Cultivating Success in Uganda: Kigezi Farmers and Colonial Policies (Eastern African Studies) - Tapa blanda

A comprehensive historical study [that] offers an insightful, well-supported, engaging treatment of the development of colonial agricultural policy in Eastern Africa. CAHIERS D'ETUDES AFRICAINES

An excellent source of case material and analysis of 'cultivating success'. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW

Kigezi, a district in south-western Uganda, has proved itself to be an area of exceptionality in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world this district did not adopt cash crops, successfully adopted soil conservation practices, and had a remarkably developed and individualised land market.
This book presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Its findings are particularly exciting for all those involved in the ongoing key debates in natural resource management and environmental history.
Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead and Leach, this case study pushes this debate forward, exploring how the political economy of land and labour has been transformed alongside a more positive environmental story.

GRACE CARSWELL is a Lecturer in Geography at Sussex University

Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa
North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers