TY - BOOK ID - 128202018 TI - Cultivating success in Uganda : Kigezi farmers & colonial policies AU - Carswell, Grace AU - British Institute in Eastern Africa. PY - 2007 SN - 0821417797 0821417800 1847016006 1847016014 9780821417799 9780821417805 9781847016003 9781847016010 9789970026821 9970026828 PB - Oxford : Currey, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture and state UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:128202018 AB - Kigezi, a district in southwestern Uganda, is exceptional in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world, this district did not adopt cash crops. Soil conservation practices were successfully adopted, and the region maintained a remarkably developed and individualized land market from the early colonial period. Grace Carswell presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead, and Leach, her case study confirms recent research suggesting that the usual assumptions about population pressure, environment, and long-term land-use change need to be questioned. Her findings are particularly exciting for all those involved in the ongoing key debates in natural resource management, development studies, and environmental history. ER -