Orientador: Nilson Antonio Modesto Arraes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T15:43:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Arruda_Juliana_M.pdf: 5828859 bytes, checksum: 247ce37779a8f1fff648490b5768c199 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A Agricultura Urbana e Peri-urbana (AUP) contemporânea vêm ganhando destaque no cenário mundial e nacional e reafirmando-se como um fator permanente nos processos de desenvolvimento sustentável das pessoas e da sociedade.Em Campinas, a câmara e o executivo têm, através das legislações municipais e da regulamentação do Programa de Hortas Comunitárias de Campinas (PHC), sinalizada a intenção em trazer à agenda política do município o tema de agricultura urbana. Porém na atual administração, Hélio de Oliveira Santos (2005-2008), o PHC ainda não tem destino claro. Neste contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o PHC, de forma a subsidiar uma nova formulação de políticas públicas de AUP no município. Seus objetivos específicos compreendem a análise da gestão do PHC, dos projetos de hortas no município e do perfil dos participantes, bem como tecer proposições a cerca da percepção dos entrevistados. Os dados utilizados foram obtidos a partir de visitas sistemáticas e entrevistas dirigidas ao longo do ano de 2005, realizadas junto a formuladores, gestores e beneficiários de hortas urbanas escolares, terapêuticas e comunitárias do município de Campinas, além da fonte documental. A análise da maneira como se deu a gestão do PHC evidenciou a, quase total, desvinculação entre o programa e as políticas setoriais de educação, saúde e ação social. A análise do gerenciamento dos projetos evidenciou a importância das ações individuais na implementação e sucesso das atividades, mesmo com recursos escassos. Por fim, na descrição da operacionalização, chama atenção à importância que os projetos ganham na vida dos beneficiários e a boa articulação dos coordenadores com outras instituições, tanto do setor privado (Petrobras), como do setor público (CEASA) / Abstract: Contemporary Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA) is gaining prominence in the worldwide and national scene as it reaffirms itself as a permanent factor in the processes of sustainable development of people and society. In Campinas, the Municipal Chamber and Executive have, through municipal legislation and the regulation of the Community Kitchen-gardens Program of Campinas (CKP), signaled the intention of bringing to the political agenda, the subject of urban agriculture. However, in the current administration, Hélio de Oliveira Santos (2005-2008), the CKP still does not have a clear destination. In such a context, the objective of this work is to analyze the CKP, and to develop anew form of public politics of UPA in the city. Its specific objective is to understand and analyze the management of the CKP and kitchen-gardens projects in the city and the social economic profile of the participants. The data used had been gained from systematic visits and interviews during the whole of 2005 with the participation of the planners and policy makers, managers and institutional and communitarian urban beneficiaries of kitchen-gardens in the city of Campinas, beyond the documentary source. The analysis of the evidence gave the management of the CKP, an almost total picture, disconnected between the program and education, health and social action politics. The analysis of the projects managed here showed the importance of individual action in the implementation and success of the activities, particularly those with scarce resources. Finally, in describing the operation, it calls attention to the importance of projects that benefit the life of the beneficiaries and the joint efforts of the coordinators with other institutions the private (Petrobras) and the public sectors (CEASA) / Mestrado / Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável / Mestre em Engenharia Agrícola

The problem with which this study is concerned is the description of changes in Nigeria that result from agricultural developments during the precolonial period to the present time. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between agriculture and other institutions, and the effect of agricultural change upon social phenomena such as population growth, family, industrialization, urbanization, and education. The Nigerian agricultural institution may be divided into three periods: the precolonial, the colonial, and the Republican agricultural eras. The data were obtained from published research reports, United Nations reports, government documents, newsletters, and economic journals. Primarily descriptive in nature, the thesis consists of six chapters. Emphasis was placed upon the historical development of Nigerian agriculture and the reciprocal impact between it and other Nigerian institutions.

Bibliography: leaves 457-486. / xxii, 486 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geography, 1996

In this study, “Women and Cooperatives”, the researcher was interested in finding out whether women cooperatives contributed towards development of women and poverty reduction in Sarah Baartman District Municipality between 2004 and 2014. The study was conducted with three cooperatives situated in Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality and Eastern Cape Province. The cooperatives studied focused on sewing, poultry and agriculture. The study was explorative in nature as it was aimed at assessing the effectiveness of women cooperatives in empowering women, the effectiveness of women cooperatives in reducing poverty and to make recommendations regarding what can be done to address the challenges identified in the study. The qualitative research method was applied when conducting this study. Eight respondents from each cooperative were willing to take part and this led to a total of twenty-four respondents who participated. The questions asked were based on the interview schedule developed by the researcher. The results of the study and the recommendations indicated that more commitment from the government is required and the following key aspects should be taken into account when considering a development program: Infrastructure, Availability of funding, Access to resources, Skills development, Provision of basic services.

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Agriculture forms the livelihood basis of several billion people around the world. Despite the increasing trend for rural to urban migration the problems associated with poverty are expected to remain predominantly rural for some time into the future. The challenges associated with rural poverty are particularly important in South Africa where the remaining effects of the oppressive apartheid regime are still vividly evident. The rural population are often stranded in areas of stagnant economic growth and minimal employment opportunities further compounded by low levels of education. The livelihoods of these rural communities, in the former homelands, are often confined to a heavy reliance on remittance incomes and agriculture. However, in the recent past the level of agricultural activity in these rural homelands appears to be declining. This has direct implications for the development agenda in these rural areas. This study is an examination of the various dynamics which have affected the subsistence agriculture sector within a specific community in the former homeland of KwaZulu in Southern KwaZulu-Natal. The responses of 12 respondents, representing independent households, were recorded along with four purpositive interviews with relevant role players in the agricultural sector and in the rural community. The responses shed some light on the multifaceted dynamics which have played an important role in how individual households and the community at large make livelihood choices and how subsistence agriculture fits into these decisions. An increasing reliance on money as the basis of livelihood decisions is resulting in the reliance on agriculture shifting away from a central foundation of household livelihood towards a more supplementary form of food source and risk diversion. Shifting cultural norms have resulted in women and the youth becoming less involved in farming practices in general, which may have been influenced by the expansion of social grants into the rural communities. The changes in dynamics which influence local community and household livelihood decisions are important to consider when determining a possible development initiative in these rural areas. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

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This thesis examines differences between organic and conventional farm and operators' characteristics, and identifies which characteristics explain whether a farm is organic or conventional. The data comes from the 2001 Canadian Census of Agriculture, which makes this study the first that is national in scope and includes detailed analysis of the differences between organic and conventional agriculture using a large sample size. / Farms were divided into three groups: conventional, primarily organic, and mixed production (some organic production). Parametric and nonparametric tests were used to analyze farm and operator characteristics. Logistic regression was used to determine which variables explain whether a farm is organic, conventional or mixed. Results indicate that organic farmers are more likely to be younger, female, work less off farm and more on farm, when compared to conventional. Organic farms tend to be smaller, more profitable, more diversified, and have a higher dependency on hired labour. There were no differences in capital intensity. Mixed farms manifested the same patterns as organic when compared to conventional.

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Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished