Essays about: "study plan agriculture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the words study plan agriculture.

  1. 1. What can be learnt from the 2018 drought and how to adapt Swedish agriculture to a changing climate? : an exploratory study with farmers from Mälardalen

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

    Author : Serafima Rende; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; adaptability; socio-ecological systems; farming systems; drought; adaptive management;

    Abstract : In 2018, the unusually dry and hot summer caused large losses in agricul-tural production. Farmers in Mälardalen had to struggle all summer to gather enough animal fodder, working long hours but gaining little in return. READ MORE

  3. 2. Restaurering av betesmark och slåtterängar : en redogörelse och granskning av behov, ändamål, tillvägagångssätt och effekter

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

    Author : Lovisa Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : restaurering; betesmark; äng; miljöersättning; slåtteräng; jordbruksstöd; naturbetesmark;

    Abstract : Naturbetesmarker och slåtterängar är en produkt av människans hävd. Till följd av detta förändras gräsmarker när människans levnadsmönster förändras. READ MORE

  4. 3. The contribution of Land Use Consolidation policy to food and nutrition security of women farmers : a case study of the farmers involved in potato farming, food availability in Nyabihu district, Rwanda

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

    Author : Odette Mutangiza; [2019]
    Keywords : Land Use Consolidation; Food and Nutrition Security; Institution; women farmers; potato; Nyabihu; Rwanda;

    Abstract : The overgrowing population in Rwanda and the persistent fragmentation of households’ plots induced the land use designs to be restructured. The Government of Rwanda introduced the Land Use Consolidation (LUC) policy to manage land fragmentation, and shift from subsistence to a market oriented agriculture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Risk mapping of phosphorus leakage - improved method using a Digital Elevation Model

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Hanna Ekström; [2018]
    Keywords : surface runoff; erosion; phosphorus leakage; agriculture; sinks; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Eutrophication is an ongoing problem in the Baltic Sea and is therefore found as a topic of the Baltic Sea Action Plan as well as the environmental goals of Sweden. One source to eutrophication is the leakage of phosphorus from agricultural lands. READ MORE

  6. 5. Are we there yet? : a case study on SLU carpark management policy

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Filip Jankulovski; [2018]
    Keywords : Campus Alnarp; Campus Ultuna; Campus Umeå; Carpark fee; Carpark management; Employee behaviour; Workplace travel plan; Public transportation;

    Abstract : With the technological advances that has come up since the industrial revolution our standard of living has gone up. With these advances a line of environmental and social problems has emerged. The United Nations has come up with a wide range of sustainable development gaols to help combat these problems. READ MORE