Sökning: "farming practice"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden farming practice.

1. 26. Brucella in Tajikistan : zoonotic risks of urbanized livestock in a low-income country

   Författare :Elisabeth Lindahl Rajala; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : One of the most powerful megatrends of our time is urbanization. Urban and peri-urban (UPU) farming is a common practice in many low-income countries because it increases the incomes of families that are often restrained by limited economic resources. LÄS MER

3. 27. Does IT count? : complexities between access to and use of information technologies among Uganda's farmers

   Författare :Caroline Wamala; Merete Lie; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Genus och teknik; Gender and Technology;

   Sammanfattning : Drawn from a year of ethnographic fieldwork among farmers in Uganda, this study engages with developing an understanding on how access to and use of media and information technologies are negotiated in their separate profiles. Oftentimes the two entities, access and use, are laminated into one statistical representation, depicting both terms as either use or access. LÄS MER

4. 28. Sowing the Seeds of Change : Entrepreneurial Practices in a North-South Collaboration on Pemba Island from a Structuration Perspective

   Författare :Alina Husung; Malin Tillmar; Richard Ferguson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social entrepreneurship; entrepreneuring; structuration theory; sustainability; Global North-Global South partnership; East Africa; climate change; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to expand our understanding of social entrepreneuring on the micro- and meso-levels in the Global South. The study employs structuration theory by Giddens to explore how social entrepreneurs in a North-South collaboration engage in everyday practices that aim to affect socio-ecological regenerative change. LÄS MER

5. 29. Acceptans eller utstötning? : ogifta mödrar i Ångermanland 1860–1940

   Författare :Robert Eckeryd; Jan Samuelson; Anna Lundberg; Marie Clark Nelson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ogifta mödrar; utomäktenskapliga barn; faderskapsmål; faderskapsrättegångar; faderskap; livscykelanalys; kvinnohistoria; genus; mikrodemografi; demografi; edgång; värjemålsed; fyllnadsed; barnavårdsman; barnavårdsmän; svära sig fri; giftermålsmönster; illegitima barn; oäkta barn; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation has investigated the social vulnerability of unmarried mothers in three rural court districts in the province of Ångermanland in northern Sweden during the period 1860–1940. The main focus is on the consequences that the birth of one or more illegitimate children had on the women’s lives as regards to how they were treated in the local community, including by both neighbours and formal institutions. LÄS MER

7. 30. Rural Development and Territorial Dynamics in the Province of Misiones, Argentina

   Författare :Andrea Nardi; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural development; territorial dynamics; Misiones; Argentina; family agriculture; alternative development; Territory; Agroecology; Farmers markets; Seed markets;

   Sammanfattning : During the 1990s, Latin America went through important structural transformations. The continent experienced a profound alteration in the relations between the state, society, market and natural environment. LÄS MER