Essays about: "Landwirtschaft"

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

  1. 1. Nitrogen legacies in agricultural catchments : an analysis of 170 years of nitrogen legacies data in four Swedish agricultural catchments

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Laura-Ainhoa Prischl; [2023]
    Keywords : nitrogen mass balance; nitrogen surplus; land use trajectories; hysteresis effect; water quality; agriculture; nitrogen surplus; land use trajectories; hysteresis effect; water quality; agriculture;

    Abstract : Despite the enforcement of legislation and application of measures, nitrogen (N) levels continue to be high in streams. One of the reasons for the low N reduction, is the legacy accumulation of N. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding the social dimension of sustainable agriculture : Swiss dairy farmers perspectives

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Magdalena Margarita Halter; [2022]
    Keywords : social sustainability; dairy farmers; farming; agriculture; Switzerland; Q-Methodology; focus group; factor analysis; perspectives;

    Abstract : The current food systems need to become more sustainable, and this involves the creation of balance between the economic, environmental and social dimension of these systems. The social dimension, however, is least clearly conceptualized and likely to be overlooked when the issues are not very obvious as this is the case for many regions in the global north. READ MORE

  4. 3. Microbial Carbonisation and its potential for on-farm composting : exploring reductive composting as an approach for regenerative agriculture

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Ludwig Peter Stephan; [2022]
    Keywords : on-farm composting; reductive composting; regenerative agriculture; microbial carbonisation; mikrobielle carbonisierung; greenhouse gas emissions;

    Abstract : The search for agronomic solutions to the decline of soil health, open-ended nutrient cycles and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, against the background of impending climate change, were motivations for this thesis. A composting trial on a Swedish farm was designed to find answers to the overarching research question of how feasible and climate-friendly on-farm composting using Microbial Carbonisation (MC) is, compared to conventional windrow composting (CC). READ MORE

  5. 4. Parliamentary Standing Committees in the EU policy-making process. : A comparative case study of two committees from the Bundestag

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Yannick Stephan; [2020]
    Keywords : EU policy-making; EU integration; Europeanisation; parliamentary standing committees; Bundestag; comparative case study;

    Abstract : The EU integration process has led to severe changes in policy-making. On the one hand, authority shifted from the national level to the EU. On the other hand, national level executives have gained power relative to the national legislatures. READ MORE

  6. 5. Shit and piss : An environmental history of the meaning and management of human excrement in densely populated areas and urban regions, with a focus on agriculture and public health issues

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

    Author : Wenzel Steinig; [2016]
    Keywords : faeces; urine; excrement management; symbolics; culture of technology; end-of-pipe; sewerage; agriculture; recycling; public health; Fäkalien; Urin; Management von Ausscheidungen; Abwasser; Wiederverwertung; Landwirtschaft; öffentliche Gesundheit; fäkalier; urin; hantering av avföringar; teknologikultur; symbolik; avloppsvatten; återvinning; lantbruk; offentlig hälsa;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses individual and societal relations to human excrement by looking at historical and contemporary examples of symbolics and management systems of human shit and piss. It furthermore connects urban culture to a particular type of perception of the meaning of human waste. READ MORE