Essays about: "food surplus"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 36 essays containing the words food surplus.

  1. 21. LCA av innovative matsvinnsentreprenörer : en studie ur ett socialt- och miljöperspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Mikaela Berglund; [2017]
    Keywords : Matsvinn; Hållbar utveckling; Livscykelanalys; Klimatpåverkan; Övergödning; Markanvändning;

    Abstract : Omkring 1/3 av all den mat som produceras idag kastas i de olika leden i livsmedelskedjan, stora delar av den maten är fullt ätbar och kastas i onödan. Mat som produceras men som inte hinner nå tallriken förbrukar mängder av olika resurser och bidrar till stor miljöpåverkan helt i onödan. READ MORE

  3. 22. Turned Tables in The Global Economy : Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Cultural Risk Reduction in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Carl-David Lundström; Ingrid Höllisch; [2017]
    Keywords : Outward foreign direct investment; FDI; internationalization; Uppsala model; network approach; born-global; bred-global; establishment; risk; risk reduction; Sweden; China; guanxi; guanxiwang; Hofstede; trade-facilitating organizations; investment-facilitating organizations; psychic distance; cultural distance;

    Abstract : Background: People’s Republic of China has attracted much FDI throughout the decades. According to the World Bank (2016), China has received approximately 20 per cent of the total FDI to developing countries the last ten years which has contributed to the country’s huge economic growth. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Food Waste Paradox from a Critical Discursive Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Maria Constanza Hepp; [2016]
    Keywords : food waste; critical discourse analysis; activist research; standpoint epistemology; social change; discursive change; capitalist-economic discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : According to data by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) one third of all food produced for human consumption goes to waste. This phenomenon is both normalized and socially obscured within a discursive regime that is materially sustained in the squander of natural resources, the most severe consequence of which is an overall threat to the life-support system of the planet. READ MORE

  5. 24. Modelling Grain Surplus/Deficit in Cameroon for 2030

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Thirze Hermans; [2016]
    Keywords : modelling; grains; Cameroon; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; food security; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Central Africa has the lowest food production per capita, slow yield development and the fastest growing population in the world. This study aimed to develop a model, which estimates the grain surplus or deficit in Cameroon for 2015-2030. READ MORE

  6. 25. Nitrogen flow in Scania : substance flow analysis on a regional level

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Johanna Hellstrand; [2015]
    Keywords : substance flow analysis; fertilizer; sewage sludge; wastewater; urine separation; manure;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the flows of reactive nitrogen (Nr) in Scania were investigated and quantified. The thesis was also intended to form a basis for comparison between the urban nitrogen flow and other flows of nitrogen within Scania. The management of nitrogen in society has disturbed the natural nitrogen cycle. READ MORE