Essays about: "smallholding"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the word smallholding.
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6. Increasing Market Reach Using Crowdsourcing Technology : Guidelines for a Collaborative IT Market Solution in Rural Africa
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : A large proportion of the farming in Kenya and Eastern Africa is performed by smallholding farmers. At the same time, consumers are expecting to find foodstuff more close by and in a more convenient way than most smallholding farmers can provide. READ MORE
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7. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IMPACT ON EMPOWERMENT - A Minor Field Study of How Public-Private Partnerships in Development Can Facilitate Empowerment of Poor People by Interviewing Coffee Farmers in Tanzania
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Empowerment are two approaches that are becoming more important and acknowledged in development efforts. Despite the recognition of these approaches, there is not much literature on the linkage between the approaches e.g. READ MORE
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8. Opportunities, constraints and challenges to the introduction of ICT services for sustainable agricultural development in West Bengal, India
University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)Abstract : The application of information and communication technology (ICT) in socioeconomic development often referred to as “ICT for development” (ICT4D) is an increasingly relevant concern both academically as well as within development organisations on all levels. This master thesis project has explored opportunities, constraints and challenges to designing and implementing mobile phone based ICT services for an organisation working with sustainable agricultural development in West Bengal, India. READ MORE
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9. The Influence of Agroforestry on Soil Fertility in Coffee Cultivations : A Review and a Field Study on Smallholding Coffee Farms in Colombia
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknikAbstract : Coffee is, together with cacao, the crop most commonly cultivated under shade trees in order to cope with physiological stress (as drought and sun radiation) and erosion as well as to generate additional income for the farmer. However, today this agroforestry coffee management is increasingly transformed into industrial plantation with little or no shade using varieties that tolerates full sun and can be planted with higher density. READ MORE
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10. Thousands of plant breeders: women conserving in situ crop genetic resources : a case study in the Medak District of Telangana, Southern India
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : This study focuses on in situ conservation of landrace crop varieties in the Medak district of the southern Indian state, Telangana. The objective of this work was to investigate two main questions: 1) Under what unique conditions are smallholder peasant farmers willing and able to continuously grow local, landrace crops? 2) What characterises the women farmers who grow local landrace crops in this district of landrace crop origins? A Systems Thinking methodology was used to develop and analyse the data. READ MORE
