Essays about: "SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words SMALLHOLDER PRODUCERS.

  1. 1. “It’s still a north to south relationship” - A critical discourse analysis on the power of evaluative research and representations of social change within Voluntary Sustainability Standards

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Julia Vita Helena Baumeister; [2022]
    Keywords : Voluntary Sustainability Standards; agricultural value chains; social change; development theories; power asymmetries; power and voice; agricultural producers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs) build on market-based governance mechanisms to create fairer and more equitable terms of trade within smallholder-dominated agricultural value chains. Various frameworks and theoretical approaches have arisen to assess social impacts generated through VSSs; however, the findings are scattered and inconsistent. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysis of production risk and technical efficiency amongst smallholder livestock farmers in Botswana

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Boitshepo Chube; [2019]
    Keywords : production risk; technical inefficiency; smallholder farmers; Botswana;

    Abstract : Achieving full efficiency is what every farmer desires to attain however due to constraints that they are faced with this is usually not possible. This study uses cross-section data to identify the shocks or risks that Botswana’s smallholder livestock producers are exposed to as well as their coping strategies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Agricultural Agglomeration Infrastructure and Agricultural market integration for emergent farmers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nikolaj Tetzlaff; [2019]
    Keywords : Spatial Economics; Infrastructure; Economic Development; Agricultural Transformation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explain constraining effects of distance to markets on agricultural smallholder’s ability to commercialise, using Zambia as a case. Despite a growing consensus that inaccessible markets constrain the development of broad-based agricultural growth, creating socio-economic regional disparities, the exact nature by which distance and market access interact with agricultural producers remains under-examined. READ MORE

  5. 4. Power dynamic in smallholders’ participation in sustainable certification: A case study of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Devi Yuliawati; [2016]
    Keywords : sustainable certification; oil palm; ISPO; smallholders; participation; power dynamic; political ecology; Indonesia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study analyses the power dynamic in the government-led sustainable certification, the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO), and how it affects equitable participation, especially the smallholders who are the bottom actors in the industry. A case study was carried out in Jambi province, as one of the largest palm oil producers in the country. READ MORE

  6. 5. Towards Gender Equality through Fairtrade? A Case Study on Small-scale Tea Farmers in Nandi Hills, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Anna Summer; Mairi Sun; [2014]
    Keywords : Fairtrade; Fairtrade impact; Gendered Economy; gender equality; tea sector; small-scale farmers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore the gendered impacts Fairtrade has on smallholder tea producers through a case study of the Sireet cooperative in Western Kenya. While previous studies have extensively elaborated on the overall impact of Fairtrade on poverty reduction and the livelihoods of farmers, a gender differentiated impact assessment has been substantially neglected. READ MORE