Sökning: "farming"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 343 avhandlingar innehållade ordet farming.

1. 31. Time to farm : A qualitative inquiry into the dynamics of the gender regime of land and labour rights in subsistence farming: an example of the Chiweshe communal area, Zimbabwe

   Författare :Karin Steen; LUCSUS; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Food production; gender dynamics; institutional change; labour rights; land rights; polygyny; power; rights-in-person; subsistence farming; sub-Saharan Africa;

   Sammanfattning : In the context of multiple stressors such as land shortage and food insecurity, the thesis deals with gendered land and labour rights as a social aspect of food production in subsistence agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Using the Chiweshe communal area in Zimbabwe as an example, it identifies, investigates and draws conclusions on higher order social processes of gender, power and incremental institutional change in a local context. LÄS MER

3. 32. 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

4. 33. Changing land-use patterns in the Irangi Hills, Central Tanzania : a study of soil degradation and adaptive farming strategies

   Författare :Richard Y. M. Kangalawe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Markanvändning; Erosion; Tanzania;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

5. 34. Settlement and farming systems in the early Iron Age : a study of fossil agrarian landscapes in Östergötland, Sweden

   Författare :Mats Widgren; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

7. 35. Temporal effects of organic farming on biodiversity and ecosystem services

   Författare :Dennis Jonason; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Agricultural intensification has caused a dramatic decline of global biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Organic farming has been shown to partially counteract agricultural intensification by applying environmentally friendly and resource efficient farming practices, but opportunities to improve in efficiency still remain. LÄS MER