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Energy for rural development in Zimbabwe

Upphovsperson: Hosier, Richard H.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; The Beijer Institute
År: 1988
Ämnesord: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Energy supply, Energy consumption, Agricultural sector, Household, Fuelwood, Rural development, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The studies presented in this volume were originally carried out as part of the Zimbabwe Energy Accounting Project (ZEAP). The ZEAP was a joint undertaking between the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Water and Energy Resources and Development of the Republic of Zimbabwe. This volume focuses on one of the objectives of the Project: To examine rural energy problems in general, and the woodfuel problem in particular.

Why poor children stay sick : the human ecology of child health and welfare in rural Malawi

Upphovspersoner: Lindskog, Per | Lundqvist, Jan
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1989
Ämnesord: Malawi, Southern Africa, Water supply, Water quality, Drinking water, Rural areas, Diarrhoeal diseases, Child health, Human ecology, Human environment, Case study, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Every year four and a half million children under five die in Asia, Latin America, and Africa from diarrhoea, caused by contaminated water. This is one of many reasons why improved drinking water is high on the agenda in many developments projects and plans. But what happens when better water is supplied? What is the impact upon child health? What experiences should be taken into account in the planning and implementation of schemed for better water supply for the African households? This case study of rural area in southern Malawi tries to give some answers.

SADCC beyond transportation : the challenge of industrial cooperation

Upphovsperson: Østergaard, Tom
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Centre for Development Research
År: 1989
Ämnesord: Southern Africa, Economic cooperation, Industrial cooperation, Obstacles to development, Tractors, SADCC, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
In order to move to an offensive to combat underdevelopment, SADC has recognized the need to move into intra-regional trade and industrialization. This study is a rich analysis of the obstacles which have to be overcome, and the minimum of changes that the SADC countries must agree on to achieve balanced and coordinated development.

Farm implements for small-scale farmers in Tanzania

Upphovspersoner: Mothander, Björn | Kjærby, Finn | Havnevik, Kjell
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1989
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Farming, Agriculture, Agricultural equipment, Modernization, Small farms, New technology, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This insightful book deals with major issues related to hand- and ox-drawn farm implements for different farming systems and ecological areas in Tanzania. The study is concerned about ways and means to assist and improve critical activities of peasant farming in Tanzania.

Did colonialism capture the peasantry? : a case study of the Karega district, Tanzania

Upphovsperson: Smith, Charles David
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1989
Ämnesord: Kagera, Tanzania, East Africa, Colonialism, Small farms, Peasantry, Modes of production, History, Economic history, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This research report argues that during the colonial period the socially acceptable standard living of the smallholder was fundamentally altered. The operation of the smallhold farm unit changed primarily in six areas. These are: 1) food security and consumer goods; 2) changed relations of production on the smallholder plot; 3) customary law and land tenure; 4) wage labour; 5) social differentiation; 6) the long term price elasticity of coffee production. Smallholders were not completely "captured" and proletarianized but neither did they correspond to Hyden's version of an "uncaptured peasantry". This is primarily because they now required certain goods and services from outside the peasant mode of production as a necessary link in their social reproduction.

Tanzania : crisis and struggle for survival

Medarbetare: Boesen, Jannik | Havnevik, Kjell | Koponen, Juhani | Odgaard, Rie
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1986
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Economic conditions, Economic recession, Population growth, Agricultural sector, Rural women, Water management, Health services, Industrial sector, Small-scale industry, Energy crisis, Soil erosion, Soil conservation, Tea, Grain, Livestock, Pastoralism, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This is one of the first comprehensive books on the crisis of the Tanzanian economy and society during the 1980s, including the manifestations of the problems and the responses to them at different levels. It frankly examines the long-term causes of the crisis and endeavours to map ways ahead.

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