Essays about: "farmer"

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  1. 6. Ethics over aesthetics - A content analysis on the inclusion of environmental ethics within the undergraduate architectural curriculum

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Angela Raji; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Environmental ethics; Curriculum studies; Undergraduate architectural education; Qualitative content analysis; Value-oriented framework;

    Abstract : This document analysis study primarily investigates the inclusion of environmental ethics with an undergraduate architectural curriculum in Sweden. The curriculum documents analyzed in this study contain specific literature and objectives which primarily guide pedagogy both in theory and in the design studio. READ MORE

  3. 7. Service Adoption in The Agricultural Sector - A case study about the role of product-service offerings for Swedish cattle farmers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Emma Larsson; John Larsson; [2023-07-19]
    Keywords : Agriculture; Cattle farmers; Business model change; Digital servitization; Product-service-software systems; Product-service adoption; Value co-creation; Servitization;

    Abstract : Even in traditional sectors such as the agricultural sector, digitalization has significantly impacted operations. Because of the sector’s fundamental role in society, understanding this digital evolvement to support further development is of essence on a grand societal level. READ MORE

  4. 8. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE

  5. 9. How is triple bottom line thinking included in small-firm decision making? – A study of potato farmers in Östergötland, Sweden : hur påverkas potatisproduktionen av kvalitetskrav?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Madeleine Gillheimer; [2023]
    Keywords : Food waste; production losses; primary production; triple bottom line; decision theory; garbage can model;

    Abstract : Earlier research has shown a lack of studies on waste in agriculture production. Therefore, there is a need for improved screening for the cause of wastage in primary production. In addition, more research is required on how quality requirements and norms affect wastage and how waste can be prevented. READ MORE

  6. 10. Centering farmer perspectives on a dry-fertiliser made from human urine: a case study on Gotland, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Nicola Parfitt; [2023]
    Keywords : circular nutrient economy; human urine fertiliser; ecological sanitation; eutrophication; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : To reduce eutrophication and close the nutrient loop between sanitation and agriculture, innovations to recycle human waste are being further developed. As there is little research on Swedish farmer perspectives towards human urine fertilisers, this study investigates Gotlandic farmer perspectives on a dry-fertiliser derived from human urine, developed by Sanitation360. READ MORE