Essays about: "farm workers"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 essays containing the words farm workers.

  1. 11. The goats are my friends, my children, my everything! : a study of remote farmers and farm workers in Botswana and their attitudes to their goats

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

    Author : Anna Arvidsson; [2017]
    Keywords : political ecology; intersectionality; goats; power; livestock; passive resistance; agriculture; Botswana;

    Abstract : Through offering a variety of funding programmes, in recent years the government of Botswana has made an attempt to promote goat production, partly with the aim of alleviating poverty among the resource-poor rural population. Goat production is also emerging as an alternative for the non-poor, as the goat market is expected to grow and as goats are perceived as a good complement or alternative for cattle, as they are better adapted to the more frequent climate change-induced droughts expected in southern Africa. READ MORE

  3. 12. Utveckling av mjölkgård : karusell eller robot?

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

    Author : Emil Persson; Jenny Hansson; [2016]
    Keywords : karusell; robot; mjölkkor; teknik; arbetskraft; arbetsskador;

    Abstract : Inga och Elvier köpte Komstagården som ligger på Österlen år 1956 och gården har sedan dess utvecklats mycket. De började med att mjölka 20 stycken uppbundna kor och innan de gjorde arvsskiftet till deras döttrar, Eva och Katrin, så var de uppe i 60 stycken kor i lösdrift som mjölkades i mjölkningsstall. READ MORE

  4. 13. Arbetsrättsliga lagar och regler : Vilka är dessa och hur uppfattas de av arbetsgivare i svenska lantbruksföretag

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

    Author : Sara Hansson; [2016]
    Keywords : arbetsrätt; lagar; arbetsgivare; labour law;

    Abstract : Det här examensarbetet kartlägger och sammanställer de viktigaste lagar och regler som reglerar förhållandet mellan arbetsgivare och arbetstagare i svenska lantbruksföretag. De lagar och regler som behandlas är: medbestämmandelagen, lagen om anställningsskydd, arbetstidslagen, arbetsmiljölagen, semesterlagen, föräldraledighetslagen, diskrimineringslagen samt ett kort avsnitt om förmåner. READ MORE

  5. 14. Social Sustainability in South Africa's Wine Industry : A Study of Freedom of Association

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : Emma Meade; Stina Ahnlid; [2016]
    Keywords : Freedom of Association; Weestern Cape; South Africa; wine industry; stakeholders; CSR; ethical trade;

    Abstract : Even today freedom of association in the South African wine industry is a sensitive topic. The wine farm owners often claim their workers can associate freely but the workers could paint a different picture. READ MORE

  6. 15. Pig Ear Tagger Concept

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovation

    Author : Axel Nordberg; [2016]
    Keywords : product development; agriculture; handheld power tool; ear tags; pig; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of the development of a concept for a new product, the primary purpose of which is to quickly and easily attach legally required tags to the ears of livestock pigs. The project was undertaken at Attention, a product development company based in Copenhagen. READ MORE