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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Subsistence agriculture"”.
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Three essays on gender inequality, dynamic bargaining, and technology adoption in subsistence agriculture
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Suburban subsistence agriculture: an Investigation of a suburban agriculture on the peripheral edge in the Greater Toronto Area
… in regard to food production. Conceiving that agriculture and suburban areas can coexist with one another, this thesis investigates how architecture can contribute to the creation of subsistence agricultural conditions for food production within a suburban context. The suburban edge condition …
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The 'Other' Energy Crisis and Economic Development: The Role of Noncommercial Fuels in Indian Subsistence Agriculture (Fuelwood, Biogas, Household Production Resources; India)
… such as fuelwood, dung and crop wastes, in the subsistence household's decision-making process. This dissertation has attempted to redress this deficiency and in the process fill the gap between studies on discussing and evaluating the impact of oil crises on LDCs and those on different energy …
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Crushed rock and clay amelioration of a nutrient decifient, sandy soil of Maputaland
… the possibility that food derived through subsistence agriculture in the Mseleni region of Maputaland contributes to malnutrition within the local community, particularfy within the high proportion of the population which suffers from a severe, disabling form of osteoarthritis. This study …
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Environment, Economics, and Family Farm Systems: Farm Expansion and Adaptation on the Western Slopes of Andean Ecuador (Cultural Ecology)
… as it usually includes both highland subsistence agriculture and outer slope cash farming.
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Subsistence food production and marketing in Papua New Guinea : a research paper presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University
Agriculture is the main component of the economic sector of the Less Developed Countries (LDC's) of Asia, Africa and Latin America. In most of these countries, which includes Papua New Guinea (PNG), subsistence agriculture dominates despite the tremendous advances in agricultural technology …
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Deforestation and Land-Use Change in Veracruz, Mexico: A Remote Sensing Analysis
… for this study that includes fallow/barren, subsistence agriculture, sugar cane, urban/settlement, grazing lands and other vegetation. A change detection was performed to analyze the extent of each land-use encroaching into forests between 1979 and 2002. Another objective of the study is to …
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The Contribution of Subsistence Farming to Rural Household Food Systems: A Case Study of Mamokgadi Village
Subsistence agriculture is regarded as a primary strategy adopted by the rural households for increasing their access to food for their families. Food system options for rural households are mainly through own production and purchase from markets. In some cases people require more than what they …
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Essays On The Behavior Of Firms In The Indonesian Labor Market
… labor. Many poor people employ their labor in subsistence agriculture or in informal jobs. A direct route to lift these people out of poverty is to move them into formal sector jobs which provide higher wages and more benefits. It is also important for poverty alleviation to improve the wages …
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Small scale farming on Wetland resource utilisation: a case study of Mandlanzini, Richards Bay
… Furthermore, as many community members practiced subsistence agriculture, most of their livestock depend on wetland resources. All these constituted good reasons why communities should be involved in wetland management and conservation.
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The role of genotypic diversity in stabilizing plant productivity in variable environments
… of mixtures in both conventional and subsistence agriculture. Genotypic diversity among accessions of A. thaliana buffered against abiotic stress, specifically nutrient and heat stress, and increased yield stability through compensation. The role of compensatory interactions in …
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Improving Youth Livelihoods through Interlocking Stabilized Soil Block Making Scheme; The Case of Tunaweza Group, Pangani Ward, Kibaha Town Council
… of diversifying community income from the subsistence agriculture which was found to be the main economic activity. Tunaweza group was formed to pioneer initiative in the Pangani Mtaa and the Mtaa government agreed project to be practiced in the Pangani Mtaa community. The objectives of the …
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Postemancipation Landscapes and Material Culture: The Bethel Community and the Benjamin W. Jackson Plantation
… necessary for semi-autonomy, practicing subsistence agriculture and developing formal and informal economies, while in many instances continuing to labor through the production of commercial cotton on white owned land. Drawing upon diverse sources including archaeology, archival research, …
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Physical and Chemical Parameters of Common Soils in the Central Plateau Region of Haiti
… of the population is rural and practices subsistence agriculture on hillsides and steeply-sloping land. Essential plant nutrients, such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), are commonly a limiting factor in crop production, yet fertilizer is unavailable or is too expensive for smallholder …
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Social and Environmental History of Elephants and Human Groups in Southeast Zimbabwe, c. 1965-2020
… (1965-1975), when wildlife policy, commercia and subsistence agriculture, and land control converged in the Lowveld. It then explores the impact of the Rhodesian civil war or Second Chimurenga (1971-1979), asking whether wartime conditions stimulated the ivory trade, how that trade affected …
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Investigating the Insurance – Growth Nexus from a Low-Income Country: Perspective of Malawi
… weather conditions. The economy depends on subsistence agriculture from small-scale farmers who rely on rainfall for their productivity, and they do not have insurance to mitigate against exposure to adverse weather conditions. The impacts of climate change will heavily exacerbate their …
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Geological, historical and present-day erosion and colluviation in Lesotho, southern Africa
… women in the field. The change from traditional, subsistence agriculture to a market-oriented agricultural economy led to the disappearance of indigenous conservation practices, as increased output became a priority. Gully expansion in turn, documented since the end of last century, has been …
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Food irradiation as a method of limiting crop loss in developing nations
… on malnourished diets irregularly supplied by subsistence agriculture. In addition, crop loss due to both pests and post-harvest spoilage is much higher than in first world nations, with cold-storage technologies and modem pesticides. Equally important are the lives lost each year to food-borne …
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Lake Sediment-Based Reconstructions of Late-Holocene Lowland Environments of Dominican Republic and Barbuda, Northern Caribbean
… sediments representing ~1760 CE document human subsistence agriculture and disturbance to tropical dry forest in the watershed.
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