Essays about: "Idle Agriculture Land"

Found 2 essays containing the words Idle Agriculture Land.

1. 1. Risky Business - large-scale land investments and possibilities of safeguarding the rural poor in Ethiopia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet. Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Frida Lager; Anna Nilsson; [2012-10-09]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In the Global South lifting people out of poverty and ensuring food security is of crucial significance. While many hopes are drawn towards the possibilities of economic growth, rural development and production efficiencies gained by attracting investors and capital to the agricultural sector, such activities also threaten to expose vulnerable rural communities. READ MORE

3. 2. Facing Peak Oil and Climate Change: A Pragmatic Approach to a Re-localized Food Production System in Uppsala, Sweden

   University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Anne Lönnerud; [2012]
   Keywords : sustainable development; landscape planning; re-localization; local food; resilience; peak oil; climate change; hållbar utveckling; landskapsplanering; re-lokalisering; lokal mat; resiliens; oljetoppen; klimatförändringar;

   Abstract : Globalization and industrial agriculture have enabled consumers in Sweden and other countries in the Western world to enjoy foodstuffs from many parts of the world at very affordable monetary prices, but at the same time involving a lot of external costs in the form of environmental degradation, and a high dependency on foreign agricultural ecosystems as well as on oil and other non-renewable inputs, thus degrading sustainability and resilience in the food system. Accelerated climate change and the upcoming peak oil crisis call for a reorientation and a transition to a more locally-based system. READ MORE