Essays about: "agriculture and food security in africa"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words agriculture and food security in africa.
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11. Crop production upgrading strategies and their role for household food security in Chamwino District, Tanzania
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Food insecurity is still a challenge affecting many people in the world, whereby the majority live in developing countries in Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa, many who are food insecure are poor smallholder farmers in rural areas who depend on rain-fed agriculture for food and income. READ MORE
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12. Foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Boon or bane for domestic food security?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Since the boom in global food prices in 2008, governments and companies around the world seek to boost agricultural output and sustain internal food security through the purchase and lease of farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is no consensus in the literature whether land acquisitions by foreign investors are beneficial to the livelihoods of the local people in Africa. READ MORE
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13. Social capital as a determinant of farmlevel sustainable land management adoption : a case study of smallholder farmers in Northern Benin
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : In many developing countries high rates of farmland degradation contribute to the low performance of smallholder agriculture and pose serious policy challenges. Despite promotion efforts by government and non-governmental organizations adoption of improved agricultural production technologies remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE
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14. The policy process behind the adaptation of Urban Agriculture policy in Cape Town and Johannesburg : Academic activists and NGO´s as policy actors
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : South Africa, also known as the ´Rainbow nation´, is one of the wealthiest countries on the African continent counted in terms of GDP. After the 1994 election, it became a functioning democracy with universal suffrage. READ MORE
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15. A GIS approach to estimate the bioenergy potential in Uganda
University essay from KTH/EnergisystemanalysAbstract : Affordable and reliable electricity can provide a mean to reduce poverty, improve health care and decrease local pollution. Nevertheless, about 950 million people living in Africa and developing Asia did not have access to electricity in 2016. READ MORE
