Essays about: "Tobacco production"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Tobacco production.

  1. 1. A non-smoking future?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Kristofer Johansson; Carl Marklund; [2022]
    Keywords : Impression management; Legitimacy theory; Tobacco industry; Non-smoking tobacco; CSR;

    Abstract : Tobacco companies have long been subject to criticism for their production and marketing of tobacco products. However, in recent times tobacco companies themselves champion a "smoke-free" future, a change of narrative that is thought to be driven by the shift in products they are selling. READ MORE

  3. 2. Genetically modified tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants for an increased production of wax esters

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology

    Author : Linn Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Wax esters; metabolic engineering; nicotiana tabacum; fatty acid reductase; phytyl ester synthase;

    Abstract : Wax esters (WE) are naturally occurring lipids consisting of a fatty acid bound to a fatty alcohol with an ester bond. As an alternative to petrochemicals, plant-derived WE:s are of considerable commercial interest as lubricants, but have in recent years also received great attention for their potential as a starting material for bio-fuel production. READ MORE

  4. 3. The impacts of agricultural cooperatives in Tanzanian farmers` livelihoods : The Case of Tobacco Agricultural Cooperative in the Tabora Region

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Joshua Ndelanguswa Kiungai; [2022]
    Keywords : Tobacco production; Transaction cost; Marketing; Cooperative challenges; Cooperative roles;

    Abstract : Agricultural cooperatives aim to have controlled effort for agricultural products and find market to sell those products at a reasonable price. Farmers’ products are sold at a better price leading to a higher income which improve farmers’ livelihood. READ MORE

  5. 4. Controversial Industries: does it pay to ignore social norms?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : M.R.T.M. van Nuenen; [2018]
    Keywords : Sin stocks; Controversial Industries; Social norms; Fama-French Five-Factor Model; Carhart Model; Bet against Beta factor;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of social norms on the performance and valuation of “controversial stocks”- publicly traded companies involved in the production of Adult Entertainment, Alcohol, Gambling, Nuclear Energy, Tobacco, Uranium, and Weapons. Their performance and valuation is directly compared with compare non-controversial stocks. READ MORE

  6. 5. Understanding poverty-environment interactions : the political ecology of smallholder tobacco production in Marondera District, Eastern Zimbabwe

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

    Author : Richwell Tryson Musoma; [2016]
    Keywords : poverty-environment interactions; environmental degradation; tobacco; political ecology; sustainable livelihoods;

    Abstract : Poverty and environmental degradation are among the severest challenges faced in the developing countries. Since the rise of the sustainable development paradigm, poverty came to be identified as one of the major causes of environmental degradation. READ MORE