Browsing Master's theses (IPV) by Author "Lieblein, Geir Hofgaard"
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Alternative Food Networks : a question about farmers’ resilience
Berg, Kirsti (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 ... -
Co-developing a cereal network in Pajottenland, Belgium : a participatory action research to empower farmers within a region
Abeele, Lucas Van den (Master thesis, 2018)In Belgium only 15% of wheat for human consumption and less than 4% of barley used by national breweries are grown on Belgian territory. In order to overcome this shortage, farmers and processors joined hands in the region ... -
Glyphosate : the fragile power behind Argentina's soy complex
Finnegan, Liam Klein (Master thesis, 2017)The safe use narrative remains a powerful tool for the pesticide industry to keep their products on the market. The narrative claims misuse stems from underdevelopment; framing these pesticide (mis)users and farmers as ... -
Harnessing indigenous knowledge and endogenous potential for peasant-led rural development : a case study in Jika village, Sichuan, China
Farrell, Julie Anne (Master thesis, 2018)In an economy where the chasm between rural and urban life widens further each day, many Chinese farmers still struggle to maintain ecologically sound farming systems that can also support socially and financially robust ... -
The use of a community currency, the MOLA, as an agroecological initiative to encourage more sustainable food systems in the Community of Madrid
Zambrana Daudén, Clara (Master thesis, 2018)Changing behavior patterns concerning the management of organic waste in the common population is a first step to start making a change towards an agroecological way of production and consumption of food. In this master ...