Essays about: "Agroforestry farming system"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Agroforestry farming system.
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1. RE+: A permaculture approach to regenerate Gastelyckan through urban design and urban farming
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : The global food system is facing significant challenges, for example, Sweden is a big partner of the European Union in terms of imported and exported food, like many countries in the world, Sweden depends on other countries for food production. In addition to it, the agriculture industry is responsible for 26% of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, due to the transportation of food, use of land, livestock and farming. READ MORE
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2. Mushroom cultivation in Temperate Agroforestry : potential Agroforestry practices, growing methods, and native edible saprophytes to Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Traditions of outdoor cultivation of edible fungi in woodland conditions have been practiced in North-East Asia for centuries. This outdoor mushroom production method was exported to North America almost 40 years ago and provides an additional income for small-scale forest farmers, the agroforestry practice closest to woodland conditions. READ MORE
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3. Food supply in rural Ethiopia : food security in former agroforestry homegardens in Wondo Genet
University essay from SLU/School for Forest ManagementAbstract : The purpose of this report is to get an insight in how food security for individual farming households will change depending on their choice of production. Furthermore, to study how the food supply in the local market has changed due to the transition of farming practices in surrounding farms. READ MORE
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4. Vilda pollinatörer i ett svenskt skogsjordbrukssystem
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : Den biologiska mångfalden i världen är akut hotad och är ett av de största problemen inom ekologisk hållbarhet. Inom biologisk mångfald räknas naturligt förekommande pollinerande insekter, vars närvaro minskar. Forskning visar att monotona landskap missgynnar de vilda pollinatörerna. READ MORE
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5. Perceived multifunctionality of agroforestry trees in Northern Ethiopia : a case study of the perceived functions and associated personal values of trees for farming households in Tigray
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : This case study explored perceptions on the beneficial and detrimental functions obtained from agroforestry trees in two sites in Northern Ethiopia. These perceived functions were contextualized and their contribution to a multifunctionality in agriculture discussed. READ MORE
