Essays about: "maize cultivation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words maize cultivation.

  1. 1. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico

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

    Author : Klara Lindqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : maize; peasants; Mexico; resistance; anti-commodities; autonomy; seed-saving;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. WELL-TO-WHEELS ANALYSIS OF HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK FUELS : A comparison between LNG, LBG and Diese

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Simon Nylund; Niklas Wenstedt; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable; energy; GHG; emissions; production; processing; liquefaction; transportation; Hållbar; energi; GHG; utsläpp; produktion; process; förvätskning; transport;

    Abstract : Heavy-duty trucks accounts for 25% CO2 emissions in Sweden and there is approximately 12.6 million heavy-duty vehicles in the EU with different types of fuel and utilization areas. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Perception of Cassava in Malawi : A Literature Study About a Root Crop’s Implication on Food Security in the Past and the Present

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Sebastian Köcke; [2019]
    Keywords : Cassava; Malawi; Food security; Food crop; Cash crop; Maize dependency;

    Abstract : Climate change and weather phenomena like the El Niño-La Niña Southern Oscillation aremaking agriculture increasingly vulnerable in the Global South. In Malawi, where morethan 90% of the agriculture is rain-fed, food insecurity is becoming an annual problem. READ MORE

  5. 4. Samspel mellan tillväxt och väderlek hos olika sorter av fodermajs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Marcus Älmefur; [2018]
    Keywords : Fodermajs; FAO-tal; väder; majsvärmeenheter; skördedata.;

    Abstract : Fodermajs är en gröda som i Sverige ökat i odlingen sedan början på 2000-talet. En av anledningarna till det är höga skördenivåer av energirik biomassa per hektar. Eftersom majsen är en tropisk växt som härstammar ifrån Mellanamerika är val av sorter som passar i vårt klimat viktigt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Life cycle of Agriotes wireworms and their effect in maize cultivation : from a Swedish perspective

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Ellen Stolpe Nordin; [2017]
    Keywords : Elateridae; Agriotes; lifecycle; control; maize;

    Abstract : Sammanfattning Majsodlingen i Sverige har ökat med nästan 60% det senaste årtiondet. Med ökad majsodling finns det en möjlighet att problem med knäpparlarver ökar i denna produktion. Knäpparlarver är vanliga i Sverige och de arter som räknas som skadegörare är Agriotes lineatus (L.), Agriotes obscurus (L. READ MORE