Essays about: "Agronomy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Agronomy.

  1. 1. En hållbart intensifierad slåttervall med vitklöver : en litteratursammanställning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Johanna Forss; [2023]
    Keywords : etablering; kväve; skördesystem; Trifolium repens; vall; vitklöver;

    Abstract : Fördelarna med att inkludera vall i växtföljden är många, till exempel kolinlagring, markförbättrande egenskaper och ogräsbekämpning. Intresset för odling av vall ökar när det finns fler avsättningsmöjligheter och ses som ett medel för att uppnå en hållbar intensifiering av odlingssystemet. READ MORE

  3. 2. Farming with Draft Animals: Using Retro Innovations for Sustainable Agrarian Development. : A case study of organic small-scale farming in Northern Italy.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Anna Garre; [2022]
    Keywords : craftsmanship; interpretive method; draft animals; non-representational theory; Italian Alps; Po Valley; retro-innovation; farming styles; stewardship; sustainable agrarian development;

    Abstract : To farm more sustainably, some farmers are rediscovering and innovating knowledge, skills, and technologies that were used before the modernisation of agriculture in the 1950s. One such 'retro-innovation' is the use of draft animals as a source of labour on farms. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conceptualizing the Role of the Financial Industry in Sustainability Transitions in Agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Joel Petersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Geography; Insurance; Lending; Banking; Agronomy; Business Models; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the way that the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) can be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainable transitions in agriculture. In doing so this thesis answered the following questions: How could the Multi-Level Perspective be used to understand the role of financial business services in sustainability transitions in agriculture? What questions may this be useful in answering? Firstly, by taking a structured approach to testing a novel approach to the MLP that can potentially contend with prior critiques to the MLP. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hästnäringens betydelse för Åland : ett samhällsperspektiv

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

    Author : Liz Mattsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Mötesplats; sysselsättning; lokalt engagemang; livsstil; landsbygdsutveckling; hästnäring; Åland;

    Abstract : Denna rapport är framtagen i samarbete med Ålands Hästsportförening r.f. med medel från Europeiska Regionalfonden samt externa finansiärer. Rapporten är en bred kartläggning över hästnäringen på Åland. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can Young Seeds Grow? Exploring the Potential of enhancing Agricultural Productivity in the Yungas through Agricultural Youth Entrepreneurship

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

    Author : Emilie Louise Faurholdt; [2013]
    Keywords : Agriculture; Small-scale Agriculture; Agronomy; Agricultural Productivity; Rural Development; Youth; Entrepreneurship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Without increasing small-scale agricultural productivity, the prospects of decreasing poverty and encouraging rural development in Bolivia will remain dim. There is very little scientific literature about the role entrepreneurship can play for enhancing agricultural productivity. READ MORE