Essays about: "farmer s perspective"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 39 essays containing the words farmer s perspective.

1. 6. Applicability of simulation analysis for planning agri-food supply chains : A case study at a Swedish farmer-owned cooperative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Marcus Ahlqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : agri-food supply chain; simulation; applicability; planning; system analysis; strategic; tactical; operational;

   Abstract : Agri-food supply chains (ASCs) are becoming increasingly complex, and its actors are in need of sophisticated planning tools to remain competitive in an industry that have been moving away from small individual actors towards large multi-national, highly vertically integrated cooperatives. This case study views reality from an objectivist point of view and utilises a positivist approach to study this reality. READ MORE

3. 7. Materialisation of emergent farmers in a Malawian context : a privileged class’ positioning in agricultural transformation

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

   Author : Gustav Broms; [2020]
   Keywords : capital accumulation; surplus value; food regime; patronage; differentiation; livelihood; diversification; food security;

   Abstract : Emergent farmers have rapidly increased in numbers on the sub-Saharan African continent during the last couple of decades. The main interest in this study lies in how emergent farmers have materialised as a class in a political economic context and historical process and what societal impact they have had. READ MORE

4. 8. Opportunities and Barriers of Carbon Farming from a Sustainable Livelihoods Perspective - A Case Study from Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Jinsong Yang; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Carbon Farming; Sustainable Livelihoods; Soil Carbon; Agriculture in Sweden; Climate Mitigation;

   Abstract : With changes in climate and increasing resource scarcity in the future, transition towards a more sustainable and resilient agriculture system that promotes maintenance of a range of ecosystem services is important. Meanwhile, significant global greenhouse gas reduction targets require all sectors including agriculture to take radical actions immediately. READ MORE

5. 9. I skuggan av sommarens torka finns känslorna : en studie om mjölkbönders upplevelser från sommarens torka 2018

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

   Author : Kristin Halvarsson; [2020]
   Keywords : torkan 2018; mjölkproducenter; coping-strategier; sociala relationer; känslomässig upplevelse;

   Abstract : Under sommaren 2018 utsattes Sverige för extremt väder i form av höga temperaturer och låga nederbördsmängder. Sämre tillväxt på beten och vallar, mindre spannmålsskördar och låga vattennivåer som orsakade foder- och vattenbrist blev direkta följer av den extremt varma och torra sommaren. READ MORE

6. 10. Reimagining agriculture with perennial crops : a study on the diffusion of innovation and soil ecosystem services in the new perennial grain Kernza

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

   Author : Robin Meijer; [2020]
   Keywords : Intermediate Wheatgrass; Kernza; Thinopyrum Intermedium; perennial grain; polyculture; wheat; annual; microbial biomass; soil microbial community structure; PLFA; NLFA; sustainability; agroecology; ecological intensification; innovation;

   Abstract : Perennial crops have been identified as a pathway to implement ecological intensification, which in extent could make agriculture more socio-economically and ecologically sustainable. This is a master thesis in Agroecology – a growing scientific discipline that aims to investigate problems in the food system using a holistic and transdisciplinary approach, incorporating and integrating both natural and social sciences to transform the food system. READ MORE