Essays about: "smallholder farming"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 51 essays containing the words smallholder farming.

1. 21. From rice to sugar, from smallholder to businessman : a case study of outgrower schemes within the EcoEnergy Bagamoyo project, Tanzania

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Agnar Kjeller; [2016]
   Keywords : outgrower scheme; LSAI; rice; sugar cane; smallholders; cooperation; organisation; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Many governments in Africa envisage the potential to create rural employment, improve energy balances and strengthen their national economies by encouraging investment in large-scale agriculture. This trend is being intensified by global demand for alternative sources of energy and food, against a background of high oil prices and growing world population. READ MORE

3. 22. Mapping in agricultural development : introducing GIS at at smallholder farmers' cooperative in Malawi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Lantmäteri (CI)

   Author : Ellen Ulander Walleij; [2016]
   Keywords : jordbruksutveckling; geografiska informationssystem; cooperative; mapping; development; Malawi; agricultural development; Geographical information systems; GIS; utveckling; kartläggning; kooperativ; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Malawi is a country in southern Africa and considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world. The main part of the population lives in rural areas and is completely depending on farming for their livelihood. There are, however, no records of land registration or tenure for the smallholder farmer. READ MORE

4. 23. The Milk Revolution The role of the ‘emergent’ smallholder farmers in the commercialisation of the Zambian Dairy Sector

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thomas Williams; [2016]
   Keywords : Zambia; dairy; structural transformation; commercialisation; emergent farmer; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of the study is to contribute to the debate on whether smallholder or large-scale farming is the more pertinent strategy to spur agricultural growth and commercialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study will examine the meteoric increase in the growth of ‘emergent’ medium-scale commercial dairy farming in Zambia. READ MORE

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

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

6. 25. Smallholder farmers and the question of food security in the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE