Search for dissertations about: "farmer education"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words farmer education.

  2. 1. Worms, Farms and Schools : Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda

    Author : Benedetta Lerva; Konrad Burchardi; Jakob Svensson; Jonathan de Quidt; Karen Macours; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; field experiments; randomized evaluations; agriculture; education; externalities; technology adoption; financial aid; cash transfers; school inputs; moral hazard; sharecropping; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Quantifying Externalities in Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan FarmersI investigate how positive externalities contribute to underadoption of agricultural technology among sub-Saharan African farmers. I focus on the adoption of pest-control technologies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Pesticides in coastal Tanzania : Management, policy and concerns for human health and the environment

    Author : Nadja Stadlinger; Linda Kumblad; Anders Sjögren; Nils Kautsky; Kees Jansen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sub-Saharan Africa; agrochemicals; legislation; farmer education; hazards; subsidies; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

    Abstract : This thesis is the first major assessment of pesticide management in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It underlines the risks for human health and the environment that are likely under the current pesticide management regime. READ MORE

  5. 3. Farmer Field Schools as a transformative learning space in the rural African setting

    Author : Deborah Duveskog; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The aims of this research was to understand how education in the rural African faming setting can contribute to development and well-being in a way that is empowering for the poor. The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach, provided an empirical frame for the research. READ MORE

  6. 4. Road traffic injuries in the context of rapid motorization : studies on access, provision and utilization of trauma care in Iran

    Author : Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Pre-hospital trauma care;

    Abstract : Background: Iran has one of the highest traffic-related mortality and morbidity rates in the world. Evidence shows that improvements in trauma care can prevent a substantial number of road traffic deaths and disabilities. READ MORE

  7. 5. Risk, Relative Standing and Property Rights: Rural Household Decision-Making in China

    Author : Ping Qin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Choice experiment; China; Field experiment; Forestry; Household decision-making; Inequality; Ignoring attributes; Investment; Relative standing; Risk; MWTP; Property rights.;

    Abstract : Paper 1 examines the concern for relative standing among rural households in China. We used a survey-experimental method to measure to what extent poor Chinese farmers care about their relative income and found that the respondents cared to a high degree. READ MORE