Essays about: "seed saving"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words seed saving.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Advanced Fieldline Rendering for Space Weather Visualization

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Medie- och Informationsteknik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Måns Aronsson; Simon Karlsson Brefält; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Sun is vital for life on Earth, but its life-giving powers can just as well be threatening. It is constantly bombarding the solar system with dangerous radiation and plasma, which Earth’s magnetic field is protecting us from. READ MORE

  4. 3. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico

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

    Author : Klara Lindqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : maize; peasants; Mexico; resistance; anti-commodities; autonomy; seed-saving;

    Abstract : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pilotstudie om olika etableringsmetoder för vårkorn med universalsåmaskin i norra Småland

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

    Author : Patric Vernersson; [2019]
    Keywords : direktsådd; sådd; tidsbesparing; universalsåmaskin; skivbillssåmaskin; plöjning; småland; etableringsteknik; maltkorn; skördeutfall; ogräs;

    Abstract : Det finns både tid och pengar att spara med direktsådd. Ca 50 – 70 % billigare och runt en timme mindre arbetstid på åkern per hektar. Ska direktsådden endast tillämpas på en del av arealen bör det vara någon typ av universalsåmaskin som klarar av både direktsådden och den konventionella sådden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Säkrare etablering av våroljeväxter med grund bearbetning på våren

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Hilding Tornerhjelm; [2016]
    Keywords : jordbearbetning; vårraps; såbädd; såtidpunkt; jordloppor; uppkomst;

    Abstract : Spring oilseed rape is an important break crop in cereal dominated crop rotations in Mälardalen. Also, it is one of few good preceding crops to winter wheat. Establishment of spring oilseed rape is perhaps the most critical moment in arable cropping, especially under dry conditions on clay soils. READ MORE