Essays about: "risk analysis in agriculture"

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  1. 1. Stadsodling i Hamnparken, Nyhamnen Malmö : undersöker Torontomodellen som beslutsstöd för potentiellt förorenad mark

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Lova Hambraeus; Karin Stureson; [2024]
    Keywords : bly Pb ; fytoremediering; markanalys; miljöföroreningar; Nyhamnen; PAH; stadsodling; Torontomodellen;

    Abstract : Befolkningen ökar och städer blir tätare. Detta skapar ett behov av att utöka matproduktionen och stärka livsmedelsförsörjningen i staden, samt bygga upp platser för mental hälsa och social interaktion. Ett möjligt sätt att göra detta är genom att börja stadsodla. READ MORE

  3. 2. Thinking Outside of the Organisational Box; How Private Firms Can Invest in Nature-based Solutions at the Watershed-level to Manage Agricultural Water Risks in California’s San Joaquin Valley

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Ethan Dunnenberger; [2023]
    Keywords : water scarcity; agriculture; private sector; risk management; nature-based solutions; watershed restoration; San Joaquin Valley; water security; value; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Nature-based solutions (NBS) can provide a range of benefits to tackle acute sustainability challenges in an enduring and cost-effective manner. Increasing recognition of the value of these solutions has led to their adoption across the globe. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

  5. 4. Är kvarlämnad balplast en skaderisk för hästar? : En enkätstudie av skadeförekomst och hästägares åsikter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Caisa Wiklund; [2022]
    Keywords : Balplast; häst; skaderisk; nät; plast; hästägare; åsikter; kolik; traumatiska skador; utfodring; lagstiftning; kontroll; djurskydd; naturligt beteende;

    Abstract : The authority responsible of controlling compliance with the Swedish animal welfare legislation is the county administrative board. When doing so, they often have to make assessments based on formulations such as acceptable, enough or unnecessary. READ MORE

  6. 5. Safeguarding a Safeguard: Assessing the Status of Global Ex-Situ Crop Conservation and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s Role in its Protection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christopher Keegan; [2022]
    Keywords : Svalbard Global Seed Vault; Genebanks; Genetic Resources; Genetic Erosion; Passport Data Completeness; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : The Svalbard Seed Vault serves as a backup against accidental loss of genetic crop diversity within the existing global conservation system. Addressing this objective, this thesis repeats the 2013 assessment of the Seed Vault’s completeness relative to the global conservation system as performed by Westengen et al (2013, 1). READ MORE