Sökning: "seasonal food insecurity"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden seasonal food insecurity.
1. The impact of agri-businesses on Food security in Uganda : a casestudy in Gulu
Master-uppsats, SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesSammanfattning : Today’s food system is exposed to several shocks and stresses. Resilience is a system’s ability to withstand shocks and stresses and is therefore essential for food security. Uganda experiences food insecurity. LÄS MER
2. Investigating Monga : seasonal food insecurity and adaptation strategies in the northern region of Bangladesh
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Food insecurity and poverty are interlinked and the main reason for migration in poor households from the northern part of Bangladesh. Individuals from poor households migrate in the hope of improving self-well-being and for their families. Monga-seasonal food insecurity is a multi-dimensional issue in the northern region of Bangladesh. LÄS MER
3. “I am fighting the best I can” : Women’s adaptive capacity when facing rain variability in Paje,Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografiSammanfattning : Many of the world’s most impoverished populations rely on farming, hunting and gathering to eat and earn a living where people often have just enough food and assets to last through the next season, and ultimately inadequate reserves to fall back on in the event of a poor harvest. Rural resource-dependent livelihoods are embedded in high risks, as climate variability and climate extremes are additional stressors to poverty. LÄS MER
4. Rainfall Variation and Food Security in Malawi : A Panel Data Study with Valuable Insights from the Field
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : This study addresses the question of how climate variability, in terms of seasonal rainfall variation, might affect food security in Malawi. It hypothesizes that seasonal rainfall variation could cause food insecurity and that the consequences of weather hazards possibly differ within the country. LÄS MER
5. Spatial assessment of NDVI as an indicator of desertification in Ethiopia using remote sensing and GIS
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapSammanfattning : Desertification is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem occurring at global, regional and local scale. According to Article 1(a) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), define the term “desertification” means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid (dry lands) areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities”. LÄS MER