In deze studie wordt de duurzaamheid van de (gespecialiseerde) Nederlandse vleesveehouderij kwalitatief vergeleken met twee andere dierlijke Nederlandse productiesectoren (varken en vleespluimvee) en met de vleesveehouderij uit Ierland en Brazilië, de belangrijkste exporteurs waarmee de Nederlandse sector op de Nederlandse markt concurreert. Deze v...
Violence linked to crime in Brazil and the role of the armed forces in the pursuit of public safety Violence in Brazil is a structural phenomenon. However, the advance of criminality has been accompanied by an increase in the levels of violence even jeopardizing the territorial integrity and forcing the State to look for the preservation of soverei...
This study reports ticks collected from wild carnivores from different habitat types in Panama. We examined 94 individual wild carnivores and we found 87 parasitized by ticks: seven coyotes, six crab-eating foxes, 54 coatis, four raccoons, five ocelots, two pumas, two gray foxes, two skunks, and one each of kinkajou, jaguar, jaguaroundi, greater gr...
Le développement spectaculaire de l’aquaculture est aujourd’hui confronté au défi du développement durable. Une approche par les types d’éco-innovations est mobilisée ici à propos de nouvelles logiques de production, relevant de l’intensification écologique. L’objectif est de caractériser quelques-uns des facteurs déterminants des changements en fa...
The financialization of the Brazilian economy is often criticized as being responsible of the slowdown of capital accumulation in this country. Indeed, very high interest rates are maintained in order to finance the public debt, and this fosters capitalists to get more Treasury bonds rather than to invest in the productive area. Nevertheless, the e...
Summary In this PhD thesis I studied the influence of biochar discourses on the political practices in Brazil and the impact of biochar on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, thus contributing to the current debate on the potential of biochar to mitigate climate change. Biochar is the solid material obtained from the carbonization of biomass. The del...
Extensive livestock farming was the driver of agricultural colonization and territorial structuring in the Amazon. Since 2008, Amazonian agriculture has been faced with radical changes in Brazilian policies concerning agricultural land use and the preservation of forest areas. The very viability of livestock systems is threatened and there is thus ...
Keywords: Strategy evaluation, global networks, supply chains, policy Delphi, conjoint analysis, economic development, competitiveness, beekeeping, interventions, uncertainty, upgrading. Competition for the end-customer nowadays takes place more among networks of firms than among individual firms. The analysis of competing firms, thus, has to go be...
Deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest in western Brazil have been converted into intensively managed Brachiaria bryzantha-dominated pastures characterised by poor productivity. However, such systems may be spurring ecological intensification, which would unlock the tremendous agricultural and ecological potential of such lands and encourage inn...
