Essays about: "study plan agriculture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 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. Can the Guarantee Instrument Fight Poverty? : A Minor Field Study in the Morogoro Region in Tanzania

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnéa Prytz; Ida Norman; [2019]
    Keywords : Guarantee instrument; Financial access; Productivity; Welfare; Tanzania; Agriculture;

    Abstract : The role of access to finance for economic development has received extensive attention recently, which has brought the issue to the top of the policy agenda. The growing attention has resulted in several public policy initiatives to encourage access to financial services, especially in low-income countries where credit constraints are severe. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. 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