Author: Zien-Elabdin E. Hassan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783817503537
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The main objective of this empirical study is to investigate the patterns and determinants of livelihood diversification strategies of smallholder households in drought-prone rural Botswana.
Livelihood Diversification in Drought-prone Rural Botswana
Author: Zien-Elabdin E. Hassan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783817503537
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The main objective of this empirical study is to investigate the patterns and determinants of livelihood diversification strategies of smallholder households in drought-prone rural Botswana.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783817503537
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The main objective of this empirical study is to investigate the patterns and determinants of livelihood diversification strategies of smallholder households in drought-prone rural Botswana.
Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries
Author: Frank Ellis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198296966
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rural families in developing countries make a living by engaging in diverse activities. These range from farming, to rural trade, to migration to distant cities and even abroad. This book explores the implications of rural livelihood diversity for key topics in development studies and for poverty reduction policies. The livelihoods approach is gaining momentum, and this is the first book to set it out in detail.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198296966
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Rural families in developing countries make a living by engaging in diverse activities. These range from farming, to rural trade, to migration to distant cities and even abroad. This book explores the implications of rural livelihood diversity for key topics in development studies and for poverty reduction policies. The livelihoods approach is gaining momentum, and this is the first book to set it out in detail.
Drought Challenges
Author: Everisto Mapedza
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128148217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Drought Challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries, Volume Two, provides an understanding of the occurrence and impacts of droughts for developing countries and vulnerable sub-groups, such as women and pastoralists. It presents tools for assessing vulnerabilities, introduces individual policies to combat the effects of droughts, and highlights the importance of integrated multi-sectoral approaches and drought networks at various levels. Currently, there are few books on the market that address the growing need for knowledge on these cross-cutting issues. As drought can occur anywhere, the systemic connections between droughts and livelihoods are a key factor in development in many dryland and agriculturally-dependent nations. - Connects the biophysical, social, economic, policy and institutional aspects of droughts across multiple regions in developing world - Analyzes policy linkages between government agencies, public institutions, NGOs, the private sector and communities - Includes a discussion of gender dimensions of drought and its impacts - Presents a multi-sectoral perspective, including the human dimensions of drought in developing countries
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128148217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Drought Challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries, Volume Two, provides an understanding of the occurrence and impacts of droughts for developing countries and vulnerable sub-groups, such as women and pastoralists. It presents tools for assessing vulnerabilities, introduces individual policies to combat the effects of droughts, and highlights the importance of integrated multi-sectoral approaches and drought networks at various levels. Currently, there are few books on the market that address the growing need for knowledge on these cross-cutting issues. As drought can occur anywhere, the systemic connections between droughts and livelihoods are a key factor in development in many dryland and agriculturally-dependent nations. - Connects the biophysical, social, economic, policy and institutional aspects of droughts across multiple regions in developing world - Analyzes policy linkages between government agencies, public institutions, NGOs, the private sector and communities - Includes a discussion of gender dimensions of drought and its impacts - Presents a multi-sectoral perspective, including the human dimensions of drought in developing countries
Farming Systems and Poverty
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251046272
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251046272
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa
Author: Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198799284
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198799284
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
This book contributes to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa through addressing the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men
Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments
Author: Deborah Sporton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198234197
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource based livelihoods and implications for their sustainability in the context of the Kalahari environment of southern Africa, a region subject to marked spatial and temporal natural variability. Each chapter is written by an active Kalahari researcher and addresses, from an environmental or a social perspective, the implications of different policies for rural livelihoods and coping strategies.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198234197
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This collection provides a comprehensive overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource based livelihoods and implications for their sustainability in the context of the Kalahari environment of southern Africa, a region subject to marked spatial and temporal natural variability. Each chapter is written by an active Kalahari researcher and addresses, from an environmental or a social perspective, the implications of different policies for rural livelihoods and coping strategies.
Main Findings of the Review of CBNRM in Botswana
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
An Economic View on Wildlife Management Areas in Botswana
Author: Jaap W. Arntzen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife management
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife management
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Transaction Cost Economics of the Sugar Industry in Indonesia
Author: Ahmad Erani Yustika
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sugar trade
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sugar trade
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition for Africa
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description