Sökning: "cassava"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 40 uppsatser innehållade ordet cassava.
1. Accessing credit through social relationships : a case study of cassava farmers in Central Uganda
Master-uppsats, SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesSammanfattning : The FAO aims to support local farmers in Nakasongola District, Uganda, to tap into value-added cassava market opportunities. This thesis critically examines farmers' experiences in these cassava markets, challenging classical economic assumptions that underpin the FAO project. LÄS MER
2. Finding ways to develop a sustainable bioeconomy: The case of industrial cassava in Colombia : Environmental impact and food security insights from a combined life cycle assessment and interview study
Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikSammanfattning : Cassava has been identified as a potential key crop for a sustainable bioeconomy in Colombia.However, the bioeconomy is not inherently sustainable, and neither is producing cassava,which makes research on it crucial. Increasing biomass circularity could be key for increasingthe cassava industry’s sustainability performance. LÄS MER
3. HIV/AIDS and Agricultural Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : This research paper analyses the impact of HIV/AIDS on cassava production on a panel of two countries from Sub-Saharan Africa: Tanzania and Nigeria. It covers the 1990-2021 time period. In addition, it provides a zoomed-in investigation on each country using time and country fixed effects, covering the same timeframe. LÄS MER
4. The sources and dynamics of technological change in cassava farming in Ghana
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : Farm size expansion in some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Ghana, is a recent phenomenon, and is indicative of the agricultural transformation process taking place in the region. Technology use and adoption level is an integral and complex part of this process, which is studied in relation to the expanding farm sizes and agricultural transformation in this study. LÄS MER
5. Agricultural Labor Structures: Interlinking Agricultural Transformation with Local Agricultural Labor Structures in Ghana
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : Agricultural transformation is regarded as a prerequisite for economic growth and development to be sustainable in the long run. However, agricultural workers are among the most disadvantaged workers as well as they are a distinct occupational group that forms an important part of sustainable agricultural development in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience. LÄS MER