2021
DOI: 10.4000/cea.6226
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Contestations and Resistance in the Sugarcane Economy in Mumias, Kenya

Abstract: Esta publicação é financiada por fundos nacionais através do Camões -Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua Portuguesa, I.P.

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“…It is not in doubt that the cane industry has benefited farmers financially to some extent. Yet, the results of this dependence and control is that agriculture serves the interests of stakeholders including farmers individually, but not environmentally sound and integrated agriculture that places control over land and development processes in the hands of farmers and develops their local economies (Narh, 2019).…”
Section: The Situation In Chemelilmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It is not in doubt that the cane industry has benefited farmers financially to some extent. Yet, the results of this dependence and control is that agriculture serves the interests of stakeholders including farmers individually, but not environmentally sound and integrated agriculture that places control over land and development processes in the hands of farmers and develops their local economies (Narh, 2019).…”
Section: The Situation In Chemelilmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These technologies and capital inputs, often developed inorganically, are expected to guide how much and what kind of yield can be produced from a given piece of land. Yet, the persistence of land degradation, loss of farmers’ ingenuity, and rising land fragmentation have produced concerns about the sustainability of the technical input-centred model of agriculture (Narh, Forthcoming). The premise that intensive agriculture based on the technical input-centred model can be sustainable to produce land efficiency and conservation falsely suggests that all stakeholders can pursue conservation and sustainability as core interests.…”
Section: The Problem With Technical Input-centred Agriculturementioning
confidence: 99%
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