Sökning: "farmers"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 2314 uppsatser innehållade ordet farmers.

  1. 11. Effective soil organic carbon monitoring in perennial agriculture systems - Sampling protocol development and evaluation

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Maja Holm; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Physical geography; ecosystem science; soil organic carbon; soil sampling; perennial crops; carbon sequestration; carbon farming; Kernza™; soil organic carbon stock; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Perennial agriculture systems are gaining ground as a more sustainable alternative to conventional annual agriculture, partly for their potential to increase the soil organic carbon (SOC) content. Carbon farming is another hot topic for SOC sequestration, as it creates economic incentives for farmers. LÄS MER

  3. 12. How commercialization rate impacts the profits of dairy farms in Kenya

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Jens Mårtensson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Smallholder farmer; Milk production; Economic development; Agricultural productivity; Poverty reduction; Livestock management;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates the relationship between farm profitability and commercialization rates among smallholder farmers in Kenya. Through an analysis of data from 453 farms, the research examines several factors, including milk production, household size, education level, and livestock ownership, that can affect commercialization rate and dairy profit. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Public goods games for collective agri-environmental contracts design

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Riccardo Spada; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Framed field experiment; Cooperation; Collective action; Heterogeneous endowment;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis conducts a structured literature review of public goods games (PGG) experiments to analyze the differences between laboratory and field studies and to understand whether farmers cooperate more or less than standard PGG subjects. In addition, novel data on public goods games conducted on European farmers from Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, and Poland are analyzed to understand the effect of heterogeneous starting endowments on cooperation. LÄS MER

  5. 14. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

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

    Författare :Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Nyckelord :food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Sammanfattning : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Regenerationen - et studie af unge, regenerative jordbrugere i Danmark og deres relation til fremmedgørelse fra naturen i en tid med økologiske kriser

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Clara Sophie Storm; [2024]
    Nyckelord :alienation from nature; regenerative agriculture; story completion method; regenerative practices; ecological crises; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : With this study I seek to contribute to existing research on young, regenerative farmers in Denmark by illuminating their relationship with alienation from nature. The title is “The Re-generation – a study of young, regenerative farmers in Denmark and their relationship to alienation from nature in a time of ecological crises”. LÄS MER