Essays about: "food shortage"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words food shortage.

  1. 1. Optimizing access to raw material for value-adding processes of fish side streams

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ruodi Gao; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : Fish Side Streams; Environmental Sustainability; Food Packaging; Transportation; Storage; Customs;

    Abstract : Under the double influence of the rapid growth of the population and the shortage of resources, people begin to pay attention to the utilization of existing raw materials. Seafood is one of the indispensable foods for humans to obtain protein. However, as much as 60 per cent of the fish side stream is discarded or produced as low-value products. READ MORE

  3. 2. Egg-laying and nesting behavior of common eider at Stora Karlsö

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Anna Olsson; [2023]
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    Abstract : The population of common eider (Somateria mollissima) has suffered a dramatic decline in several breeding locations since the 1990s. Predation is described as one of the main reasons, along with other suggested explanations such as food shortage, environmental pollutants, and thiamine shortage. READ MORE

  4. 3. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

    Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Development of chitosan nanocomposite coatings for visible-light photocatalytic antiviral applications

    University essay from KTH/Tillämpad fysik

    Author : Michael Neuman; [2023]
    Keywords : Biopolymer; Chitosan; Coating; Nanocomposite; Photocatalytic; Zinc oxide; Antimicrobial; Antiviral; Coronavirus COVID-19 ; Biopolymer; Kitosan; Beläggning; Nanokomposit; Fotokatalytisk; Zinkoxid; Antimikrobiell; Antiviral; Coronavirus COVID-19 ;

    Abstract : During the global pandemic of coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, the world was desperately searching for simpler yet more effective solutions to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Since no one was prepared for the fast spread of such a contagious virus, there was a shortage of proper protective solutions to stop the spread. READ MORE

  6. 5. Synergies of nutrient fractions for fertilization in agriculture

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

    Author : Linda Adjei; [2022]
    Keywords : Phosphorus; Wastewater; Polonite; molybdenum blue spectrophotometry; Fertilizer; Sunflower; Plant growth;

    Abstract : A few countries are controlling the worlds phosphate reserves and this raw material is depleting at a faster rate. Most of the mined phosphate rock comes from Morocco and the Russia area which has unstable security. Studies shows that about 40% of potash export and 28% of nitrogen and phosphorus (P) fertilizer products comes from the Russia area. READ MORE