Essays about: "thesis PESTICIDES"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 essays containing the words thesis PESTICIDES.

  1. 1. Captured by Corporate Interests? Analysis of the EU Green Deal & Farm to Fork Strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Leyal Jihad Atta; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Farm to Fork; State Capture; Lobbying; Environment; Agriculture; Pesticides; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the spring of 2020 an ambitious new strategy, named Farm to Fork, was made public as part of the wider EU Green Deal. The main goal being substantial decrease in the use of both synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. READ MORE

  3. 2. COOPERATOR OR DEFECTOR? A qualitative study of a superpower’s policy efforts on collective environmental issues

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Huidong Song; [2022-08-11]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The thesis studies whether and how China, as an emerging superpower, cooperates on collective environmental issues through complying with international agreements, taking the management of chemical fertilizer and pesticide (agrochemicals) as a case. Through theories neorealism, neoliberalism and neoliberal institutionalism, to gain different theoretical expectations how states like China act to international agreements and collective environmental issues. READ MORE

  4. 3. Microbial ecosystem analysis of biochar-enriched soil in Kenya using microfluidic soil models

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

    Author : Erik Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Soil microbial ecosystem analysis; Microbe abundance; Microbe foraging; Biochar; Agriculture; Microfluidics; In-situ visualization; Kenya; SoilChip; Soil model; Minor Field Study; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Healthy soil is rich in diverse microbial life, and a healthy microbial ecosystem is crucial for any well-functioning agriculture. Soil microbes are essential for organic decomposition and nutrient recycling in the soil, which make nutrients available for agricultural crops. READ MORE

  5. 4. Växtodling i kombination med solelproduktion

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

    Author : Isabell Andreasson; Måns Holmqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Agrovoltaisk; vertikala solceller; solpaneler; kombinerad jordbruks- och elproduktion; solcellsparker; solparker;

    Abstract : Intresset för solpaneler och solelproduktion har ökat de senaste åren, framförallt intresset för storskaliga solparker på jordbruksmark i takt med att tekniken har blivit billigare. Etablering av solparker på jordbruksmark är dock kontroversiellt och det råder delade meningar kring lämpligheten till denna typ av elproduktion. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pesticide tax and agricultural trade : What has the effect been for Denmark?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Matilda Hahne; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Environmental regulations’ effect on trade have been widely studied in these last couple of decades where the analysis generally has been focused on broad regulations and overall trade. In this thesis I take a more narrow approach and study the effect of the Danish pesticide tax on Denmark’s trade of certain agricultural products. READ MORE