Dissertation/ Thesis
Food Security, Climate Change Adaptation and Land Use Options for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi : a Biophysical-Economic Modeling Approach ; Ernährungssicherheit, Klimawandel-Anpassung und Landnutzungsoptionen für Kleinbauern in Malawi : ein biophysikalisch-ökonomischer Modellierungsansatz
| العنوان: | Food Security, Climate Change Adaptation and Land Use Options for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi : a Biophysical-Economic Modeling Approach ; Ernährungssicherheit, Klimawandel-Anpassung und Landnutzungsoptionen für Kleinbauern in Malawi : ein biophysikalisch-ökonomischer Modellierungsansatz |
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| المؤلفون: | Kachulu, Mutisungilire Francisco |
| المساهمون: | Schneider, Uwe (Prof. Dr.) |
| بيانات النشر: | Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | E-Dissertationen der Universität Hamburg |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Food security, climate change, smallholder farmers, Malawi, 333.7 Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt, 38.09 Physische Geographie, 48.16 Agrarsysteme, 48.32 Bodenkunde, Bodenbewertung, ddc:333.7 |
| الوصف: | The attainment of food security remains an indispensable process to poverty reduction, economic growth and stability. It is a basic necessity and a human right as endorsed by article 25 of the Human Rights Charter. Strangely, millions of families across the globe suffer from hunger, despite streams of policy committments at global, regional and country level to eradicate it. Smallholder farmers who comprise nearly 80% of the Malawian population provide a vivid case study. In 2010, nearly 30% of smallholder farmers were food insecure, 15% were entirely food dependent and 40% lived the below the poverty line. In the midst of such, climate change is expected to exacerbate the already dire situation. This thesis is designed to analyse and provide insights and options that may lead to the eradication of hunger among smallholder farmers in Malawi. The study specifically analyses the role of: a) food governance systems; b) climate adaptation alternatives and land use change; c) crop, market diversification and tobacco substitution; and d) climate mitigation support mechanisms in relation to welfare of smallholder farmers in Malawi. Chapter one gives the background to the study area, highlighting the current and possible future challenges that smallholder farmers might face. The motivation of the study culminates from combination of the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and the basic necessity to achieve food security. Chapter one ends by highlighting the overall research objectives. Chapter two, deals with data sources and methods. The thesis methodology largely hedges on the development of the Malawi Agricultural Sector Model (MASM). MASM depicts the Malawian agricultural demand and supply side and is adapted or adjusted in subsequent chapters to address specific research questions. Chapter three discusses the role of alternative food governance systems and policy support mechanisms like input subsidy and market access in hunger eradication. The food governance systems are differentiated as sovereign and ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-84885; https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/7185 |
| الاتاحة: | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-84885 https://ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de/handle/ediss/7185 |
| Rights: | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; No license |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4C93035A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |