35 research outputs found
Development of a computerised rangelands resource information system for Swaziland.
No full textThe objective of this paper was to produce a computerised land resource management tool for identifying priority areas for soil conservation and sustainable management of rangeland resources. The results of satellite image analysis were used to produce maps showing the status of soil erosion and bush encroachment in the country. This was achieved by classifying the land cover map into five soil erosion and three bush encroachment classes, and highlighting critical areas of land management. Data on livestock inventory, rangelands resources, and status of land degradation were integrated to produce a computerised resource information system for Swaziland, which will assist in decision making for monitoring and management of rangelands resources; its application is demonstrated. The resource information system developed has the capability for storage, retrieval, and display of both graphical and non-graphical data in custom-designed maps and tables.UNISWA Jnl of Agric Vol 8 1999: pp 12-2
Spatial Analysis of Soil Erosion in Swaziland
No full textIn this paper a spatial analysis was undertaken to identify the impact of the factors controlling soil erosion: land management systems, stocking pressure, soil erodibility, average slope of the land, and mean annual rainfall. A binary classification was applied to a broad land cover classes map produced from image classification to separate the land cover classes into “eroded lands” and “non-eroded lands” in the country. The relationships between the proportions of land eroded in each dip-tank area and the five factors controlling erosion were investigated. A case study site was selected to determine the distribution of soil erosion in relation to proximity to dip-tanks, watering points, and homesteads. UNISWA Research Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology Vol 3 (1) 1999: pp 5-1
An inventory of Technologies to Strengthen Agriculture and Rural Development in Swaziland
No full textAn inventory of Technologies to Strengthen Agriculture and Rural Development in Swaziland
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Intertekstualiteit en die Bose in <i>Kroniek van Perdepoort</i> (Anna M. Louw)
Get PDFIn Anna M. Louw’s novel Kroniek van Perdepoort the primal conflict between good and evil is an important constituent element. Well-known authors in world literature have been fascinated by this problem, and it is an enriching experience to bring together allusions and to investigate points of contact with authors such as Feodor Dostoyevsky, Thomas Mann. William Faulkner and Patrick White. In Kroniek van Perdepoort there is a meeting between Klaas Kamer and the devil. Similarities between this meeting and similar meetings in Dr Faustus (Thomas Mann) and The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky) are pointed out.
Subsequently the portrayal of sin in Kroniek van Perdepoort is compared with Faulkner’s novels The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom!, in which a similar theme is represented.
Patrick White is also an author of religious literature to whom Anna M. Louw is attracted by her own admission. His novels. The solid Mandala and Riders in the Chariot are studied, and similarities with Kroniek van Perdepoort indicated
Panel. Faulkner\u27s Collaborators
No full textThe Posthumous Return of the Author\u27s Wishes: The Temporal Hues of the Folio Society Edition of The Sound and the Fury / Melanie M. Sherazi, University of California, Los AngelesThis paper considers the collaborative labor that produced the 2012 Folio Society limited edition of Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury; this posthumous publication resurrects and enacts the late author’s wishes to render the novel’s opening section in colored ink to signal its temporal shifts. Addressing concerns his agent had over the section’s complexity and the difficulties it might pose to readers, Faulkner wrote to his agent, “I wish publishing was advanced enough to use colored ink … I’ll just have to save the idea until publishing grows up.” My talk will engage the temporal implications of this statement vis-à-vis the text’s own renowned formal and stylistic avant-gardism. Engaging editors Noel Polk and Stephen Ross’ collaborative labor in terms of print culture and editorial theory troubles an overreliance upon the author’s stated intentions, biography, and published oeuvre as interpretative methods. I explore the ways in which posthumous publication both resurrects and effaces the figure of the late author. The talk extends these ideas regarding posthumousness by elaborating the temporal dynamics of Quentin Compson’s time-obsessed meditations in The Sound and the Fury, and their rapport with his posthumous resurrection in Absalom, Absalom!Absalom, Absalom! and Cold War Diplomacy / Laura Goldblatt, University of VirginiaThough William Faulkner’s novels were lauded in the 1930s, when he attended the Nobel Prize ceremony in 1951, all but one were out of print. My paper looks to this publication history to extend and complicate current readings of CIA sponsorship of modernist texts and authors during the Cold War. By analyzing the covert CIA support of Faulkner and his novel Absalom, Absalom! I suggest that cultural imperialism follows an economic logic of market exposure and saturation. Yet if the failures that haunt Absalom, Absalom! defy the CIA’s institutional aims, they also secure its place in the canon.Du Bois v. Faulkner: The Debate / Richard Moreland, Louisiana State UniversityIn 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois challenged William Faulkner to a debate on the courthouse steps where an all-white jury had recently acquitted the murderers of Emmett Till. Du Bois’s challenge marked a line in the sand, one limit to an especially public phase of Faulkner’s career. Faulkner had been encouraged by the Nobel Prize, the U.S. State Department, and the world press to write and speak on behalf of mankind, the free world, the nation, and both white and black Mississippians. The Reivers reflects on the limits of such public statements, and the unpredictable voices and futures they obscure
