Sökning: "African influences"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 24 avhandlingar innehållade orden African influences.

  1. 16. Engendered promises, gendered challenges : Changing patterns of labor, control and benefits among smallholder households growing NERICA in Uganda

    Författare :Johanna Bergman-Lodin; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agricultural development; new technology; gender; NERICA; smallholder farmers; income effects; labor intensity; intrahousehold bargaining; resource allocation; distributional outcomes; Hoima District; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : NERICA is a new group of high-yielding and stress-tolerant upland rice varieties, developed by the Africa Rice Center to address the continent-wide rice challenge, poverty and food insecurity. Recognizing that African women farmers do not always benefit from the introduction of productivity-enhancing technology and higher-value crops, the aim of my thesis is to understand processes leading to NERICA-related wellbeing outcomes among differently comprised grower households in Hoima District, Uganda, by examining inter- and intrahousehold gender dynamics. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Inequalities in health : social, biological, ethnic and life-course perspectives

    Författare :Amal R Khanolkar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : There is an unmistakable consistency in differences in risks for morbidity and mortality between social groups. The more advantaged, whether measured in terms of income, education, class, status or ethnicity in general fare better when compared to others, emphasizing the importance of the social environment in determining health in all stages of life. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Pharmacogenetic aspects of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria : emphasis on Ugandan population

    Författare :Jackson Kijumba B Mukonzo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are endemic in Africa and often require concomitant treatments that may result into subsequent drug–drug interactions. Inter-individual variability in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs used in infectious diseases, as a result of genetic polymorphism, has been reported. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Nation, nationalism och identitet : Sydafrika i svensk sekelskiftesdebatt

    Författare :Jan-Gunnar Rosenblad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Sammanfattning : This study is a study of nationalism at the last turn of the century. The empirical sources are Swedish newspapers from 1899 to 1902. Using debates on the Boers and their treatment of the momentous events of the Boer War in South Africa as a focus and a metaphor, the social and linguistic construction of various types of nationalism is analyzed. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Essays on Trade and Productivity: Case studies of manufacturing in Chile and Kenya

    Författare :Mats Granér; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade liberalisation; productivity growth; productive efficiency; stochastic frontiers; manufacturing; learning-by-expor;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with various aspects of the relationship between trade and productivity in developing countries. It contains of a general introduction and four separate essays. The essays consist of case studies of the manufacturing sector in Chile and Kenya. LÄS MER