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Herbicide induced hunger? Conservation Agriculture, ganyu labour and rural poverty in Central Malawi (Record no. 62973)

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control field 62973
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control field MX-TxCIM
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control field 20231017220121.0
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International Standard Serial Number 0022-0388
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International Standard Serial Number 1743-9140 (Online)
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Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1786062
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bouwman, T.
9 (RLIN) 3594
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Herbicide induced hunger? Conservation Agriculture, ganyu labour and rural poverty in Central Malawi
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. London (United Kingdom) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Taylor & Francis,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021.
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General note Peer review
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General note Open Access
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Summary, etc. Herbicide use is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. While herbicides promise improved weed-control, labour savings and even reduced land degradation–they are promoted to enable Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption–there are concerns about their health and environmental risks. Yet, their socio-economic implications have been largely ignored. We investigated the effects of herbicide use on casual labour relations (ganyu) in Central Malawi using a survey of 275 households. In rural Malawi doing ganyu is the main coping strategy during the hunger season/growing season. We find that where CA promotion incentivised herbicide use, herbicides became common and substituted much in-season ganyu hiring. Consequently, many households were unable to find work and ended up hungry. While herbicides mainly benefited the better-off who could afford them, these benefits occurred at the expense of the poor and food insecure. Agricultural development initiatives should be aware that herbicides are likely to reduce agricultural labour opportunities and rural wages. Where alternative labour opportunities are limited, this may contribute to social differentiation, hunger and the individualisation of poverty. Our study demonstrates the potential hazards of neglecting the social equity implications of technology promotion–a lesson pertinent to the sustainable intensification agenda, including the promotion of CA.
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Language note Text in English
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Herbicides
9 (RLIN) 1808
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Conservation agriculture
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 2619
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Labour
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 6610
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rural poverty
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4219
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1319
Geographic name Malawi
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Andersson, J.A.
Field link and sequence number INT3362
9 (RLIN) 941
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Intensification Program
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Giller, K.E.
9 (RLIN) 1960
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Title Journal of Development Studies
Related parts v. 57, no. 2, p. 244-263
Place, publisher, and date of publication London (United Kingdom) : Taylor & Francis, 2021.
International Standard Serial Number 0022-0388
Record control number u444520
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Link text Open Access through DSpace
Uniform Resource Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21074
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12/08/2020   12/08/2020 Article Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 12/08/2020

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