Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?

Firm action has been taken by international organisations such as the FAO and the World Bank to curb the growth and consumption of tobacco. Subsequently, one of the world’s poorest countries, Zimbabwe, is also one of the largest producers of tobacco. This thesis examines how Zimbabwean farmers are...

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Autor principal: Khumalo, Caroline
Formato: H2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2013
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description Firm action has been taken by international organisations such as the FAO and the World Bank to curb the growth and consumption of tobacco. Subsequently, one of the world’s poorest countries, Zimbabwe, is also one of the largest producers of tobacco. This thesis examines how Zimbabwean farmers are diversifying from tobacco. The paper employs qualitative methods to clarify the notion of livelihood diversification amongst farmers. The fieldwork was carried out during the peak of the tobacco selling season in the north and north eastern regions of Zimbabwe and semi-structured interviews, observations and transect walks were carried out with tobacco farmers and a variety of professionals from the tobacco industry.
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spelling RepoSLU62772013-11-15T14:38:57Z Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe? Khumalo, Caroline Diversification Livelihoods Rural Change Tobacco Zimbabwe Firm action has been taken by international organisations such as the FAO and the World Bank to curb the growth and consumption of tobacco. Subsequently, one of the world’s poorest countries, Zimbabwe, is also one of the largest producers of tobacco. This thesis examines how Zimbabwean farmers are diversifying from tobacco. The paper employs qualitative methods to clarify the notion of livelihood diversification amongst farmers. The fieldwork was carried out during the peak of the tobacco selling season in the north and north eastern regions of Zimbabwe and semi-structured interviews, observations and transect walks were carried out with tobacco farmers and a variety of professionals from the tobacco industry. SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2013 H2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/6277/
spellingShingle Diversification
Livelihoods
Rural Change
Tobacco
Zimbabwe
Khumalo, Caroline
Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title_full Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title_fullStr Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title_full_unstemmed Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title_short Can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in Zimbabwe?
title_sort can farmers diversify from growing tobacco in zimbabwe?
topic Diversification
Livelihoods
Rural Change
Tobacco
Zimbabwe