were assessed. Results: We enrolled 276 individuals (AD: 113, MCI: 68, controls: 95) with no age, sex, educational level, and depressive symptom differences. Reliability was ideal (ICC: .996), and Cronbach’s alpha was adequate (.937). The ADCS-ADL could not differentiate MCI from controls but did differentiate AD severity. The ADCS-ADL correlated highly with...

Background:The Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale is a versatile functionalassessment tool for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We evaluated its performance in controls, Peruvians with MCI orAD.Methods:A cross-sectional study of older adults attending a neurology institute in Lima (Peru) with mild cognitive impairment(MCI),ADor cognitively healthy. Test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC; internal consistency, Cronbach’salpha) and validity were assessed.Results:We enrolled 276 individuals (AD: 113, MCI: 68, controls: 95) with no age, sex, educational level, and depressivesymptom differences. Reliability was ideal (ICC: .996), and Cronbach’s alpha was adequate (.937). The ADCS-ADL could notdifferentiate MCI from controls but did differentiateADseverity. The ADCS-ADL correlated highly with nearly all too...