Sökning: "contract farming"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 uppsatser innehållade orden contract farming.

  1. 1. Contract Farming and Multidimensional Poverty

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Simon Meister; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Contract Farming; Multidimensional Poverty; Smallholder Farmers; Developing Countries; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Poverty is a common phenomenon among rural smallholder farmer households in developing countries. A large corpus of literature suggests that contract farming -a pre-harvest agreement between farmers and buyers- can improve smallholder farmers' welfare through improved access to markets and thereby promote rural development. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Young farmers’ opportunity to enter and maintain farming through tenancy : a multiple case study in Southern Sweden

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Anna Lundberg; Emelie Persson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :tenancy; young farmers; relationship; entering; contract; external actor; agreement; arrangement; stakeholder; principal-agent;

    Sammanfattning : The agricultural sector is capital intensive compared with other industries and the conditions for managing a farm have changed during the recent decades. During the past few years, the price of farmland and rental rates have increased which results in difficulties to maintain a stable and profitable business. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Role of the National Institutional Framework for Land Tenure on Contract-Farming Public-Private Partnerships in Malawi: a Case Study of Two Sugarcane Outgrower Schemes

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Eleanor Grace Annie Hinde; [2017]
    Nyckelord :contract farming; public-private partnerships; outgrower schemes; inclusivity; land tenure policy; agricultural development initiatives; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a form of contract farming are increasing in number across Sub-Saharan Africa; providing a potential solution to the threat of food insecurity and stimulant of economic growth. Yet, the perceived extent to which the operations of contract-farming PPPs include original smallholders – inclusivity - is often questioned. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Food for thought : Self-sufficient households towards a sustainablefood supply

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

    Författare :Timo Palokangas; William Eriksson; Madeleine Persson; Rebecca Norman; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Self-sufficiency; self-sufficient; farming; cultivation; small scale;

    Sammanfattning : This bachelor thesis examines to what extent a co-create community called Bobyggetin Herrljunga, Sweden, can be food self-sufficient. To obtain a more comprehensiveresult, the difference between a vegetarian and non-vegetarian diet, as well as howtime spent on farming and available cultivation area affects the outcome, are studied. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Värdet av bin för svensk växtodling

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Torgil Andersson; Filip Jankulovski; [2016]
    Nyckelord :biodling; honungsbi; pollineringstjänst; oljeväxt; förfruktseffekt; matematisk optimering; linjär programmering; produktionsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Denna studie analyserar olika odlingsstrategier för raps i Sverige. Det ekonomiska värdet av bin som pollinatörer i rapsodlingar utvärderas och linjesorter jämförs med hybridsorter. Konsekvenserna av ett neonikotinoidförbud i Sverige utvärderas tillsammans med de ekonomiska konsekvenserna som följer utav denna restriktion. LÄS MER