Browsing Master's theses (IPV) by Title
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A case study on the barriers and opportunities for the upscaling of short food supply chains : the perspective of stakeholders in Wallonia, Belgium.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-03)Despite an increasing interest in short food supply chains in the last years, these have failed to go beyond niche market and are mostly reaching wealthy consumers and small scale farming holdings. In our industrialized ... -
A sociological approach to crop diversification
(Master thesis, 2015-11-04)Worldwide the diversity of cultivated plant species decreased for the past decades under the influence of the fast development of farming technologies. This lack of diversity has environmental impacts including water ... -
A survey of free-living plant-parasitic nematodes associated with damage in carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus) fields in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)Nematodes cause yield reduction in agriculture worldwide. In research, the main focus has been on cyst nematodes and root-knot nematodes and not so much on free-living plant-parasitic nematodes. Thus, the importance of ... -
Accumulation of oat nutritive compounds during grain filling with an emphasis on beta-glucan
(Master thesis, 2014-07-31)The health benefits of oat cereals are linked to its high nutritional compounds, mixed-linkage (1→3)(1→4)-β-D-glucans (commonly referred to as β-glucans) in particular. This thesis was intended to focus on the accumulation ... -
Agricultural stakeholders' understanding of declining soil quality in southeast Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)There has been declining soil quality in southeast Norway in the later years. This master’s thesis explored agricultural stakeholders’ understanding of causes and potential solutions to the problem and factors supporting ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of viable Lactococcus community in Norvegia cheese during ripening during cheese making and ripening
(Master thesis, 2020)The goal of this project was to investigate the microbial community in cheese and how it evolved throughout ripening. The Lactococcus community of cheese made with the two different starter cultures C10 and C07 were analysed ... -
Aphid transmitted viruses of raspberry in Norway : detection, occurrence, and vector association
(Master thesis, 2022)Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) is the high value horticultural crop, which is susceptible to multiple viruses, including aphid borne viruses, that lead to yield loss. Thus, proper identification of relevant viruses and their ... -
Api-Tourism as added-value : the case of La Ruta de la Miel in Chile
(Master thesis, 2014-08-12)95% of all honey produced in Chile is exported as a bulk commodity. This means that more than 10,000 individual beekeepers from around the country are combining together their product, homogenizing it, irradiating it, and ... -
Assessing value within sustainable agricultural movements : a case study on the urban farm collective
(Master thesis, 2014-07-29)In North American many people are unable to have their food needs met because of economic constraints. Current economic models in the U.S. support a bottom line approach that emphasizes the importance of getting the most ... -
Assessment of agroecological development : a case study of the Allgäu region
(Master thesis, 2018)The framework of agroecology territories suggests that transitioning to sustainable agriculture and food systems is most efficient on a territorial scale. To understand the processes and show positive outcomes of agroecological ... -
Assessment of the potential of biotic regulation by Brassica cover crops used as biofumigants : case of Verticillium dahliae affecting Sunflower crop in southwestern France
(Master thesis, 2018)Verticillium dahliae causing Sunflower Verticillium Wilt (SVW) is a vascular pathogenic fungus of increasing importance in south western France. Biofumigation performed with brassica cover-crops grown during the long fallow ...