Essays about: "Urban political agroecology"

Found 5 essays containing the words Urban political agroecology.

1. 1. Upscaling agroecology in Sweden : a participatory-backcasting approach to investigate top-down measures for promoting an agroecological transition of the Swedish agricultural system

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Pablo Ratti; [2023]
   Keywords : Agroecology; transition; top-down; scenario; participatory policies;

   Abstract : Alongside its important contribution to the increase of yields, industrial agriculture has also generated environmental, social and economical negative side effects. Moreover, the forecasted growth of the world’s population puts more pressure for solutions on how to increase food supply while reducing the negative effects of the current agricultural system. READ MORE

3. 2. Farming for food security : a critical study on the transition to post-fossil agriculture in Sweden

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

   Author : Ebba Ulfbecker; [2018]
   Keywords : agricultural politics; food security; resilience; transition; climate mitigation; agroecology; sustainable intensification; the Rural Development program; contingency; rural development; discourse analysis; policy analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the preconditions to achieve a transition to fossil free agriculture in Sweden, to increase farm-level resilience and food security. Swedish agriculture is today highly dependent on imported fossil-based inputs, such as diesel, agrochemicals and protein feed. READ MORE

4. 3. Vertical Farming Sustainability and Urban Implications

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Daniela García-Caro Briceño; [2018]
   Keywords : Emergy; Food sovereignty; Security; Sustainable development; Urbanization; Urban political agroecology;

   Abstract : Meeting current and future demands for food is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. Despite the positive correlation that exists between food production and urban food demand, food systems remain separate and excluded from cities. Vertical farming has been proposed as a solution projected to address these issues in a sustainable way. READ MORE

5. 4. Multifunctionality of urban community agriculture in Belo Horizonte, Brazil practice and politics : practice and politics

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Sofie Olsson; [2016]
   Keywords : agroecology; Belo Horizonte; Brazil; farmers’ perceptions; multifunctionality; systems thinking; urban agriculture;

   Abstract : As the food system is becoming increasingly global, and the world’s population increasingly urban, food is disconnected from people and place. This causes a range of social, economic, and environmental problems such as public health issues, disruption of livelihoods, and biodiversity loss. READ MORE

6. 5. Agroecology as a social movement : a case study of the Prince George's County Food Equity Council in Maryland, United States

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Emma Tozer; [2016]
   Keywords : social movements; food policy councils; Prince George s County; Maryland; United States; agroecology; food systems; systems thinking; equity; resilience; food policy;

   Abstract : The United States has experienced a drastic change in its food system within the last century. A locally-based, self-sufficient model has been replaced by one that is characterized by a consolidation of business and farms into fewer hands; a mechanization and specialization of agriculture management; and the looming threat of urban development encroaching on farmland. READ MORE