Essays about: "agribusiness"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the word agribusiness.
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6. Can the Grow initiative contribute to poverty reduction and community development through agribusiness? - A case study of the African Agricultural Development Company’s irrigated farming hub”, Ghana
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The current debate concerning land acquisition for commercial agriculture is whether it can contribute to poverty reduction by developing communities through successful agribusiness, or whether it leads to dispossession of traditional land users. Thus, this research is a case study of the African Agricultural Development Company (AgDevCo) and their irrigated farming hub in Babator, Ghana. READ MORE
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7. Challenges Facing Food Processing MSEs in Tanzania : A Qualitative Case Study of the Sunflower Oil Industry in Babati, Manyara
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : Food processing micro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) play an important role in the national economic development of Tanzania. Though many of them have great growth potential, they face a number of constraints hindering further development, and large amounts of cooking oil are imported each year. READ MORE
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8. The green gold from Sri Lanka : An explorative research of the value chain of tea in a developing country.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)Abstract : Background: Price pressure, together with factors as commodization and demands for lower production costs has had a negative impact on further investments on the tea industry in Sri Lanka. Developing countries must persist in their efforts to catch up with the rapid growth and increased global trade to maintain an important source of growth. READ MORE
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9. Veterinary pharmaceutical residues seen from a Swedish environmental and regulatory perspective: The case of intense livestock farming in close location to drinking water supplies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Veterinary pharmaceuticals used in areas with intense agriculture and livestock/horse yard facilities may leach into the soil and be further transported as runoff into surface waters used as drinking water supplies. The focus of this thesis is to clarify how the existing legal framework on monitoring and regulating these residues, help Sweden to comply with two of the national environmental quality objectives related to drinking water. READ MORE
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10. To Harvest Development from Education in Agribusiness : A minor field study of the significance of higher education in agrieconomy on the development in northern Ghana
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : To learn more about how higher education can contribute to economic development through the development of the business perspective in the agricultural sector, this study has been conducted from the point of views of students, graduates and lecturers of the Agribusiness program at the University for Development Studies, UDS, in Tamale, northern Ghana. Although several quantitative studies on the Ghanaian universities’ role for development have been conducted, there is a research gap within this qualitative field. READ MORE
