Essays about: "food security and nutrition"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 31 essays containing the words food security and nutrition.

  1. 6. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Bruno de Paula; [2022]
    Keywords : Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

    Abstract : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. READ MORE

  3. 7. Some faba beans and a nice Chianti : prospects and challenges for increasing the production of faba beans as food

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

    Author : Hannah Carlsson Wendin; [2022]
    Keywords : faba beans; cultivation; food processing; food; possibility; restriction; summative content analysis; conventional content analysis;

    Abstract : Swedish produced faba beans have recently been acknowledged as a sustainable food product containing important nutrition and are produced with low environmental impact. Faba beans belong to the group of protein crops and have great potential to replace resource-demanding proteins, but today the crop is exclusively used as feed in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 8. The effects of a land reform program on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and availability of edible insects for food and nutrition security : the case of the Zvimba and Mhondoro districts of Zimbabwe

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

    Author : James Chikonyani; [2022]
    Keywords : food security; livelihoods; edible insects;

    Abstract : Edible insects are an important source of nutrition for rural populations in many parts of the world, including Zimbabwe. This research examines the contribution of edible insects to the livelihoods, food and nutrition security, and the strategies and mechanisms that can be implemented to ensure the preservation and better management of the environment and edible insects in Zvimba and Mhondoro districts. READ MORE

  5. 9. Factors affecting presence of feed in crops of broilers at slaughter : with focus on a hygienic slaughter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Ylva Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Crop; Broiler; Feed Withdrawal; Bacteria; Enterobacteriaceae;

    Abstract : Food security and sustainable consumption and production are parts of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 12. Filled broiler crops at slaughter poses a risk to contaminate carcasses with gastrointestinal contents. READ MORE

  6. 10. The role of gender equality on rural women development in agriculture : case study: koperative duhinge ikigori kanjongo “KODIKA”, Nyamasheke district, Rwanda

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

    Author : Christella Mukakalisa; [2021]
    Keywords : gender equality; rural women development; agriculture;

    Abstract : Gender is as a contract in society regulating the relations between men and women. But Gender equality is referred to as equal rights, roles and responsibilities for men and women. It is a crucial element in sustainable development, and it is considered as human rights. READ MORE