Self-Sufficiency, sufficient enough? A study of Sweden's self-sufficiency and its impact on employment
(2020) NEKN01 20201Department of Economics
- Abstract
- As the pandemic of Covid-19 evolved during the spring of 2020, so did the discussion of Sweden's degree of self-sufficiency. The Federations of Swedish Farmers and the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation shared the view that Sweden's production of agricultural goods should be expanded to increase the degree of self-sufficiency of food and promote employment in the agricultural sector. The objective of this thesis is to critically discuss the concept of food self-sufficiency in a Swedish discourse. In addition to that investigate whether or not an increased degree of self-sufficiency, through increased production would increase employment in the agricultural sector. To determine this, time-series data from the Swedish Board of Agriculture... (More)
- As the pandemic of Covid-19 evolved during the spring of 2020, so did the discussion of Sweden's degree of self-sufficiency. The Federations of Swedish Farmers and the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation shared the view that Sweden's production of agricultural goods should be expanded to increase the degree of self-sufficiency of food and promote employment in the agricultural sector. The objective of this thesis is to critically discuss the concept of food self-sufficiency in a Swedish discourse. In addition to that investigate whether or not an increased degree of self-sufficiency, through increased production would increase employment in the agricultural sector. To determine this, time-series data from the Swedish Board of Agriculture and Statistics Sweden, stretching from 2000 to 2019, was analyzed through a time series model. The results suggested some connections between self-sufficiency and employment; these links were an effect of consumption behavior rather than production volumes. The focus should be on the consumer behavior rather than self-sufficiency, if one wants to promote employment in the agricultural sector. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Axel LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- self-sufficiency, time-series, agricultural sector, employment
- language
- English
- id
- 9014332
- date added to LUP
- 2020-08-29 10:35:28
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- 2020-08-29 10:35:28
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abstract = {{As the pandemic of Covid-19 evolved during the spring of 2020, so did the discussion of Sweden's degree of self-sufficiency. The Federations of Swedish Farmers and the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation shared the view that Sweden's production of agricultural goods should be expanded to increase the degree of self-sufficiency of food and promote employment in the agricultural sector. The objective of this thesis is to critically discuss the concept of food self-sufficiency in a Swedish discourse. In addition to that investigate whether or not an increased degree of self-sufficiency, through increased production would increase employment in the agricultural sector. To determine this, time-series data from the Swedish Board of Agriculture and Statistics Sweden, stretching from 2000 to 2019, was analyzed through a time series model. The results suggested some connections between self-sufficiency and employment; these links were an effect of consumption behavior rather than production volumes. The focus should be on the consumer behavior rather than self-sufficiency, if one wants to promote employment in the agricultural sector.}},
author = {{Johansson, Axel}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Self-Sufficiency, sufficient enough? A study of Sweden's self-sufficiency and its impact on employment}},
year = {{2020}},
}