Essays about: "Peri-Urban Farm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Peri-Urban Farm.

  1. 1. Exploring learning processes and social capital in community urban agriculture projects in Bogotá, Colombia

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

    Author : Lily Begg; [2023]
    Keywords : urban and peri-urban agriculture UPA ; social capital; social learning; knowledge transfer; capacity-building; agroecology; community UPA; Bogotá; huerta;

    Abstract : As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, the social, economic and environmental living conditions of city-dwellers are under pressure. High levels of pollution, lack of transport links, informal housing, unemployment rates and increasing inequalities are just some of the challenges that rapidly urbanising cities face. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of urban agriculture towards livelihood and food security : the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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

    Author : Alemayehu Getachew Anberbir; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban agriculture; livelihood; food security; Urbanization; Addis Ababa;

    Abstract : Urban agriculture plays a major role in providing food and income in cities. It also serves as a tool for poverty alleviation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Rooftop plant factories: effects on energy use for heating, cooling and electric lighting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Yizhi Zhang; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry UPAF ; urban farming UF ; rooftop greenhouse RTG ; lighting; daylighting; energy conservation; roof; greenhouse; food; cities.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Within the next thirty years, two thirds of the human population will live in a city. This growing urban population requires a major shift in the way we produce and distribute food, since industrial agriculture practices contribute to climate change, biodiversity losses, pollution of waterways, soil degradation, etc. READ MORE

  5. 4. Udder health in dairy cows in Tajikistan – prevalence of mastitis and bacteriological findings

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Elisabeth Genfors; [2018]
    Keywords : milk; bovine mastitis; Tajikistan; small household farm; commercial dairy farm; bacteriological cultivation;

    Abstract : Agriculture, including dairy production, is one of the most important industries in Tajikistan, occupying more than 50% of the country’s population. Consequently, milk is an important source of income, but it also contains essential nutritional components. READ MORE

  6. 5. Det stadsnära jordbrukets förutsättningar – Fallet Malmö och Stadsbruk

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

    Author : Helen Nilsson; [2016]
    Keywords : jordbruksmark; urban sprawl; stadsutveckling; hållbar utveckling; Malmö; Stadsbruk; jordbruksföretag; arrende; lagstiftning;

    Abstract : We are now more people on Earth than ever before and more people are living their lives in cities. In parallel, food production is getting more and more attention, not least due to climate change, and the expected climate change. Climate change which both change growing conditions and destroys growing conditions. READ MORE