Finished projects in Rural Development

Here you find links to the research projects in Rural development that are finished.

Researchers Perspective on Gene Technology Genetics and breeding Rural development Research Few subjects have been so debated as genetically modified organisms (GMO). Who has participated in this public discourse? And which arguments have dominated over time? This is what we wanted to find out, and we also wanted to know what impact the discourse have had on the legislation.
The Debate on GM-feed in Sweden and Swedish Farmers Genetics and breeding Rural development Research Few subjects have been so debated as genetically modified organisms (GMO). Who has participated in this public discourse? And which arguments have dominated the discourse over time? This is what we wanted to find out, and we also wanted to know what impact the discourse have had on the legislation.
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.
Collaboration for Profitability and Environmental Benefits in Farm-based Biogas Production Renewable energy Rural development Research The project investigated the Swedish farmers' collaboration in farm-based biogas production and studied the effects of various forms of collaboration for the entrepreneur's profitability, production, environmental benefits, and learning and rural development.
Changing Animal Bodies: Breeding Responses to Environmental, Economic and Social Pressures Genetics and breeding Rural development Research In this project, we explored 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 employed a methodology of looking at specific animals as embodiments of diffuse environmental conditions and manifestations of changing land-use or policies.
What Does the Future Hold? Rural development Research Assessing the meaning of the long term in strategic and environmental research.
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 focused 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.
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.
Restructuring the Rural North? Tensions and prospects for sustainable development Rural development Research In the research we investigated how initiatives for intensified resource extraction are re-structuring rural spaces. We employed a cross national comparison of two cases of mining initiatives in Sweden and Canada that share several geographical, resource, economic and social characteristics, but differ markedly in terms of indigenous government.
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.
Gender and Sustainable Development: Policy and Practice in Environmental Management Rural development Research Gender Swedish development cooperation has led the way in spearheading gender equality in its environmental policies in international settings. Domestic environment policies in Sweden, on the other hand, have had little in the way of a gender perspective. We analyzed why and how issues of gender are framed differently by civil servants in different Swedish government organizations.
Keys to a Living Country-side: Various forms of entrepreneurship in interaction with the surrounding environment Rural development Research The aim of the project was to develop new knowledge on the interaction between various forms of entrepreneurship and the surrounding country-side that influences the entrepreneurship developing there. (Cooperation with the Department of Economics, SLU)
Coal Conflicts: Participatory resource governance for improved sustainability and conflict resolution in India and Mozambique Rural development Research The project explored the possibilities for a sustainable use of carbon through local resource management in two poor/poverty-stricken regions with major carbon assets, in the state of Jharkhand in East India and the Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique. Material collected during field work was complemented with satellite data that will show changes in detailed land use related to coal mines.
Conflict, Violence and Environmental Change: Investigating resource governance and legitimacy in transitional societies Rural development Research The aim of the project is to probe the concerns raised by environmental change for conflict and violence and to understand how we can respond more effectively to them.
Women’s Entrepreneurship: For a living country-side? Rural development Research Gender This research project aimed at making rural women's enterprises visible.
ESPON BRIDGES: Territories with Geographical Specificities Rural development Research The project performed a targeted analysis on how to “think and plan in areas of territorial cooperation”. The study took as a starting point the Swiss experience in defining so-called “action areas” as newforms of soft governance spaces.
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.
The Prospects for Swedish Farming: Agrarian change and household strategies Rural development Research The aim of this study was to explore agrarian change and farm household strategies in Sweden in order to better understand the current transformations in farming as a basis for a future oriented analysis. How do farmers respond to various challenges? Who will be farming in the future?
Landscapes of Democracy: Politics, subjectivity and ecologies in environmental governance Rural development Research The project pulls together 25 years of research in Nepal’s forestry sector. An in-depth case study of gender and other social inequalities (’subjectivities’), everyday working of usergroups, role of the Forest Department and international organisations, and ecological change are brought together to address broader theoretical environmental governance questions of conflict, democracy and transformations of societies and ecologies.
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 analysed various actor’s different perspectives in relation to a forest plantation in Uganda.

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