Essays about: "small-scale farmer"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 54 essays containing the words small-scale farmer.

  1. 41. Jämförelse mellan renskötsel och betesbaserad fårskötsel

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Julia Bäckström; [2011]
    Keywords : Ekonomi; Markåtgång; Produktutveckling; Avel; Utfodring;

    Abstract : This essay describes and compares the extensive reindeer management to the more intensive, but grazing based, sheep management system in Sweden. Differences and similarities between the two production systems will be investigated by elucidating the economy, land use and possibilities to influence production and economy through breeding, feeding and product development. READ MORE

  3. 42. Power relations and adaptive capacity : Exploring gender relations in climate change adaptation and coping within small-scale farming in western Kenya

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Emmeline Laszlo Ambjörnsson; [2011]
    Keywords : climate change; adaptive capacity; coping; adaptation; gender relations; gender contract; power; small-scale farming; Kenya;

    Abstract : Climate adaptation is an important and necessary response to global climate change.Numerous studies show that adaptive capacity is shaped by cultural and social determinants.Gender relations are an integral aspect of social relations in all societies, yet the literature onhow gender influences climate adaptation is limited. READ MORE

  4. 43. Social Capital among Farmer Association members and non-members - a field study on inter- and intragroup trust in rural Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zofie Bengtsson; [2010]
    Keywords : social capital; farmer association; Mozambique; small-scale farming; trust; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Farmer associations are suggested a good tool to increase rural income and strengthen social ties among small-scale farmers. Strong social bonds can in turn generate social capital which is identified to matter significantly for development outcomes and poverty alleviation. READ MORE

  5. 44. Mervärden inom svensk nötköttsproduktion : kommunikation och drivkrafter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Emma Dahlberg Sundling; [2010]
    Keywords : Mervärden; Nötkött; Svenskt; Kommunikation; Drivkrafter;

    Abstract : Today a lot of consumer and media interest lie in food production. Food is something everyone of us has a relationship to hence foodstuff and their making is a topic of current interest.Cattle’s rearing is one of many factors that have begun to play a bigger role when consumersare selecting beef from the shops’ meat counters. READ MORE

  6. 45. Trade – not Aid! On the Road towards Empowerment? A Minor Field Study of the Small-scale Farmers’ Empowerment of a WFP Local Food Procurement Initiative in Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Lundqvist; [2010]
    Keywords : empowerment; Mozambique; small-scale farming; commercialization; WFP; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This is a field study conducted in Mozambique of the empowerment of small-scale farmers within the initial process of commercialization. The WFP initiative named Purchase for Progress intend to purchasing crops locally directly from farmer organizations. READ MORE