Essays about: "Agriculture Supply Chain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 61 essays containing the words Agriculture Supply Chain.

  1. 1. How is triple bottom line thinking included in small-firm decision making? – A study of potato farmers in Östergötland, Sweden : hur påverkas potatisproduktionen av kvalitetskrav?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Madeleine Gillheimer; [2023]
    Keywords : Food waste; production losses; primary production; triple bottom line; decision theory; garbage can model;

    Abstract : Earlier research has shown a lack of studies on waste in agriculture production. Therefore, there is a need for improved screening for the cause of wastage in primary production. In addition, more research is required on how quality requirements and norms affect wastage and how waste can be prevented. READ MORE

  3. 2. The German Imigrants in New Knoxville, Ohio

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Birgitta Sundell-Rånby; [2023]
    Keywords : Agriculture; German immigration; habitus; historic archaeology; landscape archaeology; Agrikultur; tyska immigranter; habitus; historisk arkeologi; landskaps arkeologi;

    Abstract : America is a nation of immigrants and all immigrants brought culture with them. There is not one American culture. Many Ohioans are descended from German ancestors, their German heritage is still present in the cultural and social landscapes. German immigrants came to America in search of farmland and independence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

  5. 4. Att nära relationer : en utforskande studie om samstyrning av en kort matkanal

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

    Author : Flynn Smedman; [2023]
    Keywords : alternativa matnärverk; co-governance; alternativa mellanhänder; matsystem; relationer; styrning;

    Abstract : I denna uppsats undersöker jag Stadsdelsmat, en modell för ett alternativt matsystem. Modellen syftar till att skapa en kort matkanal med närmare relationer mellan matens s.k. tre roller, nämligen medlemmar, kök och jordbruk, där dessa har möjlighet till medbestämmande i det lokala matsystemet. READ MORE

  6. 5. Controlling the Uncontrollable: A qualitative study on how organizational actors enact sustainability control tools to reduce an organization's Scope 3 GHG emissions

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Filippa Ljungholm; Sophie Ehrensvärd; [2022]
    Keywords : Management control systems for sustainability; Practice-based perspective; Supply chain; Agriculture; Scope 3;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how a company in the agriculture industry attempts to effectuate different sustainability control tools along its upstream supply chain to reduce its Scope 3 GHG emissions. It specifically explores the intricacies of controlling farmers in a farmer-owned cooperative. READ MORE