Essays about: "agriculture sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 335 essays containing the words agriculture sustainability.

1. 1. Shifting focus from yields to food supply : an evaluation of the ‘number of people fed per hectare’ indicator at farm and national level

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Ida Ekqvist; [2024]
   Keywords : Land use efficiency; Sustainability indicators; Agricultural productivity; Food production;

   Abstract : The challenge of feeding a growing global population while reducing the pressure on climate and ecosystems has gained much attention in research over the last decades. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect in research addressing this complex challenge is the efficiency of food production in meeting nutritional needs within the constraints of global cropland resources. READ MORE

3. 2. On becoming an organic farmer2.14.0.0 : An autoethnographic reflection2.14.0.0

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Cliona Jane Lyle Bredius; [2024]
   Keywords : WWOOF; sustainable tourism; Gotland; autoethnography; agriculture;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) network may constitute a form of sustainable tourism on the Baltic Island of Gotland, Sweden. To do this, I narrate my own personal journey as a WWOOF volunteer trying to find my way as an organic farmer, in an autoethnographic account of my experience at Tjeldervik Gård during the spring and summer of 2023. READ MORE

4. 3. Controlled environmental agriculture & the need for innovations networks

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Andreas Törnblom; Oscar Melkersson; [2023-08-28]
   Keywords : Controlled Environmental Agriculture CEA ; Food Production; Innovation Networks; Multi Level Perspective; Sustainability;

   Abstract : This thesis explores which innovation systems that facilitates growth for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) companies and to successfully operate within the food industry. This was done by interviewing several companies within the CEA industry as well as relevant governmental organizations. READ MORE

5. 4. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE FOR ADAPTATION/ RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Dulani Lavanya Samarasekara Witharana; [2023-06-22]
   Keywords : climate change adaptation; resilient agroecosystems; Hindu Kush Himalaya; indigenous knowledge; traditional farming; traditional ecological knowledge;

   Abstract : Mountain agricultural systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are in a unique position to contribute to promoting nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience to climate change since they are least impacted by the influence of commercial high-production agriculture. This study aims to explore currently available literature for evidence of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) based agriculture in the HKH region and analyse their contribution to region and location specific climate change adaptation. READ MORE

6. 5. Investigation of an enzymatic cascade for the production of 5- hydroxymethylfurfurylamine

   University essay from KTH/Industriell bioteknologi

   Author : Sajitha Chandrakumaran; [2023]
   Keywords : Biocatalysis; Silicibacter pomeroyi; transaminase; enzymatic cascade; Cadaverine; Biokatalys; Silicibacter pomeroyi; transaminas; Enzymatisk kaskad; Kadaverin;

   Abstract : Biokatalys medför ett alternativt tillvägagångsätt för att kunna utforska och utveckla kemiskt syntetiserade vägar för produktionen av eftertraktade kemikalier, där hållbarhet och miljön tas till beaktan. I denna studie undersöktes potentialen av en enzymatisk kaskad för produktion av 5-hydroximetylfurfurylamin (HMFA). READ MORE