Essays about: "landesque capital"

Found 5 essays containing the words landesque capital.

1. 1. Local dynamics and external drivers of agro-ecological change in Southwestern Ethiopia

   University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Julia Hedtjärn Swaling; [2012]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; agricultural change; agroecology; top-down; bottom-up; political ecology; landesque capital; participatory rural appraisal;

   Abstract : While previous research on African smallholder agriculture has been criticized of focusing on the sole factor of population pressure as driver of agricultural degradation or intensification, the present study tries to nuance this debate by providing empirically grounded research, exploring the dynamics behind local agro-ecological change. The thesis specifically studies the dynamics behind small-scale farmers’ crop choices in relation to their management of trees in cropland in Gera District, Ethiopia. READ MORE

3. 2. Maintaining ‘Invisible’ Landesque Capital : A Case Study of Soil Fertility Management in a Smallholder Irrigation System in Kenyan Drylands

   University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Manuel Fischer; [2012]
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   Abstract : Soils in sub-Saharan Africa have long been considered as seriously degrading due to traditional agriculture. This perception was challenged in recent years by new research which entailed a new understanding of African soils and their management. READ MORE

4. 3. Small-Scale Farmers Land Use and Socioeconomic Situation in the Mount Elgon District in Northwestern Kenya : A Minor Field Study - Combined Field Mapping and Interview

   University essay from Geografi

   Author : Patrik Kaati; [2011]
   Keywords : land use; small-scale farmer; socioeconomic situation; sustainable soil and water conservation measures; GIS; semi-structured interviews; political ecology; landesque capital; land degradation; core-periphery relationships;

   Abstract : This Minor Field Study was carried out during November and December in 2011 in the Mount Elgon District in Western Kenya. The objective was to examine nine small-scale farming household´s land use and socioeconomic situation when they have joined a non-governmental organization (NGO) project, which specifically targets small-scale farming households to improve land use system and socioeconomic situation by the extension of soil and water conservation measures. READ MORE

5. 4. Lines in the Landscape : Land reform and the landscape in southern Ukraine

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Brian Kuns; [2010]
   Keywords : Land Reform; Ukraine; Landscape; Land Use; Agriculture;

   Abstract : This thesis is a field study focusing on change in the agricultural landscape following Ukraine’s post-independence land reform, in which Soviet era collective and state farms were dissolved and the ownership of 30 million hectares of agricultural land was distributed to former collective farm workers. It is based on an eight-week field visit to the southern Ukrainian province of Kherson, during which time the author was able to interview 21 farmers and agricultural officials. READ MORE

6. 5. Stone weirs on Chipei Island, Taiwan--Landesque capital and ecologically unequal exchange

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Juo Ting Liao; [2009]
   Keywords : stone weir; Chipei Island; landesque capital; ecologially unequal; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the development of stone weirs on Chipei Island. Chipei is one of the offshore islands of the Penghu archipelago in Taiwan. Stone weirs on Chipei Island have been in use for more than three centuries. The islanders developed a social structure based on building and utilizing stone weirs for fishing. READ MORE