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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 uppsatser innehållade orden Brazilian government.

1. 1. Assessing Electricity Prices and Their Driving Mechanisms in Brazil with Neural Networks

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Författare :Henrique Costabile; [2023]
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   Sammanfattning : In general, electricity prices are very volatile and derive from many external variables. In Brazil, this price is determined by computer models developed and operated by government organizations. The supply and demand relationships are not enough to determine prices in Brazilian submarkets. LÄS MER

3. 2. Agribusiness possible threats to food security of a Kalunga Community

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Bruna Iervolino; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Agribusiness; Brazilian Cerrado; Engenho II; Family Farming; Food Security; Food Systems; Kalunga; Sustainable Development.;

   Sammanfattning : This master's thesis explores the impact of agribusiness on food security in the Kalunga community of Engenho II, located in the Brazilian Cerrado. Agribusiness is a significant cause of water withdrawal and climate change in the region, with extensive lands converted into monocultures to export commodities. LÄS MER

4. 3. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

   Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Författare :Bruno de Paula; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

   Sammanfattning : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. LÄS MER

5. 4. “I don’t have to say thank you for what is my right” : Social movement networks and public policies for migrant women in Florianópolis, Brazil

   Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Författare :Gabriela Martini dos Santos; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Immigration; Public Policies; Migrant women; Social movement networks; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brazil.; Imigração; Políticas Públicas; Mulheres migrantes; Redes de movimentos sociais; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brasil.;

   Sammanfattning : Brazil, like other Latin American countries, has witnessed an increase in south-south migration rates in the last decade. This scenario led to important changes in migration policies at the Federal level – the update of the conservative Foreigner Statute from 1980 to a rights-based Migration law in 2017 is the prime example of how migration flows can contribute to the promotion of rights and strengthen democracy in host societies. LÄS MER

7. 5. The introduction of the Africanised honey bee: A stinging menace or a blessing of the Americas? : a comparison of the Brazilian and USA beekeeping experiences

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Jorge Antonio Moreno Reategui; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Beekeeping Social field; Africanised honey bee; qualitative and quantitative research methodology;

   Sammanfattning : In 1956, Brazilian scientist Warwick Estevam Kerr, introduced queens of the African honey bee (AHB) from South Africa to breed with European honey bees (EHB) in order to improve honey production in Brazil. Some of the AHB swarmed by accident out of the experimental apiary, located in Rio Claro-São Paulo State, and started to spread. LÄS MER