Perceptions of change
This thesis explores how farmers in three villages in South Wollo, Ethiopia, perceive the impacts of a particular farming technology. The technology is called the Push-Pull Technology, which is an agro-ecological method to address the problem of stemborer moth and Striga weed, which seriously affect...
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| Formato: | First cycle, G1N, G1F, G2F or GXX |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8251/ |
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| author | Abresparr, Salomon |
| author_browse | Abresparr, Salomon |
| author_facet | Abresparr, Salomon |
| author_sort | Abresparr, Salomon |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | This thesis explores how farmers in three villages in South Wollo, Ethiopia, perceive the impacts of a particular farming technology. The technology is called the Push-Pull Technology, which is an agro-ecological method to address the problem of stemborer moth and Striga weed, which seriously affects the production of the important food crops maize and sorghum. It is agro-ecological in the way that it seeks a holistic solution that is beneficial for the yield size as well as for the environment and the humans involved. Since the technology is developed within agro-ecology, it also needs to be evaluated holistically. As yield increases have been recognised already, this study focuses on how the farmers perceive its socio-economic impacts using a livelihood approach. However, this thesis seeks not to be an evaluation. Rather, it uses qualitative methods to investigate some of the farmers’ perceptionsof the impacts of the method. This brings a better understanding of how a technology like this can be received, what values the farmers put to it and how it fits into their livelihoods. |
| format | First cycle, G1N, G1F, G2F or GXX |
| id | RepoSLU8251 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU82512015-07-10T13:10:08Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8251/ Perceptions of change Abresparr, Salomon Agricultural research Rural population This thesis explores how farmers in three villages in South Wollo, Ethiopia, perceive the impacts of a particular farming technology. The technology is called the Push-Pull Technology, which is an agro-ecological method to address the problem of stemborer moth and Striga weed, which seriously affects the production of the important food crops maize and sorghum. It is agro-ecological in the way that it seeks a holistic solution that is beneficial for the yield size as well as for the environment and the humans involved. Since the technology is developed within agro-ecology, it also needs to be evaluated holistically. As yield increases have been recognised already, this study focuses on how the farmers perceive its socio-economic impacts using a livelihood approach. However, this thesis seeks not to be an evaluation. Rather, it uses qualitative methods to investigate some of the farmers’ perceptionsof the impacts of the method. This brings a better understanding of how a technology like this can be received, what values the farmers put to it and how it fits into their livelihoods. 2015-07-06 First cycle, G1N, G1F, G2F or GXX NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8251/1/abresparr_s_150706.pdf Abresparr, Salomon, 2015. Perceptions of change : livelihood impacts of the Push-Pull Technology Project in South Wollo, Ethiopia. First cycle, G1N, G1F, G2F or GXX ( G2F). Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-595.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-4648 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agricultural research Rural population Abresparr, Salomon Perceptions of change |
| title | Perceptions of change |
| title_full | Perceptions of change |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions of change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of change |
| title_short | Perceptions of change |
| title_sort | perceptions of change |
| topic | Agricultural research Rural population |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8251/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/8251/ |