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Geopolitics of Global Food Supply - An analysis of Nigeria, China, and the United States
Eeg-Henriksen, Olav Mikael ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Doboš, Bohumil (referee)
This thesis examines the functioning and implications of the food supply chain on countries food security by investigating one low, one middle, and one high-income country, represented by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, People's Republic of China, and the United State of America. While it is well understood that a high-income country has a more secure food supply chain than a low-income country, the multitude of reasons affecting this difference, and the severity of the difference is less clearly framed in literature. The first part explores and lays out the factors influencing all the key aspects of the food supply chain, and the second part then analyzing the selected countries through those. The third part explores some geopolitical trends of importance to the food supply chain. Through the analysis, the differences between the countries becomes apparent, and the results show a strong difference in food security for low income countries, compared to middle and high-income. The difference between middle and high-income countries is not as prevalent, but still meaningful.
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Kvantitativní srovnání publikací v oblasti znečištění prostředí mikroplasty a výdajů na výzkum a vývoj ve vybraných zemích EU
Volhejnová, Klaudie
Microplastic environmental pollution is a serious global problem that has recently been highlighted by research teams in economically advanced countries. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to compare data on published publications in the field of environmental pollution of microplastics and expenditures on research and development in the European Union for the period 2009–2019. The aim is to compare whether the level of expenditure can be reflected in the number of publications in this area and to evaluate whether this data can be used to assess the cost-effectiveness. Literary research concerns the issue of environmental contamination by plastics, their production, recycling and decomposition. Attention is also paid to microplastics in connection with contamination of the aquatic environment and the threat of living organisms due to the ingestion of these particles. The last part of the literature research deals with spending on research and development in the EU. The Web of Science Core Collection was used to elaborate the topic, analyzing publications on environmental pollution of microplastics from the point of view of the country's workplaces. Data from the European Union Statistical Office (Eurostat), expressed as a percentage of the country's GDP, were used to determine R&D expenditure. A total of 716 scientific publications were analyzed. The highest number of publications came from the United Kingdom, followed by Germany and Italy. After recalculation, the number of inhabitants was Slovenia, followed by Portugal and Denmark. The Czech Republic belongs to a group of countries that have higher spending on science and development, but a lower number of publications. The findings are in line with the Science, Research and Innovation Performance Report of the EU published by the European Commission in January 2018. The number of environmental publications about microplastics pollution has proven to be a useful indicator of the cost-effectiveness of science and development.
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Food waste in Czech republic (regional aspects)
MAURICOVÁ, Aneta
e main aim of bachelor´s thesis is to realise theme of food wastage, both in the context of sustainable development and from the point of view of the general 'resources' of waste and the Czech Republic. Areas of uneconomic food use will be identified and an option of their alternative use. The main method which will be used is literary research. The practical work will be devoted to surveys at household level at the final consumer. By using an analytical approach to evaluating collected data, answers to questions on consumer wastage issues will be obtained. The work also deals with the reduction of food waste in all parts of the food chain - from primary production to household. It also deals with food banks. Further, there are presented the impacts of the waste, and the legislation is mentioned at the border. Finally, there are activities against wastage and some examples of solving this problem both in the world and in the Czech Republic.
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Food waste in Czech republic (regional aspects)
MAURICOVÁ, Aneta
e main aim of bachelor´s thesis is to realise theme of food wastage, both in the context of sustainable development and from the point of view of the general 'resources' of waste and the Czech Republic. Areas of uneconomic food use will be identified and an option of their alternative use. The main method which will be used is literary research. The practical work will be devoted to surveys at household level at the final consumer. By using an analytical approach to evaluating collected data, answers to questions on consumer wastage issues will be obtained. The work also deals with the reduction of food waste in all parts of the food chain - from primary production to household. It also deals with food banks. Further, there are presented the impacts of the waste, and the legislation is mentioned at the border. Finally, there are activities against wastage and some examples of solving this problem both in the world and in the Czech Republic.
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Strategická analýza vybrané společnosti
Vajnerová, Monika ; Špička, Jindřich (advisor) ; Krause, Josef (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the strategy of the Czech grocery retailer BILLA Ltd. and to formulate strategic suggestions based on the outputs of the strategic analysis. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part includes common strategic models and methodology which are used for strategic analysis. The practical part includes, firstly, the PESTLE analysis, which focuses on main impacts of the political, economic, social, technological, legislative and environmental factors. This analysis if followed by in-depth analysis of the grocery retailing market sector, the existing competition and assessment of the current market situation. Further analysis aims at evaluation of the companys inner sources, more specifically its financial health, marketing strategy and private label product portfolio. In the conclusion, the outputs of all detail analysis are summarized in the final SWOT analysis and final recommendations are suggested.
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The issue of food waste
Vozábová, Aneta ; Cimler, Petr (advisor) ; Hommerová, Dita (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of food waste from the global perspective. The aim of the thesis is to summarize this issue from available world sources and on the basis of its own experience from the practice in public catering facilities. The thesis defines areas of food waste within food chain, identifies the economic, social and environmental consequences resulting from careless food handling and describes organizations and companies dealing with the prevention of food wastage. There are recommendations for the prevention of food waste in households. The practical part of the thesis analyzes food waste in Czech households, measured for one week.
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