Essays about: "livelihood diversification"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the words livelihood diversification.

  1. 11. What is a good man? A qualitative field study of how hegemonic masculinity is changing and being maintained in relation to livelihood diversification, education and gendered division of labour in Southern Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Astrid Thea Hambleton; [2016]
    Keywords : Hegemonic masculinity; Ethiopia; Diversification of Livelihoods; Gendered Division of Labour; Education and Masculinity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Gender equality has become a top priority worldwide. However, gender tends to be synonymous with women and the agency of men is too often marginalised in both development interventions and research. READ MORE

  3. 12. Diversifying livelihoods and land management : A case study on the prospects and challenges of a permaculture project in rural Las Pavas, Nicaragua

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Dobrota Susanna; [2015]
    Keywords : Permaculture; Nicaragua; Las Pavas; rural livelihoods; diversification; land management; sustainable livelihood approach;

    Abstract : The socioeconomic context of many biodiversity rich countries is argued to be heavily dwarfed in current conservation and development debate, resulting in that projects that intersect complex issues of development and conservation are often simplistically deemed as being unsuccessful. The aim of this research has therefore been to attain a more profound understanding of how socioeconomic conditions and local neoliberal contexts effect ICDP projects and to an extent also agroecological transition. READ MORE

  4. 13. Livelihood Diversification into the Rural Nonfarm Economy: A Case of the Resettled Households of the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Marika Samuelsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Laos; rural nonfarm economy; livelihoods; rural nonfarm activities; diversification; resettlement; hydropower; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Historically, agriculture has played a significant role in enhancing the economic base of rural areas in most developing countries. However, the rural nonfarm economy, previously neglected by policy makers, is currently receiving more attention as it is thought to be a potential alternative to agriculture in lifting the rural poor out of poverty. READ MORE

  5. 14. Agricultural Intensification and Livelihood Strategies of Female Farmers in Babati District, Tanzania - A Minor Field Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Marcus Bengtsson; Maria Klerfelt; [2014-10-29]
    Keywords : Agricultural; intensification; gender; Tanzania; livelihood; household; typologies; female; farmers; babati;

    Abstract : In many parts of the world and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and Tanzania, where the majority of the poorest people live, agriculture is the way to make a living. Life in agriculture is in many ways marked by gender inequality. READ MORE

  6. 15. Women’s Education in Four Villages in Kenya: The Perceived Outcomes on Livelihoods and Household Welfare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sara Bengtson; [2014]
    Keywords : development studies; livelihood diversification; household welfare; women’s education; Kenya; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with women’s education and the perceived effects it might have on households’ livelihood diversification into the rural non-farm economy. In addition, it looks at household welfare and how women’s education and potentially livelihood diversification adds to better welfare. READ MORE