Essays about: "farm workers"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 34 essays containing the words farm workers.

  1. 16. In vino veritas : en studie om svenska vingårdar och om de svenska vinböndernas livsform

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

    Author : Rebecca Hymnelius; [2016]
    Keywords : vingård; livsform; egenpraktik; ekonomiska och ideologiska villkor; genus; motiv; hobbyodling; kommersiell odling;

    Abstract : Vinodling är en relativt ny jordbruksform i Sverige. Det finns spår som tyder på att vinodling har förekommit i Sverige under yngre stenåldern, men i dagens samhälle är det få som förknippar det med det kalla landet i norra Europa. Vinodling i Sverige är en utmaning på grund av landets geografiska läge och kalla klimat. READ MORE

  3. 17. A sustainable agriculture strategy for Farm Frites in Belgium, Egypt, the Netherlands and Poland : A study on how to develop a strategy building method

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Rutger de Kort; [2015]
    Keywords : sustainable development strategy; sustainable agriculture; strategy building method;

    Abstract : The Corporate Agriculture division dealing with the procurement and growing of potatoes for Farm Frites in all production locations worldwide is in need of a strategy to initiate sustainable development. The scope of the project is limited to the activities in Belgium, Egypt, the Netherlands and Poland. READ MORE

  4. 18. Foreign agricultural investors in Eastern Germany : a qualitative study of how they affect the local labour market

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Janine Grosse; [2015]
    Keywords : employment effects; foreign agricultural investor; labour economics; structural change;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investment in agricultural land became more important in public discussions, whether in international dimensions or on the national level. This study focuses on the phenomenon of foreign agricultural investors being proactive in several regions in Germany, specifically in the former East Germany. READ MORE

  5. 19. Rural-urban migration in southwestern rural Uganda - The perceptions and strategies of the left-behind

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Martina Andersson; Ida Johansson; [2013-10-25]
    Keywords : livelihood; urbanization; left-behind; rural-urban migration; Uganda; agriculture; development;

    Abstract : Around the globe a phenomenon called rural-urban migration occurs which means that people move from rural to urban areas. The world today gets more and more urbanized and 2007 was the year when more than half of the world’s population lived in urban areas. READ MORE

  6. 20. 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