Essays about: "Rural Mozambique"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 52 essays containing the words Rural Mozambique.

  1. 36. 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

  2. 37. Coordination of NGOs at District Level in Nampula Province, Northern Mozambique

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Armando Ali; [2013]
    Keywords : Civil Society; Donors; Mozambique; Nampula; NGOs; Sustainable;

    Abstract : The present study seeks to increase understanding about organizational, structural and contextual factors that affect and explain the coordination of NGOs in Nampula province. The focus of the analysis is the ongoing experience of coordination among NGOs at provincial level through the Provincial Civil Society Platform (PCSP) and the possibilities of improvement of this coordination at district level. READ MORE

  3. 38. Sustainable Small Scale Agriculture Transformation Process in Ribáuè District, Nampula Province, Mozambique

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Jamac Aman Musoke Emily; [2013]
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    Abstract : Over 80 percent of the population in Africa are smallholder peasant farmers, still predominantly engaged in subsistence farming, distinctive with low yields. The Low African agriculture productivity, according to the World Bank Report (2008) is mainly attributed to African governments as obstruction to development owing to inappropriate government policy interventions, poor governance coupled with the state’s withdrawing from investments in market infrastructure, and support services. READ MORE

  4. 39. Territory and Function in Ribáuè : -        A Study on Smallholder Agricultural Development

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Maria Nordhag; Fabian Ilgner; [2013]
    Keywords : Mozambique; Rural Development; Territory and Function; Agriculture; Friedmann;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates smallholder agricultural development in the district of Ribáuè, Mozambique. The thesis is guided by an analytical framework based on Friedmann’s concepts of territory and function. From this, one can tell that most development initiatives have followed functional principles which often fail to address rural development. READ MORE

  5. 40. A Study of the Potential and Energy Balance of the Emergency Energy Module in Mozambique

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Amanda Ahl; Johanna Eklund; [2013]
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    Abstract : This study investigates the potential for implementation of a solar PV-biodiesel hybrid system with battery storage in two rural villages in the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. These villages, Nicuita and Quirimize, have at present very limited access to electricity which greatly inhibits an increase in living standards and development of the respective communities. READ MORE