Cultivating success in Uganda : Kigezi farmers & colonial policies

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Cultivating success in Uganda : Kigezi farmers & colonial policies

Grace Carswell

(Eastern African studies)

British Institute in Eastern Africa, 2007

  • pbk.
  • hbk.
  • Ohio University Press hbk.
  • Ohio University Press pbk.
  • Fountain Publishers

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Published in association with James Currey, Fountain Publishers and Ohio University Press

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

hbk. ISBN 9781847016003

Description

Kigezi, a district in south-western Uganda, has proved itself to be an area of exceptionality in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world this district did not adopt cash crops, successfully adopted soil conservation practices, and had a remarkably developed and individualised land market. This book presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Its findings are particularly exciting for all those involved in the ongoing key debates in natural resource management and environmental history. Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead and Leach, this case study pushes this debate forward, exploring how the political economy of land and labour has been transformed alongside a more positive environmental story. GRACE CARSWELL is a Lecturer in Geography at Sussex University Published in association with the British Institute inEastern Africa North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Introduction
  • Colonial encounters with Kigezi agriculture: food crops & cash crops
  • Soil conservation in Kigezi
  • Land tenure in Kigezi
  • Land reform policies & chiefly authority
  • Changes in agricultural system
  • Livelihoods, labouring & differentiation
  • Conclusion.
Volume

pbk. ISBN 9781847016010

Description

Illustrates that the usual assumptions about population pressure and environmental change need to be questioned. Kigezi, a district in south-western Uganda, has proved itself to be an area of exceptionality in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world this district did not adopt cash crops, successfully adopted soil conservation practices, and had a remarkably developed and individualised land market. This book presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Its findings are particularly exciting for all those involved in the ongoing key debates in natural resource management and environmental history. Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead and Leach, this case study pushes this debate forward, exploring how the political economy of land and labour has been transformed alongside a more positive environmental story. GRACE CARSWELL is a Lecturer in Geography at Sussex University Published in association with the British Institute inEastern Africa North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Introduction
  • Colonial encounters with Kigezi agriculture: food crops & cash crops
  • Soil conservation in Kigezi
  • Land tenure in Kigezi
  • Land reform policies & chiefly authority
  • Changes in agricultural system
  • Livelihoods, labouring & differentiation
  • Conclusion.

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