Essays about: "agriculture occupation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words agriculture occupation.

1. 1. Mozambican farmers perceived health in the context of climate change : A qualitative study

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

   Author : Agnes Taripanah; [2023]
   Keywords : Public health; climate change; Mozambique; agriculture; health belief model; theory of justice; Folkhälsovetenskap; klimatförändringar; Moçambique; jordbruk; health belief model; theory of justice;

   Abstract : Introduction: Mozambican farmers constitute a vulnerable group, facing challenges in relation to climate change that put their health at risk. This issue received limited attention in privious research, resulting in a knowledge gap regarding a local perspective of Mozambican farmers’ health in the contex of climate change. READ MORE

3. 2. Masculinity and bodaboda driving in Tanzania : a study of rural young men engaging in motorcycle taxi in Kilosa and Mvomero districts

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Baraka Smeaton Gaba; [2022]
   Keywords : bodaboda; agriculture; masculinity; young men;

   Abstract : In ensuring that people fight poverty they have been advised to adopt a variety of ways and strategies for boosting their economy to sustain their daily lives. In rural areas the main reliance has been agriculture for all people but due to the challenges facing agriculture, people had to look at other activities apart from agriculture in order to survive. READ MORE

4. 3. Forgotten Practices: A case study of social struggles in agrarian Uppsala, and its implications for Swedish farming

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Herman Bernström; [2022]
   Keywords : agriculture; farming; social sustainability; social reproduction; production of space; landscape geography; food production; representation; Uppsala; Henri Lefebvre; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis set out to map the relation Swedish farmers have to their occupation and production, while also investigating what challenges farmers experience which in turn might affect social sustainability in Swedish agriculture negatively. Agriculture was approached as a case of low social sustainability based on the fact that more than one-third of Swedish farmers are over retiring age, while young people increasingly seem to move away from the sector. READ MORE

5. 4. Lantbrukets användning av strategiska verktyg

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Richard Andersson; Jesper Thuresson; [2021]
   Keywords : strategisk planering; strategiska verktyg; lantbruk; lantbruksföretag; strategic planning; strategic tools; agriculture; agricultural companies;

   Abstract : Lantbruket består av mestadels mikroföretag där antalet anställda inte är högre än fem per arbetsplats. Mycket fokus har legat på den kortsiktiga planeringen, där beroende på hur året sett ut har haft ett stort inflytande över de beslutet som tagits inom produktionen. READ MORE

6. 5. Hur sår community gardens fröet för gemenskap? : en undersökning av community gardens sociala kapital i Sverige

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lovisa Ekvall; [2021]
   Keywords : community garden; socialt kapital; gemenskap; nätverk; tillit; kollektiv odling; intervju;

   Abstract : Följande arbete undersöker hur socialt kapital kan skapas i community gardens. Det finns ett behov av en bredare förståelse hos stadsplanerare kring vikten av community gardens, detta för att kunna skapa mer gemenskap i samhället. Idag utgör ensamhet och isolering ett globalt problem som visat negativ inverkan på människors hälsa. READ MORE