Essays about: "Thesis about development agriculture in Economic"

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  1. 16. Agricultural transformations, the developing giants China and India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Micaela Francke Rydén; [2014]
    Keywords : developing patterns; globalisation; advantage of backwardness; Lewis-model; developing giants; agriculture; industrial revolution; economic growth; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Development and how to reach economic growth have been discussed and talked about since the Industrial revolution in Europe pushed productivity and wages up but the models have changed over time and space. The most successful ones seems to build on traditional patterns of agriculture and growing domestic markets, but with a growing global market and new players on the world market can it be that the traditional patterns of development is changing and if so, how? This thesis aim at finding if and how developing patterns differs over time and space by looking at historical evidence as well as the new players on the world market, the developing giants China and India. READ MORE

  3. 17. Integrating Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain : Two Measures to Reduce the Food Wastage in a Swedish Retail Store

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Herman Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Food loss; Food Supply Chain; Climate Impact; Resource Depletion; Sustainable Development.;

    Abstract : Due to the growing world population, the environmental impact from the food supply chain is currently increasing in a global perspective, essentially because the global food consumption is increasing in general. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that about one third of the edible portions of the food produced globally is lost or wasted along the way from raw materials to the dinner plate. READ MORE

  4. 18. Agricultural Productivity, Land Access and Gender Equality : Based on a minor field study conducted in Zambia 2013

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sara Abrahamsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Zambia; agricultural productivity; land access; gender equality; Sustainable Rural Livelihood; Zambia; jordbruksproduktivitet; tillgång till land; jämställdhet; Sustainable Rural Livlihood;

    Abstract : Africa’s agricultural productivity is the lowest in the world. At the same time the largest proportion of poor people live in rural areas where they are dependent upon agriculture for their survival. Agriculture is thus an essential to consider when fighting poverty. READ MORE

  5. 19. Coordination: key to development : Field study about rural livelihoods in Ribáuè and the impact of coordination failure

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Christophe Banning; Erik Dalarud Lidén; [2012]
    Keywords : development; Mozambique; Nampula; Ribaue; sustainable rural livelihood; coordination failure; big push; agriculture; small-scale farmers; Banning; Dalarud; peace;

    Abstract : This Master thesis is the result of a study in which we looked at people's livelihoods - through the sustainable rural livelihoods analytical framework - from a coordination failure perspective. During three weeks spent in the district of Ribáuè, Mozambique, enabled us to conduct interviews with people from many different social categories and understand the conditions in which small-scale farmers live. READ MORE

  6. 20. 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