Sökning: "smallholder farming"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 53 uppsatser innehållade orden smallholder farming.

1. 11. Agricultural resilience building at the farm level in Malawi : the relevance of indigenous knowledge

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Författare :Jana Schmidt; [2020]
   Nyckelord :climate change adaptation; agriculture; indigenous knowledge; resilience building; Malawi; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Anthropogenic climate change poses new challenges to smallholder farmers in the Global South. At the farm level, science-based adaptation measures, as well as farmers’ autonomous responses based on indigenous knowledge, are simultaneously in use. LÄS MER

3. 12. Agricultural vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns: Assessing the role of smallholder farmers’ perceptions and access to weather forecast information in adaptation-decision making : case study of the North-Western provinces, Rwanda

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Didier Muyiramye; [2020]
   Nyckelord :vulnerability; perception; weather forecast information; changing rainfall patterns; heavy rainfalls; floods; smallholder farmers; adaptation;

   Sammanfattning : Adverse weather is currently among the crucial challenges facing agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. With climate change and variability increasing, rainy seasons are becoming more and more unpredictable. Heavy rainfalls and severe flooding have increased, affecting smallholder farming and rural livelihoods considerably. LÄS MER

4. 13. Contract Farming and Multidimensional Poverty

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Simon Meister; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Contract Farming; Multidimensional Poverty; Smallholder Farmers; Developing Countries; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Poverty is a common phenomenon among rural smallholder farmer households in developing countries. A large corpus of literature suggests that contract farming -a pre-harvest agreement between farmers and buyers- can improve smallholder farmers' welfare through improved access to markets and thereby promote rural development. LÄS MER

5. 14. A climate of difference: gender, farming, and climate variability : an investigation into the varied experience of gender vulnerability and agency among small-scale farmers in Ky Anh district, Central Vietnam

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Författare :Eoin O'Dwyer; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Gender; Climate Variability; Differentiated Vulnerability; Agency; Intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores gender identity, vulnerability, and agency in the lives of smallholder farmers, within the context of climate variability in Ky Anh, Central Vietnam. The study first explores how gender identity and power is constructed within everyday rural practices. LÄS MER

7. 15. Colonised fields and private gardens : the changing role of farming in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Elin Johnson; [2020]
   Nyckelord :smallholders; lifeworld; system; colonisation; agriculture; livelihood;

   Sammanfattning : Smallholder farmers are defined as key actors in the implementation of Agenda 2030, based on their importance for food security and poverty reduction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is also true for South Africa, where smallholder farming has attracted considerable policy attention in an attempt to break the trend of rural poverty and the legacy of the apartheid era. LÄS MER