Sökning: "subsistence crisis"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden subsistence crisis.

  1. 1. Osteological Markers of Nutritional Stress on the Swedish Island of Öland: Physiological Effects of Environmental Fluctuations during the Scandinavian Iron Age

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Claire Maeve Callahan; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Old World Drought Atlas; Dendroclimatology; Nutrition; Osteology; Multiple Correspondence Analysis; Skeletal Pathology; Dietary Isotopes; Environmental Reconstructions; Historic Climate; Iron Age; Sweden; Baltic Region; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The shift to agriculture as the main form of subsistence practice allowed past peoples the freedom and potential to exploit their natural and man-made environment for personal and societal gain. Decades of archaeological excavations conducted on the Swedish island of Öland have amassed a wealth of information regarding the subsistence and settlement patterns of Iron Age societies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Accumulation by Conservation : Conflicts between aquaculture, protected mangroves and small-scale fisheries in Marismas Nacionales, Mexico

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Enrique Szendro; [2018]
    Nyckelord :sustainable development; conservation management; small-scale fisheries; mangroves; political ecology; Ramsar protected areas;

    Sammanfattning : Brackish water ecosystems such as mangroves are among the most biodiverse in the world. The mangroves located in the Gulf of California, Mexico are not an exception. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Ice on midsummersday : -A qualtitative study on national, regional and local level of the extreme weather years and following harvest failure in 1867-68 Sweden, with focus on Gävleborgs County.

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Lindblom Ellen; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Extreme weather; crop failure; poor harvest; agriculture; nineteen century Sweden; subsistence crisis; famine; resilience; exchange entitlements; Gävleborgs County; Hälsingland; Hanebo Parish;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on two extreme weather years in 1867-1868 that led to crop failure and subsistence crisis in parts of Sweden. Specifically it focus on Gävleborgs County and one parish, Hanebo Parish, in south west Hälsingland. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sustainable Small Scale Agriculture Transformation Process in Ribáuè District, Nampula Province, Mozambique

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Jamac Aman Musoke Emily; [2013]
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    Sammanfattning : Over 80 percent of the population in Africa are smallholder peasant farmers, still predominantly engaged in subsistence farming, distinctive with low yields. The Low African agriculture productivity, according to the World Bank Report (2008) is mainly attributed to African governments as obstruction to development owing to inappropriate government policy interventions, poor governance coupled with the state’s withdrawing from investments in market infrastructure, and support services. LÄS MER