Essays about: "Accounting and agriculture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the words Accounting and agriculture.

  1. 6. Groundwater denitrification by fluidized bioelectrochemical systems

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Lena Bonin; [2020]
    Keywords : Bioelectrochemistry; fluidized bed reactor; bioremediation; denitrification; groundwater; reduced graphene oxide;

    Abstract : Groundwater (GW) accounting for most of the freshwater available around the World, finding sustainable techniques to depollute it is of crucial importance for safe drinking water supply. The extensive use of fertilizers in the agriculture, as well as other anthropogenic activities, are contributing to the excessive nitrate levels in some aquifers. READ MORE

  3. 7. The root causes of the gender digital divide and its consequences on the adoption and use of app-based climate warning systems in rural India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Vera Antonia Becker; [2020]
    Keywords : Digitalisation; Gender; Humanitarian Action; Climate Change;

    Abstract : In the wake of climate change to provide timely information is a must to ensure that the most vulnerable people are protected, and development gains secured. Particularly in agriculture and food security, providing information on time is vital to secure people’s livelihoods. READ MORE

  4. 8. Determining the primary energy demand and greenhouse gas emission of carrots : Comparing organic and conventional small scale carrot production and supply in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Isac Jazin Jareborg; [2019]
    Keywords : LCA; GWP; CED; value chain; agriculture;

    Abstract : This study assessed the environmental performance of organic and conventional carrots produced and supplied in Sweden, as well as mapping out and describing the local carrot production and supply in Sweden to lay the roundwork for a decision support, primarily aimed at Swedish farmers and consumers. A life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology with the system boundary from carrot cultivation to consumer gate and a functional unit (FU) of 1 kg of carrots at the farm was applied, using the LCA software SimaPro 8. READ MORE

  5. 9. Development of a GIS model for water accounting in Jordan: focus on irrigation and energy usage in the water sector

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Daniel Pastor Pascual; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : With a water availability of less than 100 m3 per capita and year, Jordan is suffering extreme water-scarcity. To its intrinsic limited water resources more pressure is being added every year as a result of socioeconomic factors, such as the accelerated population growth, and a reduction of rainfalls and increase of evaporation as consequence of climate change. READ MORE

  6. 10. Foreign large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Boon or bane for domestic food security?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Baiker; [2018]
    Keywords : land grab; food security; foreign investments; smallholder agriculture; large-scale farming; Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Since the boom in global food prices in 2008, governments and companies around the world seek to boost agricultural output and sustain internal food security through the purchase and lease of farmland in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is no consensus in the literature whether land acquisitions by foreign investors are beneficial to the livelihoods of the local people in Africa. READ MORE