A literature review on farmers' decision making and land use decision models
- Beschreibung
Farmers and their decisions on crop choices have played a significant role in land use change (LUC). Faced with the current reality of climate change, the developing countries are the most susceptible as their decisions can have far-reaching consequences on their fragile livelihood and environment. In Thailand and Vietnam, the rate of land use change in recent years has been quite rapid. These changes in land use have been observed in the subsistence and commercial farmers. Both biophysical and socioeconomic factors are known to influence their decision processes, however, which are the most influencing factors for these farmers and to what extent do they apply for each farmer type?
Over time, several land use decision models have been developed, yet there are hardly any significant changes in the adoption of these models by the farmers. What are the main features of these models and what problems do these models address? Are they relatable to the needs of the farmers? How may these models improve to help farmers in their farming decisions?
The project will introduce the basics of scientific writing and standard structure for thesis, the use of search engines to research literature, citation and bibliography management. The project will further elaborate standard presentation approaches of data and results as well as structured text.
- Projektzeitraum
- Sommersemester 2019
- Bewerbungszeitraum
- 01. bis 10.04.2019
- Durchführung
- nach Absprache
- Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung
- Initial meetings to introduce background to study and discuss the framework of literature search.
- Also introductions to various search engines and reference management.
- Further meetings to develop the scope and limits of review, based on student's requests and feedback.
- Working hours are flexible and can be adapted to the desired ECTS of the students.
- Studienfach
- offen für alle Studienfächer
- Betreuende
- Irene Chukwumah
- Institut
- Institut für Tropische Agrarwissenschaften (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut) (490) (490e)
- Sprache
- deutsch/englisch
- Teilnehmendenanzahl
- min. 1, max. 2
- Arbeitsaufwand
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ca. 90 Stunden pro Teilnehmende:r
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ECTS-Punkte
Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.
- Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich
- Projektart
- theoretisch/nicht experimentell
- Lernziele
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Die Teilnehmende lernen in diesem Projekt:
- Use of search engines to conduct an efficient yet detailed literature review
- Reference management - cite correctly and avoid plagiarism!
- A fun and relaxed way to learn the basics in structured scientific writing, providing a foundation for future thesis writing.
- Presents a really good opportunity to practice fluency in English writing
- Anmerkungen für Studierende
Das Projekt ist mit 90 SWS (=3 ECTS) angegeben worden. Es kann nach Absprach auf bis zu 180 SWS (=6 ECTS) erweitert werden.