Essays about: "marketing strategy for farms"
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1. Integrating horticultural and arable crops : a sustainable way to increase vegetable production in Scania?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Modern arable production is associated with a highly homogenous landscape with few cultivated species and is relying heavily on external chemical inputs. Intensive vegetable production, on the other hand, is associated with environmental costs such as increased risk of nutrient leaching and loss of soil organic matter. READ MORE
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2. Portfolio balancing strategy for the integration of renewable energy sources to the day ahead market
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : New methods of government support and marketing of renewable production push the renewable energy sources (RES) to be more integrated to the wholesale day-ahead market. In this way, predictive models of production for solar and wind power have been developed to manage the resulting balancing costs. READ MORE
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3. Community supported agriculture : in a Swedish context
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Swedish agriculture faces new challenges on an aggregated level, as well as for individual farms. The number of farms in Sweden is decreasing, but the average size of farms is increasing. Much of the structured changed can be explained by the increase in global competition and the design of the CAP within the EU. READ MORE
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4. The business models of commercial urban farming in developed countries
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : This thesis is an analysis of the business models used in commercial urban farming in the developed world. With its global sample and praxis to include all found firms not subject to delimitations, this thesis is an extension of the academic writing that already has gone beyond the case approach in studying urban farming and alternative food networks. READ MORE
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5. Small-scale versus large-scale cocoa farming in Cameroon : which farm type is more ready for the future?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Smallholding in the cocoa sector has been seen as a hindrance to production and productivity growth due to the ageing of the cocoa farmers, limited access to credit, low level of education and low adoptability of innovations. In order to curb this, policy makers have resorted to implementing policy instruments that encourage the extension of small rural farms into larger farms, thereby undermining the challenges that large-scale farmers might have to deal with. READ MORE