Essays about: "small-scale farming"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 129 essays containing the words small-scale farming.
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1. Visual Communication in Driving Social Innovation for Disadvantaged groups in Nami
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Medie- och Informationsteknik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : This master’s thesis aims to explore the potential of visual communication as a powerful tool for promoting change and impact in Namibia with a focus on sustainable agriculture and food security. The study analyzes how graphic design and visual communication may effectively explain best practices for sustainable farming and inspire young adults in rural communities to engage with agriculture through empirical research. READ MORE
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2. Multi-crop solutions for sustainable agriculture : A Minor Field Study in Ratchaburi, Thailand
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Agriculture is facing many challenges, such as decreased biodiversity, soil erosion, water scarcity, and social inequality, because of industrial farming and its focus on high yields at the expense of sustainability. This also includes Thailand and the province of Ratchaburi. READ MORE
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3. Cultivating Resilient Local Food Systems: Identifying opportunities and strategies for sustainable public procurement
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The industrialization of the global food system has drastically altered agricultural practices, transitioning from small-scale, subsistence farming to large-scale, transnational supply chains dominated by agribusinesses. While this shift has increased productivity, it has led to environmental degradation, economic inequity, and loss of traditional agricultural knowledge. READ MORE
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4. Telling a different story: Farming resilience in hay-milk farms in Salzburg province
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Foregrounding relations and processes in resilience thinking has the potential to enable more holistic analyses and account for complexity, which could lead to more resilient actions, interventions, or ways of being. The concept of farming resilience builds on a process-relational understanding of resilience and thus offers a move away from more substance-based understandings of resilience as outcome. READ MORE
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5. Mjölkkarusellen : hur Holistiskt Planerad Betesdrift kan öka hållbarheten i en sinande värld
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : The problems raised due to rapid climate change are complex challenges with various underlying concerns. One of these concerns is the momentary solutions adapted in intensive factory farming, which have led to losses in nature’s finite resources. READ MORE