Labor Mobilization and Utilization Among Small Scale Farmers in Chibale Chiefdom, Serenje, Zambia

Traditional diffusion models of agricultural technologies have been limited to evaluating the nature of technologies and the impacts technologies may have in societies, rather than the extent to which the structure of society may be compatible with the technology itself. Thus, labor-absorbing technologies, for example, are implied to be appropriate in labor-surplus areas, which is how Africa has generally been characterized. It has further been argued that the adoption of these technologies will not only reduce underemployment in rural Africa, but also contributes to increased agricultural production.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Ndiaye, Serigne Mbacke

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Economics, Agricultural
• Sociology, Social Structure and Development

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8815398

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71022