Search for dissertations about: "traditional food"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 135 swedish dissertations containing the words traditional food.
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1. Shaping sustainable food systems : Local participation in addressing global challenges
Abstract : The current unsustainable trajectory of food systems puts the social and ecological processes and functions on which human flourishing depends at risk. This last decade has seen, on one hand, continued insistence on transformative action and on the other, uncertainty and instability with respect to traditional, established institutions, such as the state. READ MORE
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2. Contested Food : The Construction of Home and Consumer Studies as a Cultural Space
Abstract : Education about and for the home has been part of the Swedish education system for over one hundred years, and Home and Consumer Studies (HCS) has been compulsory for all pupils since the common nine-year school system was introduced in 1962. For all this time food has been a central theme, however we know very little of what food means in this context. READ MORE
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3. Food for Thought : Essays on Green Public Procurement and the Market for Organic Food
Abstract : Paper [I] In this paper, we study a Green Public Procurement (GPP) policy decided by the Swedish government in 2006, stating objectives related to organic farming. The policy aims to increase the public sector's organic food purchases, in order to incentivise Swedish farmers to convert to organic practices, thereby contributing to national environmental quality objectives. READ MORE
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4. Influences on schoolchildren's dietary selection : focus on fat and fibre at breakfast
Abstract : One important aim of the Swedish Action Programme for Nutrition is to increase the consumption of dietary fibre and decrease fat intake. The currently available extensive range of fat-reduced and fibre-enriched foods makes these dietary practices possible, but also makes the selection of a health promoting diet more complex. READ MORE
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5. Yeast biotechnology for nutritional improvements of fermented cereal-based foods - Phytate degradation and folate production
Abstract : Anaemia is a serious public health problem in nearly all developing countries. It has negative consequences on cognitive and physical development of children, reduces work capacity in adults, and increases the risk of maternal and child mortality. READ MORE