Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia
Zambia is a developing African country with a large part of the inhabitants living in rural areas. Traditionally, farming and animal husbandry have been in small scale, and the knowledge about farming has been transferred between parents and children when working together. Since the 1980s, Zambia ha...
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SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (until 231231)
2008
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| author | Carlsson, Sara |
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| description | Zambia is a developing African country with a large part of the inhabitants living in rural areas. Traditionally, farming and animal husbandry have been in small scale, and the knowledge about farming has been transferred between parents and children when working together. Since the 1980s, Zambia has had a devastating HIV/aids epidemic which has hit the society hard on all levels.
In this study, traditional small scale farmers, female members of small scale dairy cooperatives and orphans were interviewed about their animal husbandry routines and farm. The aims were to investigate if animal husbandry has been affected by the HIV/aids epidemic, if animal husbandry can be beneficial for HIV orphans and if animal related activities (dairy farming in this case) can have a positive impact on the living situation of women.
Conclusions drawn from this study is that the living situation does improve due to dairy cooperative membership, the orphans in this study have not benefited from keeping animals and more extensive studies are needed in order to understand the effects of HIV/aids on animal husbandry. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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| publishDate | 2008 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU122522017-11-01T12:28:30Z Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia Djurskötsel - nyckeln till framgång? : en studie av småskaliga bönder, mjölkbönder och föräldralösa barn i Zambia Carlsson, Sara animal husbandry livestock dairy farming women orphans cattle dairy cooperative Zambia Africa small scale farmer Zambia is a developing African country with a large part of the inhabitants living in rural areas. Traditionally, farming and animal husbandry have been in small scale, and the knowledge about farming has been transferred between parents and children when working together. Since the 1980s, Zambia has had a devastating HIV/aids epidemic which has hit the society hard on all levels. In this study, traditional small scale farmers, female members of small scale dairy cooperatives and orphans were interviewed about their animal husbandry routines and farm. The aims were to investigate if animal husbandry has been affected by the HIV/aids epidemic, if animal husbandry can be beneficial for HIV orphans and if animal related activities (dairy farming in this case) can have a positive impact on the living situation of women. Conclusions drawn from this study is that the living situation does improve due to dairy cooperative membership, the orphans in this study have not benefited from keeping animals and more extensive studies are needed in order to understand the effects of HIV/aids on animal husbandry. Zambia är ett utvecklingsland i Afrika där en stor del av invånarna lever på landsbygden. Jordbruket har traditionellt varit småskaligt och kunskaper om jordbruk och djurskötsel har erhållits genom att barn och vuxna arbetat tillsammans i jordbruket. Sedan 1980-talet har Zambia varit hårt drabbat av HIV/aids, vilket har påverkat samhället på alla nivåer. I denna studie har småskaliga bönder, kvinnliga medlemmar i småskaliga mjölk-kooperativ samt föräldralösa barn intervjuats angående deras gård och djurhållning. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om djurhållningen påverkats av HIV/aids-epidemin, om djurhållning kan vara till nytta för att förbättra föräldralösa barns situation och om djurskötselrelaterade kooperativ (mjölk i detta fall) kan påverka kvinnors livssituation i en positiv riktning. Slutsatserna som drogs från denna studie är att kvinnorna i mjölkkooperativet har förbättrat sin livssituation tack vare medlemskap i kooperativet, de föräldralösa barn som intervjuats har inte förbättrat sin situation genom att hålla djur, och för att utröna hur HIV/aids har påverkat djurhållningens struktur behövs mer omfattande studier. SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (until 231231) 2008 L3 eng swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12252/ |
| spellingShingle | animal husbandry livestock dairy farming women orphans cattle dairy cooperative Zambia Africa small scale farmer Carlsson, Sara Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title | Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title_full | Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title_short | Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia |
| title_sort | animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in zambia |
| topic | animal husbandry livestock dairy farming women orphans cattle dairy cooperative Zambia Africa small scale farmer |