Browsing Master's theses (IPV) by Author "Nicolaysen, Anna Marie"
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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 ... -
Backwardness or innovation : the Norwegian farming community as a hindrance or support for increased and more environment-friendly vegetable production
Brennsæter, Jofrid (Master thesis, 2019)This master thesis presents and discusses findings from in-depth interviews with nine large- scale environment-friendly vegetable producers regarding the supporting and hindering qualities of the Norwegian farming community. ... -
Celestial ecology : multiple ontologies of plant breeding
Tanis, Jonathan Everett (Master thesis, 2017)This study investigates the role that concepts of nature play in contemporary plant breeding practices, primarily in the Wageningen University plant breeding department but also among biodynamic breeders and breeders working ... -
Doing Agroecology : democratic practice and social learning in civic food organizations
Wollin, Johan (Master thesis, 2016-11-22)Localization of food networks has been heralded as a way of creating a more just and sustainable food system. This study explores the potential of civic food networks to serve as sites for “really existing” food democracy, ... -
Ecosystem restoration as a social movement : a case study of Camp Altiplano
Lewis, Peter Michael (Master thesis, 2022)Ecosystem restoration as a social movement is a promising approach to restoration that addresses flaws and gaps in the dominant institutional approach to restoration. By drawing on the framing approach to social movement ... -
Food gardening for change : a study of transformative learning in urban agriculture
Stafseng, Vebjørn Egner (Master thesis, 2019)In an increasingly urbanised world, we see an increase in the focus on cities and the role they play in sustainable food systems. In this study, urban food gardening projects are explored with the theoretical framework of ... -
Future farmers and sustainability : a case study of newly established farmers in Southern Norway
Heggelund, Ellen Karoline (Master thesis, 2017)The industrialization of agricultural production around the world has resulted in an unsustainable direction of development and challenges related to farmers economic profitability, environmental degradation and reduced ... -
Growing roots in a community : an exploratory case study of urban agriculture and quality of life
Bogstad, Marie Henriksen (Master thesis, 2018)In a world where an increasing number of people live in cities, urban health is an essential part of comprehending sustainable development. Thus, moving towards a more sustainable world both socially, economically and ... -
Norwegian short food supply chain development
Bulger, Molly McKelvey (Master thesis, 2017)Agro-food systems around the globe are consolidating and homogenizing. In response, they are also segmenting and diversifying. The emerging agro-food networks fit into what scholars describe as economic and rural development ... -
Restoring Myanmar’s mangrove forests and coastal communities’ socioeconomic stability with community based mangrove management
Lindholt, Jonathan Grevstad (Master thesis, 2016-08-12)Mangrove forests have a significant capacity to provide ecosystem services. However, deforestation from land use changes has led to widespread degradation of these services and consequently jeopardizes coastal populations. ... -
Sustainable foraging of wild edible plants in Norway : a biocultural approach
Giraud, Nicolas Jan (Master thesis, 2020)Globally, the role of wild edible plants (WEPs) in providing culturally appropriate nutrition and food security, added economic value, and ecological benefits, is now well recognized. In Europe, the use of WEPs appears ... -
Sustainable management and design of North American orchards supplying the hard cider industry
Pihl, Tracy (Master thesis, 2018)The hard cider industry is quickly growing in North America. In this research I investigate how apple production in North America has adapted to meet the demands of the rapidly growing hard cider industry, and whether this ... -
Taming nitrogen : recognizing N2O emissions in fertilization practice
Byers, Erin Elizabeth (Master thesis, 2016-08-11)Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas resulting from an imbalanced global nitrogen cycle. Although agricultural soils emit the majority of anthropogenic N2O, it is rarely considered in soil management practice. ... -
The expansion of Coffee Robusta (C. canephora) in Nicaragua
Bjørge, Hedvig Hoel (Master thesis, 2017)An increasing number of small-scale rural farmers in developing countries are involved in the so-called global trade market, producing crops such as coffee, tea, cacao, and banana to the Western Hemisphere. In Nicaragua, ... -
The role of information in reducing food waste : a case study of information as a food waste prevention measure in a Norwegian canteen
Kristiansen, Rebekka Helén (Master thesis, 2018)Food waste represents a major problem that must be resolved in order to achieve a sustainable food system. Most of the food waste in industrialised countries are consumer related and occur at the end of the food supply ... -
Towards sustainable food provisioning: An exploration of socio-material agencies shaping household shopping practices in Norwegian supermarkets
Ludvigsen, Kaja Nicole (Master thesis, 2021)The current agri-food system is intricate and immensely complex, with human and planetary health unravelling at an unimaginable pace. At its centre, grocery stores mediate the exchange of food items between farmers, ... -
Urban gardeners in Oslo : an explorative study of their motivations and the perceived effects of gardening on quality of life
Hernandez Lasso, Carolina; Shabi, Rina Dula (Master thesis, 2019)Urban agriculture has been associated with social, emotional, health and mental health benefits. However, literature describing the relationship between garden participation and effects on quality of life has not been fully ... -
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 ... -
Women cooperatives : analyzing women’s empowerment processes in rural Nicaragua
Berntsen, Caroline Alice Alum (Master thesis, 2017)In Nicaragua, the machismo culture is built on patriarchal values that sustain gender inequalities. This is especially visible in rural areas where women farmers lack the same opportunities and access to resources as men ...