Sökning: "Small-scale farming"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden Small-scale farming.

1. 1. I industrisamhällets utkant : småbrukets omvandling i Lappmarken 1870-1970

   Författare :Dan Bäcklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agriculture; small farms; farming during industrialization; farming as insurance; supplementary incomes; productivity; closing down;

   Sammanfattning : This investigation deals with the function and transformation of small-scale farming during the period when the industrial society emerged. The development in Northern Lapland during the period 1870-1970 has been studied and compared with the development in other parts of Sweden. LÄS MER

3. 2. Självägarområdenas egenart : Jämtland och andra områden i Skandinavien med småskaligt jordägande 900–1500

   Författare :Olof Holm; Leif Runefelt; Olle Ferm; Stefan Brink; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; landownership; freeholders; trade; social structure; Scandinavia; Jämtland; Viking Age; Middle Ages; History; historia;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its departure from the fact that in the 16th century there were some regions in Scandinavia where almost all land was held by freeholders, while in other regions large areas of land were held by landlords. The aim of the study is to determine which factors had been decisive in the development of this regional variation. LÄS MER

4. 3. Ecostrategies in theory and practice : Farmer's perspectives on water, nutrients and sustainability in low-resource agriculture in the dry zone of Sri Lanka

   Författare :Klas Sandell; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attitudes towards nature; Alternative development; Carrying capacity; Development strategies; Development theory; Diffusion; Dry zone of Sri Lanka; Ecodevelopment; Ethnoperspective; Fertilizers; Green revolution; Human ecology; Human geography; Low-resource agriculture; Small-scale farming; Sustainable development; Village irrigation.; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : PROBLEMThe need for a sustainable man - nature relationship has long been a neglected aspect of development theory. The increasing awareness of this negligence has led to a search for development strategies alternative to conventional industrial growth. LÄS MER

5. 4. Continuity or not? : Family farming and agricultural transformation in 20th century Estonia

   Författare :Hans Jörgensen; Olle Krantz; Sven Nordlund; Anu Mai Kõll; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Estonia; agricultural transformation; family farms; private plots; co-operation; kolkhoz; sovkhoz; export markets; land reform; restitution; decollectivisation; subsistence farms; comparisons; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis explores the agrarian development in 20th Estonia and the role of family farming during three major agricultural transformations. It consists of four papers and an introductory chapter for which the common departure are the situation appearing in the Estonian farming landscape after the regained independence in 1991. LÄS MER

7. 5. Traps and transformations : Exploring the potential of water system innovations in dryland sub-Saharan Africa

   Författare :Elin Enfors; Line Gordon; Christian Valentin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :smallholder farming; water system innovations; agricultural droughts; multi-functional landscapes; development trajectories; uncertainty; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Sammanfattning : In semi-arid and dry sub-humid sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), high poverty levels and a heavy reliance on small-scale rainfed agriculture make rural livelihoods difficult. Upgrading current farming systems, in a way that safeguards productivity beyond field-scale, is urgent. LÄS MER