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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Small Farming"”.
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Mais Bonito Da Região: the Cacao-Producing Region of Cachoeira Alta, Bahia, and the Transition From Wage Labor to Small Farming
… from a laborer to a self-sufficient, small farmer, requires an agricultural and market-based knowledge to which few wage laborers are privy. Small-scale farmers suffer shortcomings within regional and global markets because of their inability to respond to increased demand due to a …
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The Impact of Women Health Issues on Agricultural Production in Fondwa
… farmers in the community of Fondwa, which is a small farming area in southwest part of Haiti. An interview questionnaire was used for data collection. Findings of the study showed that the women's contribution to farming is vital for promoting agricultural production, and they face different …
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A qualitative exploration of Latino immigrant integration in the rural Midwest : long-term resident and immigrant perspectives
… residents, 17 Latino immigrant newcomers) in a small farming community. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Findings include six general themes which were contextualized using Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Framework (1979): physical location and community …
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Down to Earth Ethics: Exploring Relation and Environmental Responsibility
… being. Cultivating practices like gardening, small farming, ecosystem restoration projects and the like can provide such opportunities.</p>
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Poverty reduction through land reform in Namibia: A case study of the Khomas region
… for resettlement purposes are being divided into small farming units, risking further environmental degradation and low environmental productivity. The major problem with the government resettlement scheme is that beneficiaries are not provided with necessary post-resettlement support. It was …
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Gender and livelihood politics in Naga City, Philippines
… in this respect. In Part Two, I move to Pacol, a small farming community located on Naga’s peri-urban fringe. By drawing on interview and focus group material provided by ten ‘diversifying’ households, I consider how these discourses come into being; how they are worked through and (re)produced …
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Fear, dislike and hate : what constitutes xenophobia? : (an analysis of violence against foreigners in De Doorns, South Africa November, 2009)
… different in the present day. De Doorns, a small farming town in the Western Cape of South Africa is used as a case study, showing how the xenophobic violence that occurred there in November 2009 arose and manifested. Through informal interviews, analyses of available local and regional …
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Fanning the Flames of Discontent: The Free Speech Fight of the Kansas City Industrial Workers of the World and the Making of Midwestern Radicalism
… City’s industry, while migrant farm labor and small farming, especially in wheat, employed a large percentage of workers in eastern Kansas and around Kansas City. This led the IWW in Kansas City to embark on a different trajectory dictated by local conditions in which the industrial workers, …
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Growing a building particularity as a strategy for upliftment of agriculture towns in South Africa
Motivation: Small agriculture towns in South Africa are suffering economically since the number of jobs available in the agriculture sector has been decreasing rapidly. This is attributed to a deepening in capital in the agriculture sector (Hall & Cousins, 2015). Consequently, unemployment is the …
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Niche Croppind and the Rural Landscape in Wise, Dickenson, Scott, and Russell County Virginia
… professionals to use in the pursuit of guiding small farmers and land-owners into successful niche cropping enterprises. Case studies within Wise County demonstrate the income potentials of these enterprises.