Sökning: "smallholder farming"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 53 uppsatser innehållade orden smallholder farming.

  1. 26. “Sugar cane will liberate us!” : smallholder imaginaries about a planned outgrower scheme connected to a large-scale agricultural investment in Tanzania

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

    Författare :Malin Ohlsson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :outgrower schemes; large-scale agricultural investment; Tanzania; smallholders; expectations; imaginaries;

    Sammanfattning : Large-scale agricultural investments (LSAI) are common in today’s globalised world and frequently involve outgrower schemes. A complex situation involving land conflicts, government bureaucracy and requirements for international best practice in resettlement is causing continuing delays to a Swedish LSAI in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania. LÄS MER

  3. 27. Smallholder farmers and the question of food security in the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Författare :Theophilus Effah-Abedi; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Smallholder farmers; Food security; Ghana; Post-harvest lose; income; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Smallholder farmers face a number of challenges in spite of the crucial role they play in ensuring food security. An appreciation of the far-reaching consequences these challenges have on food security will inform the formulation of policies aimed at addressing the problem of food insecurity. LÄS MER

  4. 28. Soil carbon in small-holder plantain farms, Uganda : a comparison between agroforestry and non-agroforestry

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Författare :Pia Björsell; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Soil carbon; agroforestry; Vi Agroforestry; Vi Skogen; small-holder farming; plantain; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : Smallholder farmers in Uganda suffer from declining productivity. With a rapidly increasing population, marginal land is taken into production and the current land management leads to loss in soil fertility and escalation in soil erosion. LÄS MER

  5. 29. Impacts of Smallholder Contract Farming in Uganda - Evidence from the "IMPROVE" Coffee Scheme

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Benjamin Rosenthal; Kasper Harbo Hansen; [2014]
    Nyckelord :contract farming; impact assessment; quasi-experiment; Uganda; good agricultural practices;

    Sammanfattning : This master thesis analyzes the effects of smallholder participation in contract farming on profits and adoption of new farming techniques in a tropical African context. We use a unique panel data set collected by the Danish Institute for International Studies to identify the effects of continued scheme participation for a group of smallholder coffee farmers relative to a control group of non-scheme farmers. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Willingness to pay for improved maize seeds among smallholder farmers : a study of the input factor market in Kenya

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Anna Lenksjö; Henrik Nordzell; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Economics; Willingness to pay WTP ; Factor market; Kenya; Embu; Bondo; Smallholder farming; Inputs; Soil fertility management; Improved maize seeds; OPV; Hybrids;

    Sammanfattning : Kenya is considered to be a developing country. This means that basic needs such as nutrition are not met for an extended period of time (www, Sida 1, 2012). Approximately half of the population is living under the poverty line (www, CIA 1, 2012). Agriculture is the largest sector in the country, employing 75% of the population. LÄS MER