Essays about: "Women on Farms Project."

Found 4 essays containing the words Women on Farms Project..

  1. 1. Grapes of Wrath : A burden of liquor carried by farm workers - a heritage borne by children

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Author : Jannie Jensen; [2012]
    Keywords : Alcohol; Agriculture; Children; Coloured; Dop System; Farm Workers; Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; Paternalism; Post-Apartheid; Race; Shebeens; South Africa; Western Cape Province; Wine Industry; Women on Farms Project.;

    Abstract : The thesis deals with the difficulties concerning alcohol use and misuse among Coloured farm workers within the heart of the wine industry in South Africa. The current extent of alcohol use and misuse in the rural areas of the Western Cape Province is commonly referred to as the legacy of the dop system. READ MORE

  3. 2. Water availability at farm household level : a case study in the Nyando district in South-Western Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Erika Näslund; [2011]
    Keywords : water availability; water access; small-scale faring; Kenya;

    Abstract : Water is an essence of life, both for animals and plants. Still we are unable of supporting the world’s human population with water. The amount of water on earth is unevenly distributed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Biocontrol activity of Meyerozyma guilliermondii against mould growth and a study of local post-harvest systems for maize in Cameroon

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Sofia Ny; [2011]
    Keywords : Cameroon; Post-Harvest loss; Biocontrol storage; Local Post-Harves systems;

    Abstract : Post-harvest loss is a major problem for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Substantial amountsof cereal grain are lost each year due to factors such as exposure to rain, extreme drought,physical damage and invasion of microorganisms. This decreases the availability of food/feedwhich in turn increases prices and the consumption of unsafe food. READ MORE

  5. 4. Arbetsmiljö i stora mjölkkobesättningar

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

    Author : Jenny Bratt; William Eriksson; [2005]
    Keywords : ladugårdsmiljö;

    Abstract : Earlier studies have shown that musculoskeletal disorders among animal keepers are more frequent than in other occupations. Most of the farms have expanded and the farmers who used to work alone have suddenly become a work manager with several employers. There are only a few studies made on the work environment in dairy farms. READ MORE