Essays about: "Globalisation and Agriculture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Globalisation and Agriculture.

  1. 1. Food sovereignty: Empowering Indigenous peoples in the face of globalisation and climate change. A case-based research study from Oaxaca, Mexico

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aliénaure Nobels; [2023]
    Keywords : Food sovereignty; local food system; sustainable farming; climate change; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Worldwide, Indigenous peoples have played a critical role in preserving ecosystems and biodiversity. Historically oppressed by colonial institutions, they are today confronted with detrimental effects of the global food system and increasingly pronounced changes in climate that jeopardise their ability to produce food. READ MORE

  3. 2. Att bryta barriärer : marknadsföringsstrategier för att bredda del-tagandet inom högre studier

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Albin Sternö; Nils Tegnér; [2023]
    Keywords : breddad rekrytering; marknadsföring; relationsmarknadsföring; relationship marketing; riktad rekrytering; SLU; strategisk kommunikation; studentambassador; studentambassadörer; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Uppsala universitet;

    Abstract : Med ett allt mer heterogent samhälle till följd av globalisering och migration har det lagts ett större fokus på att universiteten ska jobba med att integrera och rekry-tera underrepresenterade grupper. Inom Sverige är det idag stora klyftor mellan vilka personer som väljer att studera vidare till högre utbildningar och individers förutsättningar samt bakgrund har en stor påverkan i detta vägval. READ MORE

  4. 3. Interorganisational Collaborations Towards Sustainability: An exploratory study of farming companies and their partners in Southern Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Rufai Issifu; Louai Al Chami; [2019]
    Keywords : Interorganisational collaboration; sustainability; farming companies; southern Sweden; agriculture;

    Abstract : Increasing population and rising incomes change food consumption patterns. The United Nations estimates that global food demand will double between 2010 and 2050 (Alexandratos & Bruinsma, 2012). As a result, many governments are promoting sustainable agriculture to increase their food production. READ MORE

  5. 4. Organic Farming is Coming to Our Valley : The Development of Pumi Eco-Agriculture and the Indigenisation of Modernity in Sino-Myanmar Borderlands

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

    Author : Ze Gao; [2019]
    Keywords : eco-agriculture; indigenisation of modernity; environmentality; traditional ecological knowledge; agricultural land use; technical practices; governance; Pumi ethnicity; rural development; highland livelihoods; borderland; post-development theory; political ecology; contemporary history; agricultural policy;

    Abstract : How do indigenous people perceive and practice eco-agriculture, especially when it was introduced as a development project? This thesis aims to delve into this question by focusing on a policy-induced agrarian transition for Pumi community in Sino-Myanmar borderlands. Using ethnographic methods, I intend to offer an intimate account of a provincial programme to facilitate eco-agriculture in this ethnic region. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can urban agriculture become a planning strategy to address social-ecological justice?

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Javier Fernández Andrés; [2017]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; urban farming; social-ecological justice; equity; food security; food sovereignty; globalisation; industrialisation; inequality; global food system; climate change; food deserts;

    Abstract : Last century witnessed an unprecedented growth of cities which has led to the consolidation of an eminently urbanised world population. Meanwhile, agriculture has adopted industrial methods of production in the shape of large-scale, chemical-laden crops in the countryside, which, together with the liberalisation of global trade, have undermined the livelihood of small-scale peasants throughout the world, forcing many of them out of business. READ MORE