Essays about: "farming as resistance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words farming as resistance.

  1. 1. Kan samodling av höstraps och utvintrande baljväxter minska angreppen av rapsjordloppa?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Elin Tegelid; [2023]
    Keywords : samodling; rapsjordloppa; utvintrande baljväxter; oljeväxter; raps;

    Abstract : Höstraps (Brassica napus) är en av världens och Sveriges viktigaste grödor. Det är en viktig avbrottsgröda i växtföljder dominerade av spannmål. Tyvärr har den omfattande odlingen gjort att rapsen drabbats av patogener och skadegörare, vilket försvårar ekologisk odling. READ MORE

  3. 2. Premium price for smaller size? : Testing the relationship between small firm cues and consumers’ willingness to pay for organic wine

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Louisa Hoppe; Diede Rosmalen; [2023]
    Keywords : firm cue; firm size; willingness to pay; organic wine;

    Abstract : Consumer demand for organic products has increased due to growing awareness of climate change and sustainability. However, the higher price of organic products is a barrier for some consumers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Varför bara M9? : alternativa grundstammar för hållbar äppelodling i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Cecilia Appelquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Geneva; East Malling; MARK; B9; jordtrötthet; omplantering; tätplantering; fruktträdskräfta; blodlus; päronpest; rotröta;

    Abstract : I äppelodling används ympade träd, det vill säga träd som består av en ädelsort och en grundstam. I svensk kommersiell odling dominerar, enligt samtal med odlare innan arbetets start, grundstammen M9. Det finns dock ingen officiell statistik över vilka grundstammar som används. READ MORE

  5. 4. We Are the Solution: Seed Sovereignty, Local Knowledge Systems and Women’s Liberation Through Rice Farming in Southern Senegal

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

    Author : Na Haby Stella Faye; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The system of capitalist agriculture increasingly shows its social, economic and ecological failures. Some of the alternatives are based on food and seed sovereignty. However, the knowledge systems underlying seed saving practices, especially in the West African context, have been overlooked. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effect of a plant-derived nutraceutical on the tolerance of axenically-cultured Artemia towards abiotic or biotic stressor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Ahumuza Allan Castro; [2023]
    Keywords : Artemia; Hsp70; Vibrio campbellii; plant extract; aquaculture; abiotic stressor;

    Abstract : Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food-production industries worldwide accounting for almost half of fish used for human consumption. Super-intensive, intensive, and semi-intensive farming practices used to produce large farm fish are increasing the frequency of disease outbreaks which is a major problem affecting sustainable aquaculture growth. READ MORE