Essays about: "local seed trade"
Found 5 essays containing the words local seed trade.
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1. Investor Influence on Startups' Sustainability Orientation: Exploring Causation and Effectuation Approaches
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : This study investigates the influence of investors on the sustainability orientation of startups and the use of causation and effectuation approaches. The aim of the study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how and why investors influence startups in their sustainability orientation, and what impact this has on the use of causation and effectuation decision-making logics. READ MORE
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2. Who’s in and who’s out? : en studie om hur utsädeshanteringen av kulturspannmål organiseras och regleras formellt och informellt
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Människors möjlighet att hantera och dela med sig av sitt eget utsäde eroderas av politiska och teknologiska processer. Trots framväxten av formella utsädessystem och lagstiftning som i stor utsträckning hindrar handel och odling av kulturspannmål så fortsätter spannmålsodlare att odla och organisera sig i ett informellt utsädessystem kring kulturspannmål. READ MORE
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3. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. READ MORE
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4. Seeds of sustainability? : A case study on agricultural sustainability perceptions among small-scale farmers in the Manyara region, Tanzania
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Agricultural policies worldwide are giving an increased focus to the goal of sustainable agriculture, but there are still uncertainties around how this is performed and achieved. As small-scale farmers are a fundamental part of agricultural production worldwide, earlier scholars request deeper understanding of how these farmers perceive sustainable agriculture and how they perceive the pathway towards sustainability. READ MORE
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5. Intellectual property rights in common bean breeding : opportunities and constraints for local and participatory breeding in Nicaragua
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : If intellectual property rights (IPR) are incentives for plant research, how do they affect plant development for the benefit of the resource-poor? This thesis analyses the implications of IPR from the perspective of small-scale users, providers and developers of seed. Special attention is given participatory plant breeding, i.e. READ MORE
