Sökning: "Land-grabbing"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 39 uppsatser innehållade ordet Land-grabbing.

1. 6. Belt and Road Initiative through Post-Colonial Theory : Does China’s Belt and Road Initiative fit the post-colonial description of draining a developing state?

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Maja Glysing; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Post-colonial theory; Belt and Road Initiative; Economic draining; Land grabbing; Draining; Trade deficit;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the Chinese investment programme; the Belt and Road Initiative, through a post-colonial lens, to categorise whether it fits the postcolonial draining of emerging economies. The purpose of this research is to broaden the way we see post-colonial relationships and contribute to the notion that all advanced economies can have a draining relationship with emerging ones. LÄS MER

3. 7. Land-grabbing, Women and Food : An Investigation of Developmental Projects and Their Impact on Women’s Right to Food and Participation

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Faith-Mary Lubira-Bagenda; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Land-grabbing; Large-scale land acquisition; LSLA; Women’s rights; Right to Food; Participation; Small-scale farmers;

   Sammanfattning : There has been a surge in demand for arable land as a resource for agricultural production for food and energy purposes. This surge can be attributed to increases in global food prices, climate change, population pressure, and escalating energy prices. The search for land has given rise to the practice of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLA). LÄS MER

4. 8. Women Without a Blanket. The Effects of Land Grabbing in Tanzania: Between Policies and Rights.

   Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Författare :Sara Chianchiano; [2021]
   Nyckelord :land grabbing; marginalisation; policies; rights; witchcraft; women.;

   Sammanfattning : Land is a fundamental resource, both as a source of livelihood and as a symbol of identity andbelonging. This is threatened by a global phenomenon, land grabbing, the practice of acquiring andinvesting in land on a large scale, often enabled by national policies. Land grabbing erodes people’sland rights and in particular women’s rights. LÄS MER

5. 9. Dispossessed: Exploring the Factors That Enable Post-Disaster Land Grabs

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Författare :Taylor McCammon Lightman; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Land Grab; Land Tenure; Land Tenure Security; Gender; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Dispossession; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to better understand what factors produce an enabling environment for land grabs after a disaster. Looking at eight selected case studies, this research tests the role of land tenure security, private capital investment and global financial institutions, and gender. LÄS MER

7. 10. Investigating discouraging and encouraging emic reasons to apply eco-efficient farming methods : a participatory study with indigenous small-scale farmers in Ratanakiri, Cambodia

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Författare :Lilian-Marleen Beck; [2018]
   Nyckelord :agroecology; transdisciplinary research; action research; participative video making; eco-efficiency; cosmology; emic perception; indigenous farmers; small-scale farmer; non adoption of innovations; Ratanakiri; Cambodia;

   Sammanfattning : In 2008 the most extensive evaluation of global agriculture in human history notable named “agriculture at a crossroad” was published, indicating that agroecological small-scale farming systems could be a path to follow in the future in order to secure a sustainable food supply. Yet it is claimed that there is a gap between knowledge regarding the methods used for agroecological farming and its application by farmers. LÄS MER