Essays about: "Agro-Food System"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Agro-Food System.

1. 1. Drivers and Barriers for Biochar Deployment in Swedish Agriculture : a Multi-Level Perspective on Sustainability Transitions

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Danielle Jansen; [2023]
   Keywords : Agriculture; Socio-technical transitions; Multi-level perspective;

   Abstract : There are several sustainability challenges (e.g., environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and food insecurity) that agro-food systems face. Simultaneously, agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable transitions in the Swedish agro-food sector : The case of the (the future) innovation system around Swedish legumes for protein-rich plant-based food

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Prajwal Tarikere Sudarshan; Srikanth Ramesh; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainability transitions; Socio-technical systems; Innovation System; Technological Innovation System; Swedish agro-food sector; Swedish Legumes; Plant-based protein;

   Abstract : Background: The agro-food sector faces several sustainability challenges and is in clear need of transitions to become more sustainable. A transition in food production, consumption and supply chains that demand fewer resources and fewer animal products is required to attain sustainability in the agro-food sector. READ MORE

4. 3. “A Different World is Plantable”. A Case Study of How Alternative Food Initiatives Build Resilience and Promote Food Sovereignty in Franconia, Germany

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Anne Bechmann; [2021]
   Keywords : Alternative Food Initiatives; Resilience; Food Sovereignty; Agro-Food System; Qualitative Multiple Case Study; Germany; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It is increasingly recognised that the urgent need for more climate-adapted, context-appropriate and sustainable agro-food systems requires fundamental and crosscutting transformations. Alternative Food Initiatives (AFIs) have been proposed as one actor advancing transformation from the bottom up. READ MORE

5. 4. Pandemic Pathways for Food System Sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Brakeley Bryant; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainable Food Systems; Agro-Food Regime Transition; New York City; Food Security; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the fragility of the global food system and its existing inadequacies in achieving food security, providing jobs, and ensuring environmental sustainability on various regimes around the world. Through a qualitative thematic-textual analysis, this thesis uses a case study of New York City to identify themes of actor expectations, either explicit or implicit, on how to address food system challenges revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic that may tip current agro-industrial food systems into an era of transformation. READ MORE

6. 5. Sustainability from farm to fork : education and the social construction of the environment in an agro-food park - the case of F.I.CO

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

   Author : Angela Di Pumpo; [2018]
   Keywords : problematization; sustainability; education; transparency; post-structuralism; WPR approach; responsible consumers; green governmentality;

   Abstract : Alternative food systems are emerging as a response to globalisation and industrialisation. With environmental destruction increasingly becoming an issue alongside with the growing concern about traditional food systems, unconventional trends in food sector have risen steeply in the past decades. READ MORE