Essays about: "Agrarian question"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Agrarian question.

  1. 6. In the eye of the storm : a gendered study on climate change adaptation in small-scale farming in Thái Bình, Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Josephine Ylipää; [2018]
    Keywords : gender; climate change adaptation; livelihoods; policy; sustainability science; Vietnam; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Vietnam is one of the countries in the world that is projected to be most impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events such as storms and floods are predicted to increase with the changing climate. As such, climate change adaptation is crucial, especially for farmers who are relying on vulnerable livelihoods to climate change. READ MORE

  3. 7. Gaining land and gaining ground? The Popular Agrarian Reform by the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Camila Da Cunha Almeida Azevedo; [2015]
    Keywords : agrarian question; agrarian reform; agrarian change; rural development; peasant movements; agrarian social movements; rural politics; territorial disputes; social conflict; land struggle; land occupation; MST; Brazil; Paraná; social change; agroecology; thematic analysis; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), one of the most important movements in Brazil, known for its land occupations, recently launched proposals to implement a new Popular Agrarian Reform (PAR) project. Consequently, one must ask: is there need for agrarian reform (AR) in Brazil? This question must engage with another discussion, that of the development of capitalism in the countryside and its consequences for the peasantry - the agrarian question (AQ). READ MORE

  4. 8. "Den kemiska bekämpningen av skadlig lövskog har öppnat helt nya vyer för skogsbruket" : flygbesprutning med herbicider i Arjeplog 1953-1978

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Sandra Laestander; [2015]
    Keywords : herbicider; skogsbruk; skogsstruktur; flygbesprutning; lövträd; norra Sverige; fenoxisyror; skogshistoria; herbicides; forestry; forest structure; aerial spraying; deciduous trees; northern Sweden; phenoxy acids; forest history;

    Abstract : Attityden gentemot lövträd och lövskog i norra Sverige började förändras i mitten av 1900-talet. Tidigare var lövträden en resurs inom det agrara samhället, men genom det industriella skogsbrukets utveckling började man alltmer betrakta lövträden som ett problem. READ MORE

  5. 9. Prosperity and marginalization : An analysis of the expanding meat production in southern Brazil

    University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Markus Lundström; [2009]
    Keywords : Livestock revolution; Brazil; food regimes; globalization; development; meat;

    Abstract : The production of meat has risen dramatically during the past decades. This process, generally referred to as the Livestock Revolution, particularly includes so called “developing countries”, hosting the most intensive augmentation of both production and consumption. READ MORE

  6. 10. INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA- The Observance of the Agreement on Identity and Rights of the Indigenous Peoples

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna-Karin Holmlund; [1999]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent years more attention has been given to the rights of the indigenous peoples. Global awareness has been raised concerning the difficult circumstances under which they live. READ MORE