Essays about: "rice"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 160 essays containing the word rice.
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21. Vendor rating strategies to mitigate the effects of cereal supply variations : A case study at a manufacturing company in the food industry
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälleAbstract : Raw material of high quality and in sufficient quantities is of great importance to manufacturing companies. However, the availability of such raw material is often uncertain. One such important raw material is cereals because the consumption of food products containing cereals is very common. READ MORE
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22. Assessing the suitability of using Sentinel-1A SAR multi-temporal imagery to detect fallow periods between rice crops
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Fallow, understood as a period where no crop is cultivated during a growing season, is an important crop management practice. Fallow plays an important role in pest and disease management, and monitoring the presence and duration of fallow can have implications for understanding the extent and effectiveness of this agricultural practice. READ MORE
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23. Concrete with low carbon dioxid emissions : Reduced amount of cement with husk ashes
University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och designAbstract : The world is facing a major climate threat where carbon dioxide emissions are in focus. At the same time, society requires new buildings and developed infrastructure. Concrete is one of the most common building materials and 30 billion tonnes are produced annually, which corresponds to about 6 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. READ MORE
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24. Growing crops or growing conflicts? : Climate variability, rice production and political violence in Vietnam
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis contributes to research on climate change and violent conflict by testing the theory of a causal relationship between climate variability, agricultural production and political violence in the case of Vietnam 2010-2019. Climate-related negative shocks to agricultural production in developing countries are expected to lower the opportunity cost of violence through an income effect. READ MORE
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25. Risodling i Mekongdeltat : hur påverkas risodling i Mekongdeltat av klimatförändringarna och vattenkraften?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Uppsatsen redogör för hur klimatförändringen och vattenkraften i Mekongregionen påverkar risodling i Mekongdeltat samt vad det betyder för livsmedelssäkerheten och fattigdomsbekämpningen i Vietnam. Cirka 40% av Vietnams landyta används till jordbruk och Mekongdeltat är ett av världens största jordbrukssystem för risodling (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2018). READ MORE