Cattle farmers in Uganda insist on using their traditional methods of animal farm management and free-range grazing but this has only led to low productivity, destroyed natural resources and created unequal competition with imported goods. The architect is trained to be creative, innovative and explorative to cut across various fields and influence our built environment, of which agriculture does just that through its impact on land use, exploitation of natural resources and climate change. The concept of permaculture was in used in this thesis as a solution to maintain a certain degree of traditional practices as well as adapt them to increase the farmers yield and improve the exploitation of natural resources. The principles of permaculture were also adapted to spatial design as method to integrate daily activities with the maintenance of farms. The conclusion is that architects have a great role in agriculture and food production in Uganda by using sustainable solutions to re-design the way man lives and works on the land.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-138789 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Rwanyarare, Lynda |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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