Tradução comentada do conto Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard, de William Faulkner
Get PDFDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos da TraduçãoEste trabalho de dissertação é fruto de estudos de teorias da tradução e teve como princípio norteador a aquisição de conhecimentos sobre aspectos relacionados com a produção da obra original, para só então definir a posição do tradutor. Somente após a contextualização da obra original e análise das características do autor concretizou-se a tradução do conto Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard de William Faulkner. Para manter a força do conto original não houve simplesmente a preocupação em conseguir encontrar equivalentes ou traduzir palavra por palavra, mas sim, em adentrar no jogo de significantes, de maneira a tornar a tradução o mais próximo possível do original, respeitando a heterogeneidade das situações lingüísticas e culturais existentes entre a língua inglesa do original e a língua portuguesa no Brasil, para a qual o conto foi traduzido. Muitos obstáculos foram encontrados ao longo desse processo, e a estes, foram apresentadas soluções. Tanto as hipóteses levantadas para a solução dos problemas, quanto as decisões tomadas descritas nesta pesquisa estão ancoradas nos princípios teóricos de Lawrence Venutti, Georges Mounin, John C. Catford e Antoine Berman. This essay has its origins in studies about translation theories and in the knowledge acquisition about the aspects related with the production of the original work. Just after those studies, was established the position as translator. And only after the contextualization of the original work and the analysis of the author characteristics it was started the translation process of the tale Lizards in Jamshyd's Courtyard written by William Faulkner, this tale is part of the novel Hamlet written by the same author. To maintain the strength of the original tale there was not just a concern about getting equivalents or translating word by word , but was to be very close to the characteristics of the original tale; considering what is heterogeneous in the linguistic and cultural situations between the English language in which the original tale was written, and the Portuguese language from Brazil where the tale has been translated. The hypothesis, the possible solutions to the problems found, and the decisions taken in this research are based on: Lawrence Venutti, Georges Mounin, John C. Cattford and Antoine Berman's theories
Farmer Perceptions and Responses to Soil Degradation in Swaziland
Get PDFSoil degradation is globally concerning due to its adverse effects on the environment and agricultural production. Much of Swaziland is at risk from degradation. This paper assesses farmer perceptions and responses to soil degradation in 2002 and 2014, focusing on two land uses that underpin rural livelihoods: arable land and rangeland areas. It uses repeat household survey and semi-structured interviews, in two case study chiefdoms in the country’s middleveld (KaBhudla and Engcayini) in the first longitudinal study of its kind. We find that observations of land degradation are perceived mainly through changes in land productivity, with chemical degradation occurring predominantly on arable land, and physical degradation and erosion mainly in rangeland areas. Changes in rainfall are particularly important in determining responses. Whilst perceptions of the causes and impacts of degradation largely concur with the scientific literature, responses were constrained by poor land availability, shorter and more unpredictable cropping seasons due to changing rains, and low awareness, access to or knowledge of agricultural inputs. We suggest that sustainable arable land management can be enhanced through: improved access to alternative sources of water; use of management practices that retain soil and moisture; and greater access to agricultural inputs and capacity building to ensure their appropriate use. We suggest collaborative management for: settlement planning that integrates soil conservation; livestock management such as stocking levels and rotational grazing could improve land quality in rangeland areas. Together, these approaches can help land users to better manage change
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Crop Production Systems: A Case of Mpolonjeni Area Development Programme (ADP) in Swaziland
Get PDFProlonged drought and floods as a result of climate change are a serious problem for households at Mpolonjeni ADP because their livelihood is mainly rainfedfarming. This is evident as there is high level of food insecurity, crop failure, poverty and hunger, which has forced many households to abandon farming and survive by food aid. The study was a descriptive survey aimed to identify private adaptation strategies to climate change and conduct a cost benefit analysis for the identified adaptation strategies. A stratified random samplingtechnique was used to select 350 households. Personal interviews were conducted using structured questionnaires. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and cost benefit analysis where net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) were used as decision rules. Adaptation strategies used were; drought resistant varieties, switching crops, irrigation, crop rotation, mulching, minimum tillage, early planting, late planting and intercropping. Switching crops had the highest NPV, where maize (E14.40) should be substituted with drought tolerant crops such as cotton (E1864.40), sorghum (E283.30) and dry beans (E292.20). The study recommends that households should grow drought tolerant crops such as cotton, sorghum and dry beans instead of maize. The government should provide irrigation infrastructure, such as dams, strengthen extension services and subsidise farm inputs in order to improve crop production
