Essays about: "emergent farmer"

Found 2 essays containing the words emergent farmer.

1. 1. Materialisation of emergent farmers in a Malawian context : a privileged class’ positioning in agricultural transformation

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Gustav Broms; [2020]
   Keywords : capital accumulation; surplus value; food regime; patronage; differentiation; livelihood; diversification; food security;

   Abstract : Emergent farmers have rapidly increased in numbers on the sub-Saharan African continent during the last couple of decades. The main interest in this study lies in how emergent farmers have materialised as a class in a political economic context and historical process and what societal impact they have had. READ MORE

3. 2. The Milk Revolution The role of the ‘emergent’ smallholder farmers in the commercialisation of the Zambian Dairy Sector

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thomas Williams; [2016]
   Keywords : Zambia; dairy; structural transformation; commercialisation; emergent farmer; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of the study is to contribute to the debate on whether smallholder or large-scale farming is the more pertinent strategy to spur agricultural growth and commercialisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study will examine the meteoric increase in the growth of ‘emergent’ medium-scale commercial dairy farming in Zambia. READ MORE