Essays about: "Julia Hedtjärn Swaling"

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  1. 1. Local dynamics and external drivers of agro-ecological change in Southwestern Ethiopia

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Hedtjärn Swaling; [2012]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; agricultural change; agroecology; top-down; bottom-up; political ecology; landesque capital; participatory rural appraisal;

    Abstract : While previous research on African smallholder agriculture has been criticized of focusing on the sole factor of population pressure as driver of agricultural degradation or intensification, the present study tries to nuance this debate by providing empirically grounded research, exploring the dynamics behind local agro-ecological change. The thesis specifically studies the dynamics behind small-scale farmers’ crop choices in relation to their management of trees in cropland in Gera District, Ethiopia. READ MORE