Search for dissertations about: "food certification standards"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words food certification standards.

2. 1. Becoming Biofuels. The messy assembling of resources, sustainability, poverty, land use, and nation-states

   Author : Marie Widengård; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biofuels; jatropha; assemblages; governmentality; political ecology; political economy; ethnography; governance; materiality; authority; territory; sovereignty; resources; poverty; sustainability; land use change; states; standards; certification; Africa; Zambia; Mozambique; Tanzania; Kenya; Brazil; EU;

   Abstract : Biofuels have come to represent the will to mitigate climate change by replacing fossil fuels with so-called climate-friendly and renewable plant sources, and to improve rural and poor conditions in the South through biofuel crop production, farm job creation, and smallholder cash cropping. The expansion of biofuels in countries in the South largely pivoted upon ‘the will to develop’, specifically through the oil shrub Jatropha curcas L. READ MORE

4. 2. Kind of turquoise : Effects of seafood eco-certification and sustainable consumption

   Author : Malin Jonell; Patrik Rönnbäck; Max Troell; Michael Tlusty; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eco-certification; eco-labeling; seafood; aquaculture; shrimp; LCA; consumer behavior; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Abstract : Aquaculture and fisheries hold promise for supplying a growing world population with healthy food produced without undermining the earth’s carrying capacity. However, just as livestock production and agriculture, seafood production can have negative environmental impacts and if a continuous or even increased supply is to be guaranteed, the pressure on affected ecosystems needs to be limited. READ MORE

5. 3. Making standards work : case studies of social and environmental standards in the clothing and catering supply chains

   Author : Ingrid Stigzelius; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Social and environmental standards can function as tools for companies that want to improve their conduct in social and environmental areas in the supply chain. However, relatively little attention has been given to how the adoption of social and environmental standards may influence the actual business practices in the supply chain. READ MORE

6. 4. Vertical Trade

   Author : Anna Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade in intermediate inputs; fragmentation; private standards; rules of origin; duration;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three separate papers. They are all empirical papers that examine how fragmentation of production processes and global value chains have affected international trade patterns. The first paper focuses on how private standards in the increasingly geographically fragmented food sector affect firm-import behaviour. READ MORE

7. 5. Searching for sustainable aquaculture governance : A focus on ambitions and experience

   Author : Ola Luthman; Rickard Lalander; Fred Saunders; Max Troell; Megan Bailey; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Aquaculture; policy; environmental governance; Social-Ecological Systems; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : Aquaculture is one of the most diverse food-producing industries and is suggested as a key solution to a growing global food demand. It has been argued that aquaculture has the potential to expand sustainably in most parts of the world, especially in the EU where consumption far out weighs production. READ MORE