Essays about: "rural financing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words rural financing.

  1. 1. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE

  3. 2. To create multifunctional riverscapes : the example of Älvkarleby in the Nedre Dalälven River, Sweden

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

    Author : Xuan Ye; [2022]
    Keywords : river space; municipal nature reserve; ecological restoration; landscape planning; fish migration passage; human recreation;

    Abstract : The natural environment and ecological services of rivers and the needs and expansion of human activities using rivers causes conflicting interests. Human survival is inseparable from the dependence on the natural environment, but at the same time, the continuous demand for natural resources has also caused an irreversible impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ljus i varje hus : en fallstudie om civilsamhällets engagemang och samverkan med kommunen på Oskarshamns landsbygder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Malin Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Lokalt engagemang; samverkan; civilsamhälle; lokala nätverk; landsbygdsutveckling; levande landsbygder; Oskarshamn;

    Abstract : Landsbygderna i Sverige likaväl som i många andra västerländska länder har mött många stora förändringar under de senaste decennierna, bland annat vad gäller en minskande och åldrande befolkning samt en förändrad ekonomi där tjänstesektorn fått en större betydelse. Förändringarna har resulterat i att tillgången till offentlig och kommersiell service minskat på många landsbygder, vilket försvårar möjligheten att leva utanför städer och tätorter. READ MORE

  5. 4. Craft brewing and financial expansion – a study of the Swedish market

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Anders Lingensjö; [2021]
    Keywords : Microbreweries; craft beer; craft beer brewing; small business financing; Sweden;

    Abstract : Craft brewing has seen a remarkable growth, from the first steps in the late 1960s in the USA until today. Breweries in the USA and Western Europe saw a long period of brewery fusions, concentration and closings from after the 2nd world war until roughly late 1990s/early 2000s. READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean : a case study of the town of Chía, Colombia

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

    Author : Mónica Carlota García Aguilar; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental governance; resource recovery; organic waste; wastewater; circular economy; sustainable urban development;

    Abstract : Sustainable approaches for waste management and sanitation are key to deal with the environmental and health challenges that growing urbanization is creating around the world. Implementing systems that allow to reuse resources contained in the organic waste streams (OWS) is an approach that can bring many benefits, especially in low-medium income areas as the Latin American and Caribbean region, where excreta, wastewater, and waste are not properly managed. READ MORE