Sökning: "local seed trade"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden local seed trade.
1. Investor Influence on Startups' Sustainability Orientation: Exploring Causation and Effectuation Approaches
Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiSammanfattning : This study investigates the influence of investors on the sustainability orientation of startups and the use of causation and effectuation approaches. The aim of the study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how and why investors influence startups in their sustainability orientation, and what impact this has on the use of causation and effectuation decision-making logics. LÄS MER
2. Who’s in and who’s out? : en studie om hur utsädeshanteringen av kulturspannmål organiseras och regleras formellt och informellt
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Människors möjlighet att hantera och dela med sig av sitt eget utsäde eroderas av politiska och teknologiska processer. Trots framväxten av formella utsädessystem och lagstiftning som i stor utsträckning hindrar handel och odling av kulturspannmål så fortsätter spannmålsodlare att odla och organisera sig i ett informellt utsädessystem kring kulturspannmål. LÄS MER
3. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico
Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. LÄS MER
4. Seeds of sustainability? : A case study on agricultural sustainability perceptions among small-scale farmers in the Manyara region, Tanzania
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Agricultural policies worldwide are giving an increased focus to the goal of sustainable agriculture, but there are still uncertainties around how this is performed and achieved. As small-scale farmers are a fundamental part of agricultural production worldwide, earlier scholars request deeper understanding of how these farmers perceive sustainable agriculture and how they perceive the pathway towards sustainability. LÄS MER
5. Intellectual property rights in common bean breeding : opportunities and constraints for local and participatory breeding in Nicaragua
L3-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : If intellectual property rights (IPR) are incentives for plant research, how do they affect plant development for the benefit of the resource-poor? This thesis analyses the implications of IPR from the perspective of small-scale users, providers and developers of seed. Special attention is given participatory plant breeding, i.e. LÄS MER