Essays about: "Niassa Province"

Found 4 essays containing the words Niassa Province.

  1. 1. Women’s land rights under the Mozambican Land Law: An ethnographic study of the matrilineal district of Majune, Niassa province, northern Mozambique

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Anna Gudrún Aradóttir; [2017-07-03]
    Keywords : Mozambican Land Law; Majune district; women’s land rights; matriliny; land tenure; formalization of customary rights;

    Abstract : The Mozambican Land Law (Lei de Terra) that was passed in 1997 seeks to formalize customary rights at a community level and provide equal access to land for men and women, while securing external investors access to land for their investments. This ethnographic study explores women’s land rights in Majune district, Niassa province, under the Mozambican Land Law. READ MORE

  3. 2. Global Policies: Discrepancy Between Global Desires and Local Conditions? The Suitability of Global Policies to raise Local Agricultural Productivity Rates and Food Security in Lago District, Mozambique

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jennifer Schiebel; Daria Hasse; [2015]
    Keywords : subsistence farming; development; agricultural productivity; poverty; food security; Mozambique; Niassa Province; Lago District; global policies; World Bank; World Development Report 2008; Logical Framework Approach;

    Abstract : The majority of the rural population in developing countries sustains their livelihoods through small-scale family farming on subsistence level. However, agricultural productivity is far from its potential and food insecurity and high absolute poverty rates are widespread challenges in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), including Mozambique. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Matrilineal Puzzle : Women's Land Rights in Mozambique- Case study: Niassa Province

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Karin Lidström; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Mozambique; women’s rights; land rights; gender and development; matrilineal community;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to shed light on issues related to women’s rights to access and benefit from land in matrilineal communities in rural, northern Mozambique. It portrays the environment in which organisations working with implementation of land rights operate as well as proposes conclusions on the core obstacles to their work. READ MORE

  5. 4. Processing Techniques of Aeromagnetic Data. Case Studies from the Precambrian of Mozambique

    University essay from Geofysik

    Author : Luis Magaia; [2009]
    Keywords : Aeromagnetic; analytic signal; Euler deconvolution; diurnal variation; La Porte interpolation; levelling; Mozambique;

    Abstract : During 2002-2006 geological field work were carried out in Mozambique. The purpose was to check the preliminary geological interpretations and also to resolve the problems that arose during the compilation of preliminary geological maps and collect samples for laboratory studies. READ MORE