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Review of Community Driven Development Rural development Research An analyzis of the experiences of 20 years’ of decentralization processes in Vietnam. 13 March 2019
Social cash transfers, generational relations and youth poverty trajectories in rural Lesotho and Malawi Rural development Research The major recent innovation in policy responses to poverty in sub-Saharan Africa has been social cash transfer schemes (SCTs) which disburse cash to poor people. There is growing evidence that these address symptoms of poverty among their target populations, particularly children and the elderly. However, impact evaluations have paid minimal attention to their effects on young adults or generational relations. 26 September 2016
Urban Africa´s Double Disease Burden and the Ameliorative Potential of Household Food Production Rural development Research This research will investigate whether and how emerging evidence from capital cities and larger cities of the developing world of a growing simultaneous double burden of malnutrition (diseases of both under-nutrition e.g. stunting or wasting, and those of over-nutrition e.g. obesity, diabetes, heart disease) have validity in the context of smaller but rapidly developing cities, and to assess a potential ameliorative role for urban agriculture (UA). 31 August 2018
Can cash transfers have long-term effects on rural livelihoods in poor countries Rural development Research Learning lessons from the effects of the child grant in South Africa. 13 March 2015
Conservation, carbon, communities: Swedish carbon purchases through forest plantations in Uganda Climate research Rural development Research The goal of halting deforestation is becoming increasingly important in climate change negotiations, and forest plantations are becoming important tools for this. However, past research shows that deforestation often has been assumed and connected to local people’s practices without empirical proof. This project analyses various actor’s different perspectives in relation to a forest plantation in Uganda. 18 December 2015
The transition of Swedish farming 1990-2040 Rural development Research The time period investigated is a period when several major agricultural policies have transformed the conditions for Swedish farming; first, through deregulation in 1991, later through EU-accession in 1995, then as a result of a series of changes in the CAP as environmental policies as well as natural and cultural heritage targets have been implemented. 10 June 2016
Conflicts and synergies in Swedish rural areas: A study of peri-urban agricultural land Rural development Research We study management of peri-urban agricultural land in Sweden, with a specific focus on agricultural lands in two Swedish municipalities, Halmstad and Uppsala. 28 June 2017
Emerging virus infections in the wildlife-livestock-human interface Veterinary nursing Rural development Research Understanding the epidemiology and socioeconomic impact of peste des petits ruminants. International research cooperation within the Swedish Research Links programme. 07 November 2014
Paying for ecosystem services: consequences and alternatives (PECA) Rural development Research The on-going degradation of ecosystems threaten future food production and we now have to plan for how to secure fundamental life-support services, such as climate regulation, fresh water provision etc., i.e. so called ecosystem services (ES) for the future. 09 June 2016
What does the future hold? Rural development Research Assessing the meaning of the long term in strategic and environmental research 09 June 2016
Collaboration for profitability and environmental benefits in farm-based biogas production Renewable energy Rural development Research The project investigates the Swedish farmers' collaboration in farm-based biogas production and studies the effects of various forms of collaboration for the entrepreneur's profitability, production, environmental benefits, and learning and rural development 25 February 2015
Evolving gender relations in transforming cassava value chains and implications for intrahousehold nutrition and health: The case of Tanzania Health science Rural development Research The project focuses on evolving gender relations in households, communities and cassava value chains in light of the rapid commercialization and increasing higher value added processing of the crop in Tanzania, and generates strategies and options for improving outcomes. 18 February 2015
Changing Animal Bodies: Breeding Responses to Environmental, Economic and Social Pressures Genetics and breeding Rural development Research In this project, we explore how particular animals ‘speak for’ wider relations such as how the changing bodies of dairy cows are responses to different social/environmental conditions and political narratives. Thus we employ a methodology of looking at specific animals as embodiments of diffuse environmental conditions and manifestations of changing land-use or policies. We examine how breeding strategies, technologies and practices offer indications of how farmers and farming respond to... 03 February 2015