Essays about: "peri-urban farm"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words peri-urban farm.

  1. 6. Brucellosis in small ruminants : a seroprevalence study in peri-urban farming around the region of Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Isabel Ljung; [2013]
    Keywords : Brucellosis; Small ruminants; Tajikistan; Seroprevalence study;

    Abstract : The mountainous Central Asian and former Soviet country Tajikistan is the least advantaged country economically among the former Soviet Union states. Approximately 6.5 % of the land is arable in a country where roughly 80 % of the households typically own small numbers of sheep and goats. READ MORE

  3. 7. Prevalence of antibodies for Peste des petits des ruminants virus and Brucella and related risk factors in goat herds in urban and peri-urban agriculture in Kampala, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Linn Lernfelt; [2013]
    Keywords : goats; urban and peri-urban agriculture; risk factors; antibodies; seriprevalence; peste des petits ruminants virus; brucella;

    Abstract : The world’s population reached more than 6.9 billion people in July 2011. It is expected that the population growth during the next 40 years will take place mostly in low-income countries and the population increase will be 2.3 billion people during 2011-2050. READ MORE

  4. 8. Designing Sustainable Wastewater Management : A case study at a research farm in Bolivia

    University essay from

    Author : Tara Roxendal; [2012]
    Keywords : sustainable sanitation; wastewater management; peri-urban farm; decentralized wastewater treatment; domestic wastewater; urine separation; groundwater contamination; hållbar sanitet; avloppsvattenhantering; peri-urban gård; småskaliga avloppsvattensystem; hushållsavloppsvatten; urinsortering; saneamiento sostenible; gestión de aguas residuales; periurbana; tratamiento en pequeña escala; aguas residuales domésticas; separación de orina; contaminación de las aguas subterráneas;

    Abstract : Sustainable sanitation and wastewater management are of increasing importance around the world while certain resources are becoming scarcer and therefore more valuable. The lack of proper wastewater management causes problems and the degradation of some resources. READ MORE