Essays about: "pesticides"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 244 essays containing the word pesticides.

  1. 16. Captured by Corporate Interests? Analysis of the EU Green Deal & Farm to Fork Strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Leyal Jihad Atta; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Farm to Fork; State Capture; Lobbying; Environment; Agriculture; Pesticides; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the spring of 2020 an ambitious new strategy, named Farm to Fork, was made public as part of the wider EU Green Deal. The main goal being substantial decrease in the use of both synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. READ MORE

  3. 17. COOPERATOR OR DEFECTOR? A qualitative study of a superpower’s policy efforts on collective environmental issues

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Huidong Song; [2022-08-11]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The thesis studies whether and how China, as an emerging superpower, cooperates on collective environmental issues through complying with international agreements, taking the management of chemical fertilizer and pesticide (agrochemicals) as a case. Through theories neorealism, neoliberalism and neoliberal institutionalism, to gain different theoretical expectations how states like China act to international agreements and collective environmental issues. READ MORE

  4. 18. Toxicological analysis of Pyraclostrobin and Cyprodinilon Zebrafish larvae

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik

    Author : Kim Yeju; [2022]
    Keywords : gene expression; mixture effect; toxicity; pesticides; stress response;

    Abstract : Cyprodinil and pyraclostrobin are widely used pesticides to protect many plants from attack of microorganisms and fungal diseases. Although cyprodinil and pyraclostrobin exist in the aquatic environment at low concentration, their leftovers in the ecosystems lead to oxidative damage and interfere development in aquatic animals at environmental-relevant concentration. READ MORE

  5. 19. Influence of Wastewater DOM Fractions on the Adsorption of Pharmaceuticals onto Activated Carbon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Koustubh Karande; [2022]
    Keywords : Wastewater treatment; Dissolved organic matter; Pharmaceuticals; Activated carbon; Hydrophobicity; Molecular weight; Water resources engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Micropollutants in our sources of freshwater is an issue which requires immediate attention. The presence of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting agents, pesticides and other harmful compounds have proven to have impact on the aquatic as well as on human life. READ MORE

  6. 20. Microbial ecosystem analysis of biochar-enriched soil in Kenya using microfluidic soil models

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

    Author : Erik Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Soil microbial ecosystem analysis; Microbe abundance; Microbe foraging; Biochar; Agriculture; Microfluidics; In-situ visualization; Kenya; SoilChip; Soil model; Minor Field Study; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Healthy soil is rich in diverse microbial life, and a healthy microbial ecosystem is crucial for any well-functioning agriculture. Soil microbes are essential for organic decomposition and nutrient recycling in the soil, which make nutrients available for agricultural crops. READ MORE