Principles and processes for enhancing sustainable rural livelihoods: Collaborative learning in Uganda
| Autor: | Lorna M Butler, Robert E. Mazur |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 14:604-617 |
| ISSN: | 1745-2627 1350-4509 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504500709469758 |
| Popis: | Livelihood diversification is essential to food security and improved incomes for human development in African rural communities. Uganda's agrarian economy suffers from limited diversification, environmental degradation, low incomes, and multifaceted negative impacts of AIDS. Efforts to stimulate and support innovation in agricultural production technology, forms of social organization, and poor markets are essential elements in promotion of sustainable rural livelihoods. Iowa State University's Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and its partner organizations are applying a multi-dimensional approach to engage Uganda farmers and rural leaders in community-based learning and capability strengthening. We describe the role played by livelihood diversification and explore the promotion of sustainable livelihoods through scholarship with praxis. Sustainable livelihoods concepts are examined as a means to better understand contemporary African rural development. We identify principles and processes critic... |
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