Essays about: "Agrarian reform"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Agrarian reform.
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1. Improper Structural Transformation & Stagnant Manufacturing in Post-Independence India: The Role of Agriculture and Inter-Sectoral Linkages
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : India is witnessing an unconventional pattern of structural change – involving a shift to services-dominated economy at lower income per-capita than early industrialisers. Despite significant policy rhetoric on industrialisation, the sector’s share in both value-added and employment has stagnated remarkably. READ MORE
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2. Gaining land and gaining ground? The Popular Agrarian Reform by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) in Brazil
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), one of the most important movements in Brazil, known for its land occupations, recently launched proposals to implement a new Popular Agrarian Reform (PAR) project. Consequently, one must ask: is there need for agrarian reform (AR) in Brazil? This question must engage with another discussion, that of the development of capitalism in the countryside and its consequences for the peasantry - the agrarian question (AQ). READ MORE
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3. Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) adoption in potato production using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach : a qualitative study from central Ecuador
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Potato production and consumption play a big role in the central highlands of Ecuador. Two main biotic constraints hinder the development of potato crops on the field: the Late Blight (Phytophtora infestans) and the Andean potato Weevil (Premnotrypes vorax). READ MORE
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4. The Role of Education in Agricultural Productivity: The Case of Village Institutes in Turkey, 1940-1966
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This study examines the relationship between education and agricultural productivity through the Turkish phenomenon of Village Institutes (VIs). Having emerged as the fourth step of the agrarian reform in 1937, the VIs provided a 5 year secondary education and 3 optional years of higher education to successful graduates of 5 year elementary village schools. READ MORE
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5. International Human Rights in Land As a Tool to Empower Women in Post-Conflict Countries
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The nature of warfare is changing in ways that increasingly endanger women and girls. Besides suffering from the general brutality inflicted by violent conflict, women also suffer particular attacks whose form is defined by distinct notions of female sexuality. READ MORE
