Essays about: "multifunctional agriculture"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words multifunctional agriculture.

1. 11. Peri urban agriculture in Casablanca : a multifunctional solution to a sustainable urban food supply?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Georg Krüger; [2016]
   Keywords : urban agriculture; urban farming; agroecology; sustainable agriculture;

   Abstract : The urbanisation in the world today is at its highest pace so far in history. More than half of the world’s population is already living in cities. In the developing countries the cities and mega regions are expected to grow in the coming decades (United Nations, 2014). READ MORE

3. 12. Perceived multifunctionality of agroforestry trees in Northern Ethiopia : a case study of the perceived functions and associated personal values of trees for farming households in Tigray

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Johannes Ernstberger; [2016]
   Keywords : agroforestry; multifunctionality; multifunctional agriculture; means-end chain theory; Tigray; personal values; ethnobotany; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : This case study explored perceptions on the beneficial and detrimental functions obtained from agroforestry trees in two sites in Northern Ethiopia. These perceived functions were contextualized and their contribution to a multifunctionality in agriculture discussed. READ MORE

4. 13. Design and sustainability assessment of bioenergy double cropping system in southern Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Sbatie Lama; [2016]
   Keywords : bioenergy double cropping system; multifunctional agriculture; ecosystem services; interdisciplinary research; SAFA;

   Abstract : Due to short growing season harvesting two crops sequentially in one year is not common in Sweden. In this experiment a cropping system was designed where rye was grown as a first crop for production of biomass feedstock for bioenergy. READ MORE

5. 14. Organic farming and agricultural transitions : Understanding the role of agricultural space in Halland, Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Adam Antonsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Organic farming; multifunctional agriculture; agricultural space; agricultural change; farmers’ attitudes; good farmer; Halland;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the attitudes towards organic farming and how agricultural space is understood among organic farmers in the Swedish region of Halland and then to relate this to the ongoing discussion on multifunctional agricultural transition. The research is based on a field study on nine different organic farms in Halland, where qualitative interviews have been conducted for the creation of the empirical results. READ MORE

6. 15. Farming in the European Union: from organic to sustainable. An assessment of a legal transition based on land stewardship and participatory guarantee systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Javier Munoz-Blanco Garcia; [2015]
   Keywords : participatory guarantee systems; land stewardship; organic farming; agroecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The conventional agricultural production system is not sustainable. Organic agriculture is assumed to be sustainable from the environmental perspective, and its production and labelling has been regulated in the European Union (EU). READ MORE