Sökning: "traditional farming"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden traditional farming.

1. 1. Resource management in traditional farming : A case study in the dry zone of Sri Lanka

   Författare :Erika Daléus; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : The potential of the traditional small irrigation systems in Sri Lanka has to a great extent been overlooked in the efforts to satisfy increasing food requirements and to bring about social development in rural communities. The aim of this study was to arrive at an improved understanding of the resource management ofthe traditional farming system in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. LÄS MER

3. 2. Hägnadernas roll för jordbruket och byalaget 1640-1900

   Författare :Örjan Kardell; Janken Myrdal; Carl-Johan Gadd; Iréne Flygare; SLU Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Nyckelord :patures; fencing; traditional farming; construction materials; history; sweden; hankgärdesgård; gropavall; stenmur; stör; hank; vidja; gärdsel; betesorganisation; skogsbrist; samhävd; bytvång; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : Avhandlingen har en tvärvetenskaplig inriktning och avser att belysa hankgärdesgårdens betydelse från 1640 – 1900 på flera plan: virkesbehov; arbetsbehov; funktion inom byalaget. Avhandlingens grundläggande hypotes är att hägnaderna ökade över tiden. LÄS MER

4. 3. Managing mountains, past and present conditions for traditional summer farming and Sami reindeer husbandry in northern Scandinavia

   Författare :Weronika Axelsson Linkowski; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Traditional land use and conditions for maintenance of biodiversity are often interlinked. When land use changes and ecosystems change as a result, there is a risk to loose both the traditional ecological knowledge and the biodiversity connected to this land use. LÄS MER

5. 4. Bondens val: System, samspel och stödjande strukturer under moderniseringsprocessen i norra Thailand

   Författare :Lena Örnberg; Lunds universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agriculture; farmers; contract farming; institutions; Thailand; organisations; agriculture-led development;

   Sammanfattning : There is a variety of options in the Thai countryside today, especially in an area like San Sai in Northern Thailand, situated in the vicinity of a city. What are the arguments for staying within the agricultural sector? As the economy grows, the demand for new products is increasing, creating opportunities for those who want to invest in agriculture. LÄS MER

7. 5. Peasants and Stock Markets : Pathways from Collective Farming in the Post-Soviet Grain-Belt

   Författare :Brian Kuns; Anders Wästfelt; Mats Widgren; Jennifer Clapp; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agrarian change; environmental history; Ukraine; Russia; U.S.S.R.; large-scale agriculture; agroholdings; financialization; smallholders; peasants; irrigation; uneven development; actor network theory; multi-sited and mixed methods; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Sammanfattning : What happened in the post-Soviet, European grain-belt after collective farms were dissolved and in what way can we say that collective farm legacies influence agrarian developments in this region today? These are the main questions of this thesis, which is a work of critical human geography, but is also inspired by theories, methods and approaches from the social sciences, broadly defined. Territorially, the focus is Ukraine, but several articles in this thesis take a wider geographic perspective beyond Ukraine, in particular taking into account the role of Nordic investors in the agrarian sector in Ukraine and Russia. LÄS MER