Browsing by Subject "Sustainable agriculture"
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Adopción y difusión de prácticas agroecológicas en la hortofruticultura en Cataluña
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-02-08)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament AgroalimentariThe environmental impact of conventional food production systems imposes the transition to sustainable production through the adoption of agroecological practices. The aim of this work has been to evaluate the adoption of ... -
Consum ecològic a l'ETSAB
(Edicions ETSAB, 2011-05)
Article
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Diseño de agrosensor y aplicativo para el control de riego en la agricultura
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2020-07-15)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionLa escasez de agua constituye para el ser humano uno de los principales desafíos tecnológicos de este siglo XXI. El incremento de la temperatura global y los efectos climatológicos locales han agravado esta situación durante ... -
Diseño de un sistema de riego asistido por hardware Arduino
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessEl objetivo de este proyecto es realizar un diseño de un sistema de riego hidropónico, bajo pedido y ajustado a un presupuesto. Otro objetivo de este proyecto ha sido el de profundizar por parte del autor en el ámbito ... -
Estrategias de participación en la transformación de zonas urbanas degradadas. Comparación de los casos en Moravia (Medellín) y Bogotá en Colombia y Ciudad Satélite en San Luís Potosí (México)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-10)
Master thesis
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Estudi comparatiu d'emissions de CO2 en parcel·les que han fet la transició de cultiu convencional a cultiu ecològic en vinya
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-06)
Bachelor thesis
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Farmers’ environmental perceptions and preferences regarding climate change adaptation and mitigation actions; towards a sustainable agricultural system in México
(2020-12)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyClimate change compromises sustainable agricultural development. It has deep economic, environmental, and social impacts, particularly on vulnerable rural regions in developing countries where agriculture constitutes the ... -
Fog-to-Cloud computing for farming: low-cost technologies, data exchange, and animal welfare
(2019-10-01)
Article
Open AccessCoordinated fog-to-cloud computing systems are expected to expedite the evolution of cloud-based smart farming, towards openness and data sharing, while making farming economically sustainable for smaller farms. We demonstrate ... -
Food quality and ecological footprint of different production systems (conventional, integrated, organic, biodynamic)
(2012-06-12)
Audiovisual
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Food security and innovative tools with a global food system approach
(2020-01)
External research report
Open AccessThe current challenge of agriculture is to ensure sustainability, being aware that in the next half century we must produce as much as in the previous ten thousand years. At the same time, we should improve crop resilience, ... -
Nature’s contribution to people as a framework for examining socioecological systems: The case of pastoral systems
(2021-06)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Nature’s Contribution to People (NCP) framework builds on the Ecosystem Services (ES) concept and aims to incorporate social sciences more inclusively into economic and ecological aspects of ES. Given the emphasis of ... -
Seminar presentation
(2012-06-04)
Audiovisual
Open AccessPresentació del Cinquè Seminari Internacional de Sostenibilitat -
Soybean crops cultivated with dacite rock by-product: A proof of a cleaner technology to soil remineralization
(Elsevier, 2021-12)
Article
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Study of the sustainability issues of food production using vertical fam methods in an urban environment within the state of Indiana
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-05)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Purdue UniversityThere are several problems around the globe related to water scarcity, energy shortages, deforestation and loss of fertile land, and food security. Climate change is making environmental and social issues arise. Issues ... -
Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Food systems with regard to Water
(GDEE, 2015)
Part of book or chapter of book
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The attractiveness of five common mediterranean weeds to pollinators
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-07-01)
Article
Open AccessConcerns about a global decline in pollinators have called for more knowledge about the factors influencing wild pollinator abundance and diversity in agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification has been identified as the ... -
Viabilidad económica de la producción y distribución agrícola local en la Provincia de Barcelona
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06-18)
Master thesis
Open AccessEl sector de la alimentación tiene un impacto significativo en el cambio climático y afectaciones al entorno, genera cerca del 22% de Gases de efecto Invernadero en los países desarrollados (FAO, 2011), y el transporte ...
