Enhancing Rural Livelihoods Through Tourism Education and Strategic Partnerships: A Uganda Case Study

The state Jharkhand is one of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) rich states of the country because of diverse physiographic and climatic conditions. It is known for its mineral wealth, tribal population and forests. NTFPs play an important role in supporting rural livelihoods and food security in tribal Jharkhand. The present study was carried out in three distinct villages of Jharkhand to explore the range of livelihood contributions of NTFPs. The study was based on empirical fieldwork using both quantitative and qualitative data. A structured interview schedule was managed for the respondents. Comparing income sources, we found that most of the households collect NTFPs and earn a handsome amount of income from NTFPs ranges from 33% to 59%. We also prioritized potential NTFPs along with their basic value chain.

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Case Study: Integrating TEFI (Tourism Education Futures Initiative) Core Values into the Undergraduate Curriculum

The Tourism Education Futures Initiative ◽

10.4324/9781315541297-20 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 248-285

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Curriculum ◽

Core Values ◽

Tourism Education

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Critical and Inhibiting Success Factors in Interorganizational Networks

Multilevel Approach to Competitiveness in the Global Tourism Industry - Advances in Hospitality, Tourism, and the Services Industry ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0365-2.ch005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 63-86

Author(s):

Viviana Durão ◽

António Carrizo Moreira

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Single Case ◽

Interorganizational Networks ◽

Single Case Study ◽

Strategic Partnerships ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Organizational Network ◽

The Relationship

This chapter, based on a single case study, has as its main objective to analyze a real example of creating an inter-organizational network and to perceive what was done for the selection and creation of the strategic partnerships and inter-organizational network and what factors or conditions can inhibit these partnerships from having long-term success and throughout its life cycle. For this, a qualitative study based on action research and semi-structured interviews was conducted. Results show although many companies settle in inter-organizational networks to gain competitive advantage, cases of failure are still quite high. In this case, upstream partnerships have not been based on long-term trust and commitment, which has jeopardized the continuity of the network, although there is an express desire to re-establish contacts. The partnership established downstream did not show the same commitment to continue the partnership with a total termination of the relationship.

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Household Demographics, Assets, and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study from Rain-Endowed South Western Ethiopia

The Demographic Transition and Development in Africa ◽

10.1007/978-90-481-8918-2_13 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 265-281

Author(s):

Dula Etana

Keyword(s):

Rural Livelihoods ◽

Western Ethiopia ◽

Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

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Large-Scale Farming and Land Reform Beneficiaries in South Africa: Lessons From a Case Study in Limpopo Province

Journal of Asian and African Studies ◽

10.1177/0021909620937465 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002190962093746

Author(s):

Clemence Rusenga

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Land Reform ◽

Large Scale ◽

Rural Livelihoods ◽

Limpopo Province ◽

Scale Production ◽

African Government ◽

Large Scale Production ◽

The Government

The South African government intends to improve rural livelihoods through land and agrarian reform. However, in doing so the government is enforcing large-scale production in the land reform projects with little regard for the beneficiaries’ background or capabilities, which are not suited to large-scale production. The article demonstrates how large-scale farming is negatively affecting land beneficiaries’ production by undermining their ability to produce the quality products (and adequate quantities) that satisfy the standards in the increasingly concentrated markets dominated by agribusiness.

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