Blar i Faculty of Biosciences (BioVit) på dokumenttype "Master thesis"
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Agroecological Education Initiatives for the Construction of Food Sovereign and Politicized Communities: A Case Study of Brazil and the US
(Master thesis, 2020)The following work is a reflection on the design and implementation of the Bay Area Farmer Training program (BAFT) located in California USA and SERTA’s Agroecology training program located in Pernambuco Brazil, both of ... -
Agroecological farming impacts on livelihoods improvement to inform county government on enactment of agroecology policy : case study of Kiambu County, Central Kenya
(Master thesis, 2022)The basis for the recognition, adoption and provision of an agroecology legal framework relies on the capacity of the existing agroecological systems to provide enough evidence on their effectiveness. Policymaking in Kenya ... -
Agroecological practice : the relevance of permaculture-based land-design for sustainability and resilience on the farm : a case study in Gopta village, West Bengal, India
(Master thesis, 2021)Intensive agriculture does not only adversely affect farmland biodiversity but also causes rapid environmental degradation. Harmful chemicals involved in such high-yielding industrial agriculture have led to consumers’ and ... -
Agroecological practices in a context of climate change in Africa
(Master thesis, 2015-11-06)Climate change effects are already being felt across Africa. Global warming, increasing rainfall variability and extreme events multiplication accentuate the risks for peasants who often already have to deal with natural ... -
Agroecological service crop termination with a roller-crimper in organic vegetable systems : a good alternative to conventional soil tillage?
(Master thesis, 2017)Weed control and soil fertility are the two-main issues of organic production systems, especially in vegetable systems which are characterized by intensive soil tillage and irrigation, often using plastic mulches. ... -
Agroecological Transition of farmer collectives in the Pilat Natural Regional Park
(Master thesis, 2019)As our contemporary intensive agricultural models readily approach the biophysical boundaries of the Earth system, social and technical innovations are inevitably required to meet future food demand. Agroecology can be a ... -
Agroecology on the ground in Telangana, India
(Master thesis, 2016-07-26)The emerging science of agroecology requires frameworks for its conduction. This two-part thesis first documents the ecological initiatives of the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) in Telangana, India and then uses ... -
Aktivitetsbudsjett, beitesynkronitet og distribusjon av dyr på beite : en atferdsstudie av Aberdeen Angus, Charolais og Limousin på innmarksbeite
(Master thesis, 2012-08-06)Målet med oppgaven var å undersøke om det var forskjeller i aktivitetsbudsjett, beitesynkronitet og distribusjon av dyr på innmarksbeite hos kjøttferasene Aberdeen Angus, Charolais og Limousin. Seks beiter i Nord-Trøndelag ... -
Alkalisk havre til mjølkekyr : Effekt på mjølkeyting og kjemisk innhald i mjølk undersøkt i eit feltforsøk
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgåva inneheld ein litteraturdel og eigne undersøkingar. Målet med oppgåva var å undersøke om alkalisk behandling av havre kan vere ein måte og auke produksjonen på mjølkekyr og samtidig oppretthalde ein høg ... -
Alliances for sustainable farmland management : a case study of the farmland preservation movement and a CSA Initiative in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)The global community fails to manage farmland the way it demands for and consequently faces major challenges loss of farmland as a result of urban expansion. This is also the case in Norway. While the topic of farmland ... -
Alternative Food Networks : a question about farmers’ resilience
(Master thesis, 2016-08-11)The aim of this study is to explore how different AFNs contribute to Norwegian organic farmers resilience. This is done by looking into the various food networks a handful of farmers are engaged in. The value-chains are ... -
Alternative food networks among farmers in Norway : a case study on the potential for expansion
(Master thesis, 2014-11-13)The industrialization of agriculture has lead many farmers into a situation of economic squeeze with increasing costs, falling income and high financial debt. In addition it has disconnected them from consumers. As a ... -
Alternative oils in cod diet: Effect on fish performance
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)A study was conducted to investigate the effect of different sources of feed oils in the diet for cod. During the experiment we tested four types of feed. The content of protein (53%) and starch (8.5%) were the same in all ... -
An economic analysis of the use of recirculating aquaculture systems in the production of Tilapia
(Master thesis, 2012-06-19)An economic analysis of tilapia production was conducted using a recirculating aquaculture system facility, situated at the Norwegian University of Life Science (UMB). The goals were; (1) to evaluate and estimate the ... -
An evaluation of cyanobacteria as a repellent against the turnip fly (Delia floralis Fallén)
(Master thesis, 2017)The turnip root fly (Delia floralis) lives in the northern hemisphere and is a major pest on Brassica crops. D. floralis can cause severe economical and production damage to Brassica crops if left uncontrolled. The main ... -
Analyse av avling og næringsverdi i helgrøde av bygg og hvete ved bruk av NIRS
(Master thesis, 2023)Helgrøde av korn er en fiber- og stivelsesrik fôrressurs til drøvtyggere, der hele planten med stengel, blader og kornkjerner utnyttes samlet som et ensilert grovfôr. I dyrkingssystemer kan helgrøde dyrkes alene eller i ... -
Analyse av testløype på fjordhest
(Master thesis, 2012-01-16)De nasjonale hesterasene fjordhest, dølahest og nordlandshest/lyngshest er i stor konkurranse med andre importerte og spesialiserte hesteraser når det gjelder sport og avl. For å styrke konkurransenivået, i markedet, til ... -
Analyser av melkerobotdata på Norsk Rødt Fe (NRF) i seleksjonsforsøk og gamle norske kuraser
(Master thesis, 2014-08-12)Melkeroboter produserer store mengder datamateriale av høy kvalitet, som har potensial til bruk i avlsarbeid for melkeku. Hensikten med disse analysene var å bruke melkerobotdata fra en Lely melkerobot på Jønsberg videregående ... -
Analysis of crosses between three strains of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in Viet Nam
(Master thesis, 2016-08-18)This study focused on harvest body weight of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in a selective breeding program in Vietnam. The first objective was to estimate additive, non-additive genetic effects and heritability ... -
Analysis of mentality traits in Rhodesian Ridgebacks
(Master thesis, 2013-10-28)The object of this study was to identify broader traits from mentality test results in a cohort of 2022 Rhodesian Ridgebacks , to estimate heritabilities for the underlying variables and the broader traits and to predict ...