Essays about: "yam"

Found 3 essays containing the word yam.

  1. 1. Influence from long-distance transport, local sources and precipitation on black carbon concentrations at a rural background field station in southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kärnfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Kit Ming Yam; [2019]
    Keywords : Black carbon; black carbon concentrations; Hyltemossa station; Aethalometer; HYSPLIT; long-distance transport; local sources; precipitation; Physics and Astronomy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The year 2018 was the first complete year with aerosol observations at the rural background station Hyltemossa in southern Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to analyse and investigate the influence from long-distance transport (LDT) aerosols, local sources and precipitation on the black carbon (BC) mass concentration by utilising the Aethalometer and the HYSPLIT model, which estimated the BC mass concentration ([BC]) and simulated the origin of the LDT air masses to Hyltemossa, respectively. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment : Concentrations Found in the Water, Soil and Crops in Kampala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Emma Björnberg; Anna-Klara Elenström; [2016]
    Keywords : pharmaceuticals; Nakivubo channel; wastewater; soil; crop; wetland; risk assessment; treatment; läkemedel; Nakivubokanalen; avloppsvatten; jord; gröda; våtmark; riskanalys; rening;

    Abstract : In Kampala, the capital of Uganda, there is an extensive use of water mixed with wastewater for irrigation of crops. The water is taken from Nakivubo channel that flows through the centre of the city, and since the wastewater treatment in the city is insufficient, the channel water might contain pharmaceuticals that are spread to the farmlands and the crops that are grown in Nakivubo wetland. READ MORE

  4. 3. Integration assessment of regional yam markets in Ghana : a spatial price analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Noah Larvoe; [2015]
    Keywords : autoregressive; impulse response; integration; regional markets; symmetric threshold cointegration; price transmission; yam;

    Abstract : World food price hikes in 2007/2008 and 2012 plunged several people into hunger and poverty in developing countries. The situation stimulated responses from policy makers in some of these countries by trying to boost local production of crops in which they are self-sufficient. READ MORE