Essays about: "agribusiness"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the word agribusiness.

  1. 16. Smallholder transformation : NGO participation in agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Aben Collins Nyah; [2011]
    Keywords : Agriculture; Agribusiness; smallholder farmers; NGOs; Sub-Saharan Africa; collective marketing; Business model; poverty and hunger; rural development; capacity building;

    Abstract : With smallholder farmers identified as the core of several recent development programs, coupled with the very important role agriculture can play in the eradication of extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity in the world. The aim of this paper is to identify conditions necessary for smallholder farmers to capitalise on new business opportunities emerging from the reorganization of supply chains around the world. READ MORE

  3. 17. Gendered Political Ecology of Coffee and Maize Agro-Ecosystems in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Bruno Ricardo Portillo Seminario; [2011]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is about how these small farmers in two socio-ecological systems in southern Ecuador accommodate their agro-ecologies and gender systems to national and international forces and networks, and how it relates to processes of ecological appropriation conflictive with their possibilities of wellbeing. Loja, in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes, maize growers embrace industrial production, with a stricter gendered division of labor, which is offered as a solution to low income by state agents, meat-complex agribusiness, and banks at the cost of environmental degradation. READ MORE

  4. 18. The rural agribusiness development and environmental conservation in highland areas of Peru : An analysis of the current and future situation of organic farming in three districts of the Lurin River Basin

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Guido Atilio Vega Moreno; [2010]
    Keywords : rural agribusiness; agroecology; environmental conservation; small-farmers;

    Abstract : Rural agro-industry gives added value to peasant’s agricultural production. In Peru, many small farmers from highland areas are linked in this activity as a means of subsistence. These farmers, since ancient times, have performed all their field activities in balance with nature. READ MORE

  5. 19. The rural agribusiness development and environmental conservation in highland areas of Peru : An analysis of the current and future situation of organic farming in three districts of the Lurin River Basin

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Guido Atilio Vega Moreno; [2010]
    Keywords : Rural agribusiness; agroecology; environmental conservation; small-farmers;

    Abstract : Rural agro-industry gives added value to peasant‟s agricultural production. In Peru, many small farmers from highland areas are linked in this activity as a means of subsistence. These farmers, since ancient times, have performed all their field activities in balance with nature. READ MORE

  6. 20. Contract Farming, Rural Livelihoods and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Märta Jacobsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Contract Farming; Rural Livelihoods; Developement; Sub-Saharan Africa; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The majority of poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture is one important tool for rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contract farming has been widely used in agribusiness and has potential to contribute to the development process in rural areas. READ MORE