Essays about: "rainy"

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  1. 11. Sustainability assessment of sanitation systems in El Alto, Bolivia : A pre-study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Malin Smith; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable sanitation; peri-urban; urine-diverting dry toilet; waste stabilization pond; stakeholder; Hållbar sanitet; peri-urban; urinsorterande torrtoalett; stabiliseringsdamm; intressent;

    Abstract : The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 6.2 aims at providing access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and to end open defecation by 2030. Yet, 47 % of the population in Bolivia lacked access to basic sanitation services in 2012. READ MORE

  3. 12. Agricultural vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns: Assessing the role of smallholder farmers’ perceptions and access to weather forecast information in adaptation-decision making : case study of the North-Western provinces, Rwanda

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

    Author : Didier Muyiramye; [2020]
    Keywords : vulnerability; perception; weather forecast information; changing rainfall patterns; heavy rainfalls; floods; smallholder farmers; adaptation;

    Abstract : Adverse weather is currently among the crucial challenges facing agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. With climate change and variability increasing, rainy seasons are becoming more and more unpredictable. Heavy rainfalls and severe flooding have increased, affecting smallholder farming and rural livelihoods considerably. READ MORE

  4. 13. Lepidium Campestre : en ekonomisk analys av fältkrassing

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Arvid Ektander; Kristian Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : alternativa grödor; fältkrassing; Lepidim campestre; optimering; vinstmaximering;

    Abstract : Världens befolkning ökar ständigt vilket ställer krav på produktion och konsumtion av livsmedel. De arealer som finns tillgängliga behöver på sikt nyttjas effektivare för att kunna mätta en ökande befolkning. Utöver denna problematik behöver livsmedel även fortsättningsvis produceras hållbart. READ MORE

  5. 14. “I am fighting the best I can” : Women’s adaptive capacity when facing rain variability in Paje,Zanzibar (Tanzania)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Felicia Folkeryd; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Many of the world’s most impoverished populations rely on farming, hunting and gathering to eat and earn a living where people often have just enough food and assets to last through the next season, and ultimately inadequate reserves to fall back on in the event of a poor harvest. Rural resource-dependent livelihoods are embedded in high risks, as climate variability and climate extremes are additional stressors to poverty. READ MORE

  6. 15. The role of agroforestry tree species in biocontrol of the cabbage pest Plutella xylostella : a field study in Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Nadja Kvick Nastaj; [2020]
    Keywords : agroforestry; Plutella xylostella; biocontrol;

    Abstract : Pest control in agriculture is a necessity and the use of chemicals is the method by choice for most farmers. But the use of chemicals comes with a price; the pests develops resistance and the chemicals pollutes the environment. It is therefore of urgent importance to shift pest control from chemicals to other methods. READ MORE