Essays about: "food politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words food politics.

  1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

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

    Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
    Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

    Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Private label effect on small producer business development : a multiple-case study from a producer perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Emelie Lundberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Business strategy; food producer; food retail; power and dependency; primary producers Swedish University;

    Abstract : There is an unstable environment surrounding us today with varying interest rates, increased commodity and energy prices. With price increases in many areas at the same time there has been a successively decrease in people’s private budget. With less money to spend, the hunt for low-price products in food retail has increased. READ MORE

  5. 4. Framtidsspaning för svensk mjölk : Identifiering av nyckelfaktorer för att öka konkurrenskraften i svensk mjölk genom jämförelse av strategier

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Josefine Andersen; Linus Brink; [2023]
    Keywords : Konkurrenskraft; strategi; livsmedelsstrategi; mjölksektor; kartläggning; policy; marknad; svensk mjölkproduktion;

    Abstract : I svensk livsmedelsstrategi som lanserades i juni 2017 skrivs det att konkurrenskraft är en viktig del i utvecklingen av Sveriges animalieproduktion och självförsörjning. Detta ska uppnås genom produktionsökning, expansion på inhemsk och utländsk marknad samt miljömål. Dock har trenderna under de senaste åren varit de motsatta. READ MORE

  6. 5. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : John Jederlund; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. READ MORE