Essays about: "Importance of soil in agriculture"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 35 essays containing the words Importance of soil in agriculture.

  1. 26. Impacts on Flood Risk from Land Use Strategies for Coping with Climate Change – An Assessment using the Time-Area Method

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Agneta Green; [2014]
    Keywords : environmental science; physical geography; climate strategies; land use; hydrological modeling; flooding; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change places pressure on rural land in terms of carbon sequestration, biomass for substitution and adaptation of crops. Land use can both positively and negatively influence the runoff regime, therefor a catchment perspective is important when developing climate strategies. READ MORE

  3. 27. Urban kannibalism : relationen mellan människa och produktionslandskap

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Lisa Björk; Jonna Milton; [2013]
    Keywords : produktionslandskap; urban kannibalism; relation; jordbrukslandskap; jordbruk; markanvändningsplanering; mat; livsmedelsystem; Eslövs kommun; människans landskapssyn;

    Abstract : Samtidens jordbruk står inför stora utmaningar för att kunna tillgodose världens befolkning med mat. Varje hektar odlingsbar mark kan därför komma att spela en viktig roll i framtiden. Studien visar att dagens relation mellan människa och produktionslandskapet är svag. READ MORE

  4. 28. Prospects of Transforming Subsistence Agriculture into Sustainable Livelihoods; A case-study of the Ribb sub-Catchment, Ethiopia.

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Yodit Balcha; [2013]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; sustainable rural livelihood; farm typology; subsistence agriculture; smallholder commercialization; agricultural transformation; ordered logit regression;

    Abstract : This study assesses the importance of agricultural transformation in achieving sustainable livelihood in rural Ethiopia. By focusing on the different agricultural transformation components, the study analyse different farming typologies at household level. READ MORE

  5. 29. The development of a Natural Resource Management Policy : A discourse analysis on soybean farming during Uruguay’s agricultural regime shift (2000-2010)

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Nicolás Castagno; [2011]
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    Abstract : This thesis studies symbolic power within Uruguay’s agricultural regime shiftbetween 2000 and 2010. This socio-ecological system (SES) has been changing froman agricultural-livestock farming system to one dominated by intensive cropagriculture. READ MORE

  6. 30. Strategic Environmental Assessment Pre-Study of That Luang Marsh : For Sustainable Development in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Fredrik Olsson; [2010]
    Keywords : That Luang Marsh; Laos; urban wetland; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; wastewater treatment; Vientiane; sustainable development; flood control; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; constructed wetland; That Luang Marsh; Laos; urbana våtmarksområden; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; strategisk miljöbedömning; vattenrening; Vientiane; hållbar utveckling; översvämningsskydd; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; konstgjorda våtmarker;

    Abstract : IntroductionLao People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR / Laos) has a population of 5.8 million people and is today one of the least developed countries in Asia. That Luang Marsh (TLM) is the largest remaining urban wetland (2000 hectare) in Vientiane Capital, which historically has supplied wildlife and local people with several eco-services. READ MORE