Sökning: "Agriculture commercialization"

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1. 6. Policy, agency and scale in local adaptation to socio-environmental change in the Panchkhal Valley, Nepal

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Jakob Grandin; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Climate change; adaptation; agriculture; polycentric systems; policy; Nepal;

   Sammanfattning : This case study explores climate change coping and adaptation strategies in an agriculture- dependent community in the Panchkhal Valley in Nepal that suffered from five years of drought between 2004 and 2009. Based on fieldwork and interviews in Panchkhal 2011–2012, it explores how drought, combined with an ongoing process of agricultural commercialization and intensification, lead to a situation of ‘double exposure’ for Panchkhal farmers. LÄS MER

3. 7. Business development of a novel functional food concept

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

   Författare :Christian Åsheim; [2015]
   Nyckelord :commercialization; business development; start-up; venture creation; Functional food; glycaemic response; analysis technique; livsmedelsteknik; food engineering; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

   Sammanfattning : Functional food (FF) is a relatively new sector in the food industry. FF are products that have an added nutritional value for consumers that is communicated through nutritional and health claims, and act as preventive agents of chronic diseases. LÄS MER

4. 8. Between Policy and Practice – a qualitative study on smallholder commercialization in Chepareria and Kongelai, West Pokot (Kenya)

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Författare :Simon Wittich; [2015]
   Nyckelord :West Pokot; semi-arid; commerciali¬zation; smallholder; livelihood; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In Kenya, the commercialization of smallholder agriculture has become an inte¬gral part of the national strategy to address the problems of economic and food poverty. Despite extensive governmental efforts to promote the transition of smallhold¬ers from subsistence-based to commercially-oriented livelihoods, a broad based transformation of the sector has not yet materialized. LÄS MER

5. 9. Prospects of Transforming Subsistence Agriculture into Sustainable Livelihoods; A case-study of the Ribb sub-Catchment, Ethiopia.

   Master-uppsats, Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Yodit Balcha; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Sustainable development; sustainable rural livelihood; farm typology; subsistence agriculture; smallholder commercialization; agricultural transformation; ordered logit regression;

   Sammanfattning : This study assesses the importance of agricultural transformation in achieving sustainable livelihood in rural Ethiopia. By focusing on the different agricultural transformation components, the study analyse different farming typologies at household level. LÄS MER

7. 10. Factors restricting adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in a smallholder agro-ecosystem : A case study of Potshini community, upper Thukela region, South Africa

   Master-uppsats, Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Hanna Sterve; [2011]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Pressure from an ever increasing population demands development and use of agriculturalpractices which increases productivity without undermining the biological foundation onwhich all humans depend. To support resilience, agriculture needs to manage the land forgeneration of multiple ecosystem services. LÄS MER