Essays about: "Agricultural led growth"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words Agricultural led growth.

  1. 21. Growing green values : Mapping ecosystem services on urban agricultural sites in Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Kajsa Ignell; Åsa Bugge Marin; [2016]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; Buenos Aires; Argentina; mapping ecosystem services; food security; social inclusion;

    Abstract : Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, face some of the same problems as all megacities across the world. Increased land-use and a higher amount of built areas in and around the city of Buenos Aires leads to losses in ecosystem services. READ MORE

  3. 22. Eating Disorder: Re-Thinking the Relationship between Food and Architecture in Umeå

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rafaela Taylor; [2015]
    Keywords : Food and architecture; urban farming; immediate architectural intervention; Umeå; sustainable development;

    Abstract : Food is something that we all have in common. We need it to survive and although we don’t always notice it, it has structured our relationships, homes, communities, countryside and cities for as long as humans have been around. The invention of farming led to the first static settlements, thus, enabling the evolution of cities. READ MORE

  4. 23. A resource based view of productivity, firm growth and technical management tools : a case study of Swedish large-scale farms

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Hans Alvemar; [2015]
    Keywords : farm size; productivity; precision agriculture; resource-based view; RBV; farm management;

    Abstract : The past and ongoing structural change in Swedish agriculture has led to an increasing number of large-scale farms. The biological factors associated with large-scale farming operations may cause increasing variability, risk and reduced yields due to sub-optimal timing and management of field operations. READ MORE

  5. 24. Integrated Energy Recovery Scenarios of Biomass Residues in the Non-interconnected Island of Crete : A Pre-Feasibility Study in Greece

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Tryfon Papalexandrou; [2015]
    Keywords : Biomass residues; biomass waste; renewable energy; power generation technologies; sustainable development; off-grid; multi-criteria analysis.;

    Abstract : The cornerstone of our production system is based on the concept “take, make, waste”. Moreover, the manufacture of a product requires the input of energy and raw materials which produce waste and products. The latter ultimately end up becoming wastes. READ MORE

  6. 25. Evaluation of local knowledge applied by farmers towards management of crop pests and diseases in the Masaka region, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Johanna Unger; [2014]
    Keywords : pest and disease management; participatory; extension; farmer groups; local knowledge; Uganda;

    Abstract : Agriculture is the most important economic sector of Uganda and it employs roughly 80 % of the work force. Ninety per cent of the country’s farmers are smallholders. The Masaka district is the country’s agricultural hub for coffee (Coffea spp. L. READ MORE