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1. 1. Land-use competition and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in a climate change mitigation perspective

   Författare :David Bryngelsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bioenergy; Diets; Livestock; Integrated assessment model; Land use competition; GHG emissions; Partial equilibrium model; Mitigation; Food consumption; Climate change;

   Sammanfattning : Productive land for food production, bioenergy, or preservation of nature is a limited resource. Climate change mitigation puts additional pressure on land via higher demand for bioenergy to replace fossil fuels and via restrictions on deforestation—two processes that limit the availability of land for food produc- tion, and may thus also raise food prices. LÄS MER

3. 2. Food for Thought : Essays on Green Public Procurement and the Market for Organic Food

   Författare :Hanna Lindström; Sofia Lundberg; Tommy Lundgren; Janne Tukiainen; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organic food policy; agricultural policy; Green Public Procurement; environmental policy; consumer demand; demand system; price transmission; survey data; retail scanner data;

   Sammanfattning : Paper [I] In this paper, we study a Green Public Procurement (GPP) policy decided by the Swedish government in 2006, stating objectives related to organic farming. The policy aims to increase the public sector's organic food purchases, in order to incentivise Swedish farmers to convert to organic practices, thereby contributing to national environmental quality objectives. LÄS MER

4. 3. Fighting For Food? : Investigating Food Insecurity as a Source of Urban Unrest

   Författare :Ida Rudolfsen; Hanne Fjelde; Halvard Buhaug; Idean Salehyan; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; food insecurity; urban unrest; organizational networks; Johannesburg; South Africa; urban Africa; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : Under what conditions does food insecurity lead to urban unrest? This dissertation contributes to the burgeoning literature on this topic by introducing a multifaceted conceptualization of experienced food insecurity, and by developing a context-specific framework for food-related unrest. It investigates the effect of experienced food insecurity on citizens’ willingness to participate in unrest, and how a favourable structural context in the form of organizational networks moderates this relationship. LÄS MER

5. 4. Såld spannmål av kyrkotionden : Priser i Östergötland under Sveriges stormaktstid

   Författare :Göran Hansson; Olle Krantz; Magnus Lindmark; Johan Söderberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Economic history; price history; relative prices; wages; price cycles; Östergötland; food consumtion; price comparisons; price index; bad harvests; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis presents annual price series for rye and barley in Östergötland during the period 1592-1735. Prices of wheat, oats, animal products, building materials, iron, nails, horse shoes and horse shoe nails from about the mid-17th century up to 1735 are also presented and analysed. LÄS MER

7. 5. Gräddat : Brödkultur under järnåldern i östra Mälardalen

   Författare :Liselotte Bergström; Gustaf Trotzig; Neil Price; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Carbonised bread; food culture; Mälar Valley; Helgö; Birka; morphology; cell-structure analysis; reconstructive examination; gender; Roman Iron Age; Migration period; Vendel period; Viking Age; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the carbonised bread findings from sites and cremation graves dated to the first millennium AD occurring in the eastern Mälar Valley region. The finds have been analysed by various methods including cell-structure analysis, chemical analysis, experimental and reconstructive examination, 14C-dating and statistical comparison. LÄS MER