Sökning: "Farming Malawi"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Farming Malawi.

  1. 1. Peasant proudction and limits to labour Thyolo and Mzimba Districts in Malawi, mid-1930s to late-1970s

    Författare :Erik Green; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; production; peasant; Malawi; Africa; accumulation; agriculture; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Sammanfattning : The persistence of a low productive peasant sector in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the enigmas of development research. This study approaches the question from a historical perspective by analysing the paths of agrarian change in two contrasting cases in Malawi from the mid-1930s to the late 1970s. LÄS MER

  3. 2. A lake without water : livelihood coping strategies during the Lake Chilwa water recessions in Malawi

    Författare :Joseph Nagoli; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the human-environment interaction within the climate-sensitive socio-ecological system of Lake Chilwa in Malawi. It uses the livelihoods framework to analyse various coping strategies to resource scarcity due to lake recessions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective

    Författare :Linley Chiwona-Karltun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Cassava; bitter; sweet; cyanogenic glucosides; cyanide; sensory analysis; taste; theft; women; food security; SSR-markers; molecular genetics; plant morphology; Malawi; Africa;

    Sammanfattning : Ethnographers report from both South America and Africa that cassava farmers classify cultivars as belonging to either of two groups, "bitter" or "sweet", and that farmers prefer to grow "bitter" cultivars as the staple crop. It remains contentious if the two groups and whether bitterness in taste reflects the content of cyanogenic glucosides in cassava roots. LÄS MER