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Yearning to farm – Youth, agricultural intensification and land in Mkushi, Zambia
Highlights Youth headed households in Mkushi, Zambia have been compared with other households - there are no differences in yields based on age. Technology use and skills position young households well in agriculture. IIndependent access to land is necessary to participate in agriculture. Independent access to land among youth is unusual, however, delaying adulthood and independence. Parents who deny their children land benefit from selling or renting land to others , distrust their children or want to control them.
Yearning to farm – Youth, agricultural intensification and land in Mkushi, Zambia
Highlights Youth headed households in Mkushi, Zambia have been compared with other households - there are no differences in yields based on age. Technology use and skills position young households well in agriculture. IIndependent access to land is necessary to participate in agriculture. Independent access to land among youth is unusual, however, delaying adulthood and independence. Parents who deny their children land benefit from selling or renting land to others , distrust their children or want to control them.
Yearning to farm – Youth, agricultural intensification and land in Mkushi, Zambia
Andersson Djurfeldt, Agnes (author) / Kalindi, Audrey (author) / Lindsjö, Karin (author) / Wamulume, Mukata (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 71 ; 85-93
2019-08-28
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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