Permaculture, Final Capstone Paper 5-26, Hope - Never Ending Food

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This Positive Deviance Inquiry addresses a central issue now facing Malawian agriculture, i.e. the adoption by farmers of sustainable agriculture practices. It does so by examining the agricultural practices of 27 Malawian farmers who have been exposed to Permaculture Nutrition and Design. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, this inquiry identifies Permaculture adapters (positive deviants) and examines the factors and farmer characteristics associated with such adoption. The purpose of the inquiry is, specifically, to inform and better target Permaculture training in Malawi, and more broadly, to provide insights relating to the transfer/adoption of alternative agricultural practices in developing countries. The study also examines household food security in Malawi and the extent to which it is affected by the adoption of Permaculture practices. 3
Figure 1: Map of Malawi (United Nations, 2004) 4
Page 1 and 2: Permaculture Adoption Among Malawia
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract………
Page 5 and 6: ABBREVIATIONS CBO CGIAR INGO FAO FA
Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are a number
Page 9: is not a resource-deprived country
Page 13 and 14: B. CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE VERSUS
Page 15 and 16: 1984; Chavez-Tafur, et al., 2006).
Page 17 and 18: Table 1: Comparative Practices Fiel
Page 19 and 20: II. STATEMENT OF RESEARCH QUESTION
Page 21 and 22: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Positive Devia
Page 23 and 24: Schroeder, Deardon, Sternin & Stern
Page 25 and 26: and use of new seed varieties, adop
Page 27 and 28: METHODOLOGY A PDI can mobilize comm
Page 29 and 30: possible, were preceded by a tour o
Page 31 and 32: education household Number of years
Page 33 and 34: The design of the research was suff
Page 35 and 36: Table 3: Sample Characteristics of
Page 37 and 38: Green and Ng’ong’ola (1993) hav
Page 39 and 40: distinct number clusters. Participa
Page 41 and 42: This study makes an attempt to anal
Page 43 and 44: the past she has preferred to use t
Page 45 and 46: ecause when I left home to visit my
Page 47 and 48: TABLE 6: FREQUENCY OF EVALUATED PRA
Page 49 and 50: • reduced sweeping for soil conse
Page 51 and 52: • pest management practices: stro
Page 53 and 54: consider the food from their kitche
Page 55 and 56: Table 8 presents the respondents an
Page 57 and 58: maize and groundnuts to make Likuni
Page 59 and 60: CONCLUSION OVERARCHING QUESTION: Wh
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highest adoption scores indicated t
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increased respondents food and nutr
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Abadi Ghadim, A., Pann
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Lapping, K., Marsh, D., Rosenbaum,
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APPENDICES APPENDIX A: AUTHOR’S P
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• Design and implementation of th
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g. Other: Participants were asked t
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a. Zone 0: This zone is the source
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APPENDIX C: PRECONFIGURED QUESTIONN
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NO. QUESTION RESPONSE RESPONSE OPTI
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30a. Do you have a Zone 5, woodlot,
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APPENDIX D: ADOPTER ASSESSMENT TOOL
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Appendix E: Food and Nutrition Secu
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