Search Results - "Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes"

Living standards and land - longitudinal village level perspectives from five African countries: broad based improvements amid rural differentiation by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…The article departs from a unique data set covering 44 villages over the period 2002 to 2013/2015 and finds that polarization in living standards has fallen…”
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Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms by Frelat, Romain, Lopez-Ridaura, Santiago, Giller, Ken E., Herrero, Mario, Douxchamps, Sabine, Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson, Erenstein, Olaf, Henderson, Ben, Kassie, Menale, Paul, Birthe K., Rigolot, Cyrille, Ritzema, Randall S., Rodriguez, Daniel, van Asten, Piet J. A., van Wijk, Mark T.

“…We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-Saharan Africa (> 13,000…”
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Generational dynamics of agricultural intensification in Malawi: challenges for the youth and elderly smallholder farmers by Lindsjö, Karin, Mulwafu, Wapulumuka, Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Joshua, Miriam Kalanda

“…In the next 24 years, the Malawian population is expected to double, a development that will inevitably affect access to land and land holding sizes. As access…”
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Gendered dynamics of state‐led smallholder commercialisation in Ghana. The case of Nkoranza traditional area by Kugbega, Selorm Kobla, Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…Commercial smallholder production is touted as a mechanism for reducing rural poverty and transforming African agriculture. In line with this ideology, the…”
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Urbanization and farm size in Asia and Africa: Implications for food security and agricultural research by Masters, William A., Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson, De Haan, Cornelis, Hazell, Peter, Jayne, Thomas, Jirström, Magnus, Reardon, Thomas

“…Urbanization and economic development have made global agriculture increasingly differentiated. Many hinterland farms remain largely self-sufficient, while…”
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Urban and peri-urban family-based pig-keeping in Cambodia: Characteristics, management and perceived benefits and constraints by Ström, Gunilla, Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Boqvist, Sofia, Albihn, Ann, Sokerya, Seng, San, Sorn, Davun, Holl, Magnusson, Ulf

“…Keeping pigs in urban and peri-urban areas may not only provide many benefits for the urban households, but may also be challenging and a potential health…”
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Gendered land rights, legal reform and social norms in the context of land fragmentation - A review of the literature for Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…•Legal reforms in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda aim to improve women’s security of tenure by formalizing land rights.•Enhancing women’s rights to land are…”
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Translocal livelihoods research and the household in the Global South – A gendered perspective by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…This article combines perspectives from feminist agricultural economics and agrarian feminist Marxism to conceptualize the spatial process of translocality…”
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Structural Transformation and African Smallholders: Drivers of Mobility within and between the Farm and Non-farm Sectors for Eight Countries by Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson, Djurfeldt, Göran

“…Using longitudinal data from 2354 smallholder households in 103 villages in eight African countries, three processes of agrarian transformation are analysed…”
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Drivers of rice production: evidence from five Sub-Saharan African countries by Nasrin, Sultana, Bergman Lodin, Johanna, Jirström, Magnus, Holmquist, Björn, Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Djurfeldt, Göran

“…Background: In spite of considerable rice production gains over the past 50 years, Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming increasingly dependent on rice imports as…”
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Urbanization and linkages to smallholder farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for food security by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…The article reviews evidence on African urbanization trends and consequences of these for the smallholder sector and rural food security. Urban growth is less…”
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African Re-Agrarianization? Accumulation or Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth? by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…Recent signs of increasing agricultural production in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are by some commentators connected to local level…”
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Multi-Local Livelihoods and Food Security in Rural Africa by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes

“…This article analyses household‐based food transfers as an expression of multi‐local livelihoods. Transfers of maize outside the co‐resident household unit are…”
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Yearning to farm – Youth, agricultural intensification and land in Mkushi, Zambia by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Kalindi, Audrey, Lindsjö, Karin, Wamulume, Mukata

“…•Youth headed households in Mkushi, Zambia have been compared with other households - there are no differences in yields based on age.•Technology use and…”
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Pro-poor agricultural growth – Inclusion or differentiation? Village level perspectives from Zambia by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Hillbom, Ellen

“…Over the past decade pro-poor agricultural growth strategies intended to raise smallholder productivity and increase commercialization among smallholders have…”
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Manure management and public health: Sanitary and socio-economic aspects among urban livestock-keepers in Cambodia by Ström, Gunilla, Albihn, Ann, Jinnerot, Tomas, Boqvist, Sofia, Andersson-Djurfeldt, Agnes, Sokerya, Seng, Osbjer, Kristina, San, Sorn, Davun, Holl, Magnusson, Ulf

“…Livestock manure is a valuable source of nutrients for crop production, but can also pose a public health hazard and have negative environmental impacts. This…”
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Geography of Gender Gaps: Regional Patterns of Income and Farm–Nonfarm Interaction Among Male- and Female-Headed Households in Eight African Countries by Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Djurfeldt, Göran, Bergman Lodin, Johanna

“…Many studies stress the existence of gender based income gaps across African production systems. Contextualizing such gaps in relation to regional…”
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Cassava commercialization in Southeastern Africa by Haggblade, Steven, Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt, Drinah Banda Nyirenda, Johanna Bergman Lodin, Brimer, Leon, Chiona, Martin, Chitundu, Maureen, Linley Chiwona-Karltun, Cuambe, Constantino, Dolislager, Michael, Donovan, Cynthia, Droppelmann, Klaus, Jirström, Magnus

“…Purpose - Cassava production surged noticeably in Southeastern Africa beginning in the 1990s. The purpose of this paper is to examine the commercial responses…”
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Seasonality and farm/non-farm interactions in Western Kenya by Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson

“…This article considers the distributional consequences of seasonality by analysing the links between non-farm incomes, commercialisation within agriculture,…”
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Youths’ participation in agricultural intensification in Tanzania by Lindsjö, Karin, Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes, Cuthbert Isinika, Aida, Msuya, Elibariki

“…Agricultural intensification is necessary in Tanzania to meet the demands of a rapid growing population, and to avoid dependence on agricultural imports. An…”
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