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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 393 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Farmers.

  1. 6. Does schooling make sense? A household perspective on the returns to schooling for self-employed, farmers and employees in Egypt

    Författare :Mattias Lindgren; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; EIHS; casual labour; employees; farmers; SMEs; labour market; returns to schooling; Education; Egypt; Ekonomisk och social historia;

    Sammanfattning : Why do some children in the developing world choose to stay out of school? Is it mainly because poverty leaves them with no options or because schooling seems to offer them few benefits? The answers to these questions have profound policy implications. An empirical input into this discussion is the extent to which schooling can actually be perceived as a profitable option in various countries and, in extension, what factors influence the extent of this perceived profitability. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Godsägare, småbrukare och jordbrukets modernisering : Södermanlands län 1875-1935

    Författare :Kirsti Niskanen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  4. 8. "At Least There is Something!" : Strategic decision-making by female farmers in Western Kenya

    Författare :Helen Nyberg; Mats Widgren; Peter Kinlund; Anders Närman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Western Kenya; Luo; Luhya; female farmers; gender system; gender contract; intensification of agriculture; diversification of agriculture; diversification of economic sources; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : In rural sub-Saharan Africa women are often described as the most important farmers, producing the bulk of subsistence food. In this study it is shown that female farmers in the four visited villages of Western Kenya are much more than farmers. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Bonden och landskapet : Ägares och brukares relationer till markerna och förutsättningarna för en uthållig markanvändning

    Författare :Marie Stenseke; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; landscape changes; farmers; sustainable agriculture; local perspective; Social geography; Swedish 20th century landscape; Socialgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : Farmers and Landscape. Owners and farmers relations to their land, and the prospects for sustainable land use. In a transition towards sustainability, rural land use is of certain interest, owing to the environmental impact of modern farming and forestry, and also to its potential role in a recycling society. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among Swedish farmers and non-farmers : A population-based study

    Författare :Eva-Lena Stiernström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Medical sciences; Farmer; morbidity; mortality; cardiovascular; lifestyle; sense of coherence. psychosocial; epidemiology; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Medicine; medicin;

    Sammanfattning : All over the world morbidity and mortality rates are unevenly distributed in the populations. From official statistics it has been shown that farmers are more healthy and live longer than the rest of the occupationally active population. It has been shown that this is not due to a healthy workereffect, at least not in Sweden. LÄS MER