Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Borras, Saturnino M."

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The biofuel boom and Indonesia's oil palm industry : the twin processes of peasant dispossession and adverse incorporation in West Kalimantan

Fortin, Claude Joel (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)

The sharp rise in global demand for biofuels and food has prompted widespread land grabbing in the Global South. In the case of Indonesia, it has prompted an unprecedented expansion of oil palm plantations that are expected ...
Microfinance : does it affect rural poverty reduction? : the case of two villages in southern India

Jalan, Asha (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2009)

Given that microfinance requires regular financial contributions either as savings or repayments, examining who has access to microfinance is a critical first step in understanding how microfinance influences rural poverty ...
The political economy of biofuels and farming : the case of smallholders in Tanzania

Winters, Kristen (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)

Following decades of neoliberal policies promoting commodity driven export production, the small scale farming sector in many developing countries has suffered from declining market share, lessening productivity and deepening ...
The politics of transnational agrarian movements (Via Campesina and IFAP) on genetically modified crops and agrofuels

Menzies, Stacey J. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)

Mainstream agricultural development policy, in regards to alleviating hunger and poverty, has been biased in favour of the industrial model of production. The promotion of genetically modified (GM) crops and agrofuels ...
What will we do without our land? : land grabs and resistance in rural Cambodia

Schneider, Alison Elizabeth (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)

Dynamics of the global land grab are exemplified in Cambodia, where at least 27 forced evictions took place in 2009, affecting 23,000 people. Estimates suggest that 15 to 20 percent of the population is landless or 'near ...