Essays about: "sugarcane agriculture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words sugarcane agriculture.

1. 1. Assessing Textile Raw Materials and Exploring Sustainable Sources for Future Renewable Textile Materials for IKEA of Sweden

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

   Author : Susan Lan; [2023]
   Keywords : drought; water scarcity; land degradation; cotton Gossypium sp. ; synthetic textiles; viscose; lyocell; IKEA; agro-waste; poplar Populus sp. ; bamboo Bambusoideae ; sustainability;

   Abstract : This degree project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has been conducted in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden. The textile industry contributes to significant environmental challenges, including pollution and global water scarcity. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable livelihood for farmers : A study presenting both challenges and opportunities for local small-scale farmers in Alluriquin, Ecuador

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Olivia Adolfsson; [2022]
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   Abstract : The primary sector is of high importance to the economy and wellbeing of many countries. This is especially true for Ecuador, where 51 percent of the population living in rural areas earn their living through agriculture, livestock and fishing activities. READ MORE

4. 3. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Freja Milton; [2019]
   Keywords : Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE

5. 4. A GIS approach to estimate the bioenergy potential in Uganda

   University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

   Author : Ema Rodrigues Barata; [2017]
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   Abstract : Affordable and reliable electricity can provide a mean to reduce poverty, improve health care and decrease local pollution. Nevertheless, about 950 million people living in Africa and developing Asia did not have access to electricity in 2016. READ MORE

6. 5. COMPARATIVE ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS ANALYSES BETWEEN SMALL- AND LARGE-SCALE SUGARCANE PRODUCTION IN MAURITIUS

   University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

   Author : James Kong-Win Chang; [2013]
   Keywords : energy analysis; greenhouse gas analysis; sugarcane agriculture; cultivation scale; Mauritius; smallholders; millers; mechanical and manual operations; sugarcane bioenergy system;

   Abstract : This study uses energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) balances to evaluate how the scale of sugarcane cultivation affects the performance of a sugarcane bioenergy system generating exportable electricity from bagasse. Small-, medium-, large- and miller-planter systems, with cane field areas of less than 10 ha, 10 – 42 ha, 42 – 2000 ha, more than 2000 ha respectively, were modelled. READ MORE