Essays about: "smallholders"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 essays containing the word smallholders.

  1. 1. Pheromone-based mating disruption to control Spodoptera frugiperda in Tanzania: Possibilites and Constraints for smallholders

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Thomas O'Malley; [2024]
    Keywords : pheromone; mating disruption; fall armyworm; Tanzania; smallholder; Spodeptera frugiperda; integrated pest; management;

    Abstract : Despite a growing interest in the use of pheromones as a more sustainable form of pest control, their use remains unstudied in the smallholder context. This paper is one of the first to study their use by small scale Tanzanian maize farmers to control the invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda (known as fall armyworm). READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustainable vanilla production in Tanzania? – A case from Kagera region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Linxin Yao; [2023]
    Keywords : Smallholder farmers; Sustainable Development; Sustainability Opportunity Study; Tanzania; Vanilla Production;

    Abstract : Cash crops such as coffee, cotton, and tea have been an important income for farmers especially smallholder farmers in the Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). However, many farmers started to turn in to new cash crops with higher market prices. READ MORE

  4. 3. Upscaling agroecology in Sweden : a participatory-backcasting approach to investigate top-down measures for promoting an agroecological transition of the Swedish agricultural system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Pablo Ratti; [2023]
    Keywords : Agroecology; transition; top-down; scenario; participatory policies;

    Abstract : Alongside its important contribution to the increase of yields, industrial agriculture has also generated environmental, social and economical negative side effects. Moreover, the forecasted growth of the world’s population puts more pressure for solutions on how to increase food supply while reducing the negative effects of the current agricultural system. READ MORE

  5. 4. The impacts of a cancelled large-scale agricultural investment on smallholder farmers’ land use and access

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

    Author : Philipp Erbach; [2023]
    Keywords : large-scale; agriculture; small-scale farming; power relations; knowledge; post-colonialism; land; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Large-scale agricultural investments have seen a rise in popularity over the years, promising economic growth, food security, and poverty eradication around the globe. Through the rising involvement of development aid agencies with private investors, the number of foreign large-scale investments in developing countries significantly increased. READ MORE

  6. 5. Egenproducerad mat är suveränt! : en studie om Nya gröna vågens småbrukare, den rådande matregimen, prefigurativism och matsuveränitet

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

    Author : Henrik Carl William Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Nya gröna vågen; självförsörjningsinriktad matproduktion; matsuveränitet; matregim; matsystem; prefigurativt politiskt handlande; småbrukare;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats undersöker vilka motiv och drivkrafter som ligger till grund för den Nya gröna vågens självförsörjningsinriktade matproduktion och hur dessa kommer till uttryck i praktiken. Uppsatsen undersöker hur dessa småbrukares agerande kan beskrivas som prefigurativt politiskt handlande i förhållande till den rådande matregimen och slutligen om och hur dessa småbrukares berättelser och agerande kan beskrivas inneha viss resonans med matsuveränitet som koncept och politisk vision. READ MORE