Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Agriculture"
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Agricultural Land Use Planning in Nova Scotia: A Case Study in Kings County
(2016-04-28)As part of an ongoing national research project, this thesis examines the nascent policy regime of food sovereignty, along with global competitiveness and farmland preservation, to gain a better understanding of their ... -
Applying Geographic Information Systems to the Study of Honey Bee Diseases and Pests
(2020-06-11)The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is one of the most valuable pollinators in the global agriculture industry. However, recent years have seen a decrease in the worldwide honey bee population through colony collapse, ... -
Catalyst: A New Public Architecture for Community Resiliency
(2016-08-29)This research is intended to develop an architectural design process wherein the architect actively seeks rural communities in need of social, cultural, economic and environmental revitalization. A new public architecture ... -
The Collins Farm: Grassland Management, Shepherding, and Textile Production in Nova Scotia, 1767-1829
(2023-07-27)Louisa Collins, the daughter of a farmer living in rural Nova Scotia at the turn of the 19th-century, kept a diary during the summer, fall and winter of 1815 to 1816, which gives a window into the world of pre-industrial, ... -
Critical Care: Farming and Building as if the Earth Mattered
(2021-07-09)Such is the critical condition of our earth that reuniting building and farming is an urgently needed form of care for planetary well-being and survival. Lessons from utopias, communes, and nature are used in this thesis ... -
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Seasonal Agricultural Workers within the Context of Agricultural Issues
(2022-08-26)The aim of the research is to understand the role of the government in producing or reproducing inequalities faced by seasonal agricultural workers in Canada by applying critical discourse analysis to government news ... -
Energy Substitution Rates and Energy Policy Analysis on Nova Scotia Dairy Farms
(2013-01-10)This paper analyzes energy substitution rates on dairy farms in Nova Scotia (NS), Canada. A transcendental logarithmic cost function is used to find the elasticities of substitution which are utilized to determine the ... -
AN EXAMINATION OF IMIDACLOPRID INDUCED STRESS AND HORMESIS IN THE BENEFICIAL INSECT PREDATOR, PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (SAY) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)
(2022-11-23)Traditional models of toxicology have failed to capture the biological complexity of low dose effects of toxicological agents on organisms and the environment. The hormetic model, whereby low dose exposures to chemical or ... -
Incorporating Sustainable Energy Decisions In Agriculture
(2020-01-21)Encouraging energy conservation (EC), energy efficiency (EE), and renewable energy (RE) implementation has been a fundamental policy tool for promoting sustainability in Nova Scotia (NS) over the past several years. ... -
Infrastructural Landscape as Praxis: Technical Artifact Adaptations in Alberta’s Eastern Irrigation District
(2024-08-27)Debates surrounding the continued development of Irrigation infrastructure within Southern Alberta’s Eastern Irrigation District focus on technological approaches to reducing water consumption by irrigation agriculture ... -
Is early season pollination to lowbush blueberry an ecosystem service or disservice?
(2016-05-06)Insect-mediated pollination is frequently identified as an important ecosystem service to agricultural production. In contrast, ecosystem disservices are rarely considered. Using selective exclusion of early season (wild) ... -
LOCALIZING INTERNATIONAL GENDER POLICY TO IMPROVE WOMEN’S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN EAST AND WEST AFRICA.
(2021-12-17)In Africa, women play an essential role in the agricultural sector. They produce about 70% of the food that is consumed locally. However, women face more constraints than men in accessing productive resources such as land, ... -
A New Water Infrastructure Paradigm for the Arid City of Kerman, Iran
(2015)This thesis investigates ancient methods of water storage, delivery, access and treatment that have formed the basis of traditional Persian settlements and culture. These methods are contrasted with modern techniques and ... -
OWNING FOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ON WOMEN’S FOOD SECURITY – A CASE STUDY OF THE KUMBUNGU DISTRICT IN NORTHERN GHANA
(2017-08-31)In 2012, the WFP conducted a food vulnerability survey in districts of northern Ghana. The report identified female-headed households in the region as the most vulnerable in terms of food insecurity - 38% of households ... -
ROLE OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ON CROP DIVERSIFICATION: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL BANGLADESH
(2020-12-17)As arable land is declining and global climate is changing, crop diversification has become a desirable tool for safeguarding livelihood of farming household from extreme climate events, ensuring food security, and dietary ... -
Sowing the Seeds of Insecurity: The Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology in Canada and India
(2015)Global food production must increase by fifty percent to meet the food security demands of nine billion people by 2050. It is argued that agricultural biotechnology is a potential solution for addressing global food security ... -
Transfer of Nitrogen from Legumes to Grasses in Perennial Forages
(2015)Nitrogen (N)-fixing legumes are important in forage production not only for the high-quality herbage they provide, but also for their ability to provide a portion of their fixed N to surrounding non-fixing plants, such as ... -
Understanding Social Justice Initiatives by Farmers in Manitoba's Local Food System
(2022-08-31)Food production and distribution lies at the intersection of complex socio-ecological issues. In southern Manitoba’s agricultural landscape, local farmers are creating and participating in social-justice focused initiatives ...