Essays about: "currently used government policy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words currently used government policy.

  1. 6. Riskhanteringsverktyg i växtodlingen : har växtodlingsproduktionen tillräckligt med verktyg för att hantera finansiell risk?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Niklas Bengtsson; Martin Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : risk; riskhantering; gårdsstöd; försäkring; CAP-reform; förväntad nyttoteori; resultatutjämning;

    Abstract : Denna studie är gjord med anledning av den förväntade ökade riskexponering växtodlingsproducenter kommer stå inför vid ett förändrat klimat. Torkan 2018 slog hårt mot landets lantbrukare och lönsamheten upplevdes som kraftigt försämrad. READ MORE

  3. 7. The preconditions for increasing phosphorus recycling from sewage systems in Sweden : a study of factors influencing Swedish farmers´ willingness to use phosphorus fertilizers produced from sewage sludge

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Jesper Edholm Widén; [2019]
    Keywords : phosphorus recycling; phosphorus fertilizers; phosphorus precipitation; sewage sludge treatment; agricultural policy; sustainable agricultural development; thematic analysis; agroecology;

    Abstract : The Swedish government (2018) is currently investigating options for prohibiting direct application of sewage sludge on arable fields and replace it with techniques capable of precipitating phosphorus from sewage sludge and turn it into refined phosphorus fertilizing products. The investigation is part of the government´s ambition to increase the recycling rate of phosphorus available in sewage sludge and thus turn the sludge into a greater agricultural resource than it is today (ibid). READ MORE

  4. 8. Setting the seeds for a green growth -A Study of biofuel development in Indonesia’s transport sector

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Sophia Aaman; Johan Henrik Hessel Lundberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Multi-Level Perspective; Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning; Biofuels for transport; Indonesia; Barriers.;

    Abstract : Climate change poses as one of the major environmental issues on a global scale today, with one of the largest contributor to the climate change being the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions in turn is known to a large extent originate in anthropogenic energy use, especially fossil fuel usage. READ MORE

  5. 9. Solarizing Indian agriculture by deploying solar irrigation pumps

    University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

    Author : Tobias Dylan Dekker; [2015]
    Keywords : solar pumps; India; Gujarat; Anand; IWMI; International Water Management Organisation; farmers; farm; farmer; agriculture; crop; water; grid; grid stability; solar;

    Abstract : Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs) are used to pump (ground and surface) water to irrigate farm lands. In a country with a historical mismatch of energy supply and demand, and almost 120 million families dependent on earnings from agriculture (Prachi Salve, 2014), SIPs offer great prospects. READ MORE

  6. 10. Niche-markets subsidy for effective diffusion of battery electric vehicles in Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Robert Christiaan van Sloten; [2015]
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    Abstract : This study suggests an improved policy pathway for a higher adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Sweden. By use of Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations it was shown that Sweden’s current policy is ineffective due to equal incentives on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles. READ MORE