"In many southern African countries the role of national agricultural extension systems over... more "In many southern African countries the role of national agricultural extension systems over the last two to three decades has been mainly to promote the hybrid maize and fertiliser packages of the Green Revolution. The assumption has always been that this would prove the saving of southern African smallholder agriculture and food security. Over the last eight or nine years another revolution has, however, swept the region: that of economic structural adjustment and reform programmes. Inefficient parastatal institutions have been a particular target for economic liberalisation programmes, and this has led to the demise of many former state-supported smallholder agricultural systems. Zambia is a case in point. A series of droughts in the early 1990s, and the disappearance of parastatals which had been supplying subsidised hybrid maize and fertiliser inputs to more remote parts of the country, have left large numbers of smallholder farmers facing a significant crisis. They are be...
This article describes: (1) some of the effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in cast and sout... more This article describes: (1) some of the effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in cast and southern Africa (2) the indications for the development of such impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia over the medium term, noting similarities and differences between the three countries; (3) explores the policy implications of these findings; (4) presents a generalised response strategy.
... GODFREY MITT1 Adaptive Planning Research Team, Ministry of Agriculture, Mount Makulu Central ... more ... GODFREY MITT1 Adaptive Planning Research Team, Ministry of Agriculture, Mount Makulu Central Research Station, Zambia MARTINA HASLWIMMER AGSP, FAO, Rome ... In Tanzania communities were studied in Rukwa, Mbeya and Tanga Regions. ...
"In many southern African countries the role of national agricultural extension systems over... more "In many southern African countries the role of national agricultural extension systems over the last two to three decades has been mainly to promote the hybrid maize and fertiliser packages of the Green Revolution. The assumption has always been that this would prove the saving of southern African smallholder agriculture and food security. Over the last eight or nine years another revolution has, however, swept the region: that of economic structural adjustment and reform programmes. Inefficient parastatal institutions have been a particular target for economic liberalisation programmes, and this has led to the demise of many former state-supported smallholder agricultural systems. Zambia is a case in point. A series of droughts in the early 1990s, and the disappearance of parastatals which had been supplying subsidised hybrid maize and fertiliser inputs to more remote parts of the country, have left large numbers of smallholder farmers facing a significant crisis. They are be...
This article describes: (1) some of the effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in cast and sout... more This article describes: (1) some of the effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in cast and southern Africa (2) the indications for the development of such impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia over the medium term, noting similarities and differences between the three countries; (3) explores the policy implications of these findings; (4) presents a generalised response strategy.
... GODFREY MITT1 Adaptive Planning Research Team, Ministry of Agriculture, Mount Makulu Central ... more ... GODFREY MITT1 Adaptive Planning Research Team, Ministry of Agriculture, Mount Makulu Central Research Station, Zambia MARTINA HASLWIMMER AGSP, FAO, Rome ... In Tanzania communities were studied in Rukwa, Mbeya and Tanga Regions. ...
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