Essays about: "export fruit"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words export fruit.

  1. 1. Becoming an agri-food super power: Exploring the politicization of the Chilean Food System

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Pedro Glatz; [2017]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the creation and development of the modern Chilean Food System. Providing a description of the system focused on the production and consumption areas, the fruit export complex and the salmon industry are characterized. READ MORE

  3. 2. Possibilities for Nicaraguan Mangoes : A Value Chain Analysis of Dried Mango

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Aisha Hassan; [2014]
    Keywords : Dried Mango; Value Chain; Nicaragua; Income Diversification;

    Abstract : Two months of fieldwork was conducted during the summer of 2014 in Nicaragua, through qualitative interviews the aims was to investigate the Value Chain of dried mango and its potential as an alternative income source for livelihood improvements for households in Manzano Uno, Nicaragua. The idea to investigate dried mango in particular originates from a conversation in the spring of 2012 with Ben Orton, co- founder of local NGO Waves of Hope, who considered the idea after witnessing the huge amounts of ripe mango falling to the ground and rutting away during the peak season in Manzano Uno. READ MORE

  4. 3. Marknadsanalys av douglasgran (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) i Sverige, Danmark och norra Tyskland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Johannes Hansson; [2014]
    Keywords : Douglasgran; Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco; Marknadsanalys; Markägarperspektiv; Snöbollsmetoden; Douglas fir; Market analysis; Land owner perspective; Snowball method;

    Abstract : Skogsforskningen i Sverige har alltid strävat efter att öka värdet på skogsmarken, vilket har skett genom växtförädling, markavvattning, gödsling men även genom att introducera utländska trädslag. Pågående klimatförändringar med ökad stormintensitet tillsammans med en ökad koncentration av renodlade granskogar i södra Sverige har bidragit till att blickar har riktats mot alternativa trädslag i skogslandskapet. READ MORE

  5. 4. Possibilities for small scale hydropower in Honduras

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Mikael Andersson; Leo Lingvide; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : With an increased demand of electricity it is in everyone´s interest that investments are made to promote sustainable options, and the question on how to supply clean and sustainable energy is global. In this bachelor’s thesis, funded by SIDA and Åforsk, the intention was to investigate the possibilities for renewable energy in Honduras, a developing country with an expanding energy sector. READ MORE

  6. 5. Safer food equals market access?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Bredberg; [2011]
    Keywords : GlobalGAP; Certification; Private standard; Food Safety; Bilateral Trade; Gravity Model; Fruit; Vegetables.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This is a study on how the widespread use of GlobalGAP standards, a food safety certification scheme commonly used by the large food retailers, affects African countries’ propensity to export fruit and vegetables. The theoretical framework for this study is based on the ongoing debate on whether standards work as a catalyst or a non-tariff barrier to trade. READ MORE