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1. 6. Integrated Agriculture and Aquaculture Systems (IAA) for Enhanced Food Production and Income Diversification in Tanzania

   Författare :Deogratias Mulokozi; Håkan Berg; Ian Bryceson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Smallholder farmers; Oreochromis niloticus; Amaranthus hybridus; food production; household income diversification; water use efficiency; farm net income; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : Aquaculture production in Tanzania has increased in recent years, responding to an increased demand for fish, partly because of an increasing population and declining catches of wild fish. However, the current aquaculture production is still low, dominated by small scale farming systems, that are struggling with a number of challenges such as lack of improved fish breeds, feeds, technical skills and low adoption rates. LÄS MER

3. 7. From Subsistence to Commercial Producers : Processes of State-led Agrarian Change, Land Tenure Dynamics and Social Differentiation among Smallholders in Ghana

   Författare :Selorm Kugbega; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smallholder; Commercialization; Land tenure; Social differentiation; Chiefs; Gender; Migrants; Ghana;

   Sammanfattning : Agricultural commercialization is concerned with improving market-oriented production in expectation of maximizing profit. While previous state policies in Ghana favoured commercialization by medium and large scale cultivators, there exists a new national commitment dubbed the Planting for Food and Jobs Policy that seeks to leverage on the cumulative productive potential of small farmers for sustained economic growth. LÄS MER

4. 8. East African Hydropatriarchies : An analysis of changing waterscapes in smallholder irrigation farming

   Författare :Martina Angela Caretta; Lowe Börjeson; Margreet Zwarteveen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; smallholder irrigation farming; local gender contract; landesque capital; common property regimes; dry lands; feminist epistemology; member checking; Kenya; Tanzania; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the local waterscapes of two smallholder irrigation farming systems in the dry lands of East African in a context of socio-ecological changes. It focuses on three aspects: institutional arrangements, gender relations and landscape investments. LÄS MER

5. 9. Rural Gentrification in Desakota : Farmland Politics, Alternative Food Networks, and the Emergence of New Farmers in Taiwan

   Författare :Chia-Sui Hsu; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alternative Food Networks; desakota; farmhouse; new farmers; rural gentrification; Taiwan;

   Sammanfattning : After post-war land reform that took place between 1949 and 1953, most Taiwanese farmers became owner-cultivators working on small landholdings. Post-war land reform paved the foundation for economic development and industrialization, processes that squeezed the agricultural sector and created changes in farming villages. LÄS MER

7. 10. A bird's eye-view of smallholder productivity : Current measurement shortfalls, farmer perceptions and rationality on rainfed family farms in Ghana

   Författare :Ibrahim Wahab; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Smallholder productivity; measurement shortfalls; maize yield levels; aerial photos; farmer attitudes; Ghana;

   Sammanfattning : Smallholder farming, which is largely rainfed and relies on mostly rudimentary tools, predominates Ghana’s agricultural sector. The sector’s importance to the national economy is exemplified in not only the proportion of the active national labour force engaged in it but also in terms of its export earnings and service as a source of food for the vast majority of the population. LÄS MER