Activities: ADLEC
WebmasterAgricultural Development, Livelihood and Environmental Change (ADLEC).
- Research areas
- Research projects:
| Africa and Asia | Eastern Europe |
- PhD projects
- Future outlook
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RESEARCH AREAS:
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- Adaptation and mitigation of climate change in rural areas
- Livelihood security of rural households
- Improved farming methods
- Management of agricultural biodiversity
- Agricultural policies and trade
- Environmental impacts of agricultural production.
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RESEARCH PROJECTS IN AFRICA AND ASIA
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Title: Courting catastrophe? Humanitarian policy and practice in a changing Climate. (2012 - 2016)
Partners: Noragric, Institute for Development studies (IDS), Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
Noragric contact: Dr. Siri Eriksen
Funded by: Norwegian Resrearch Council
Title: Forest and Soil Restoration and Land Use Change Impacts on Carbon Pools an Fluxes in the Himalaya: Research and capacity building in Nepal (2012 - 2014)
Partners: Noragric, Kathmandu University, Nepal, Ministry of forest and soil conservation, Nepal, Nepal Agro Forestry Fundation (NAF),Forest Action Nepal, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Science, Ohio State University, USA.
Noragric contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
PLAN Klimatilpasning i Norge (2007 – 2011)
Partners: Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, NIBR, met.no, CICERO, FNI, University of Bergen, University of Tromsø
Noragric Contact: Siri Eriksen
Funded by: Research Council of Norway.
Solar transitions (2009 – 2013)
Partners: Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, SUM, SWECO NOrge AS, TERI India, Inter University Centre of Technology, Work and Culture, Austria CAMCO, African Centre for Technology Studies, Integrated Energy Solutions, Norwegian Church Aid.
Noragric Contact: Siri Eriksen
Funded by: Research Council of Norway.
Agricultural Intensification: impact on soil and water
Contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
Contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
Upgrading and Strengthening GIS
Contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
ATREE
Contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
Western Balkan Project
Contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula
Ecofarm - Sudan
Contact: Dr. Jens Aune
Funded by: DCG
Conservation Agriculture - ARDEP Malawi
Contact: Dr. Jens Aune
Funded by: MFA
Adaptation to climate change in Mali
Contact: Dr. Jens Aune
Funded by: DCG
Conservation agriculture in Zambia
Contact: Prof. Fred H. Johnsen and Dr. Jens Aune
Funded by:MFA
Intensification crop production in semi-arid highlands of Ethiopia
Contact: Dr. Jens Aune
Funded by: NORAD
Institutional Collaboration: Juba University and Upper Nile University
Contact: Dr. Trygve Berg
Post-war Livelihood and Environemntal Studies
Contact: Dr. Trygve Berg
Research Impact Assessment
Contact: Fred H. Johnsen
Funded by: Pantil
Enhancement of water productivity in smallholder irrigation schemes
Contact: Dr. Lars Olav Eik and Prof. Pål Vedeld
Improvement of cassava production, processing, utilization and marketing for economic growth and improved livelihood in the Eastern zone of Tanzania
Contact: Dr. Lars Olav Eik
Developing nutrition interventions for improved health and productivity in Morogoro and Iringa Regions, Tanzania
Contact: Dr. Lars Olav Eik and Dr. Randi Kaarhus
Integrated Dairy Production systems Mvomero and Njombe Districts
Contact: Dr. Lars Olav Eik
Enhancing livelihoods of dairy goat keepers in Tanzania through an improved breeding programme for disease free multipurpose animals
Contact: Dr. Lars Olav Eik
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RESEARCH PROJECTS IN EASTERN EUROPE
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Contact: Dr. Mensur Vegara
- Programme in Higher Education, Research and Development (HERD) in the Western Balkans 2010 – 2013
- Pilot project: Identification and development of academic partnerships between Azerbaijan and Norway in agriculture and related sciences
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PHD RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Intensification of cereal crop productin through consevation tillage, microdosing and seed priming, central rift valley region of Ethiopia: Agronomic and socioeconomic return assessments.
PhD candidate: Getachew Sime Feyissa
Supervisors: Jens Aune, Kassim Kulindwa and Hussien Mohammed
The effects of humanitarian interventions on climate vulnerability- repeated food distribution and seed security in North Western Nepal (2014)
PhD candidate: Sigrid Nagoda
Supervisors: Siri Eriksen, Ingrid Nyborg and Louise Sperling
Reversing environmental degradation in Zambia through conservation agriculture (2012)
PhD candidate:Bridget Bwalya Umar
Supervisor(s):Jens Aune / Fred H. Johsen
Biofuels and access to energy in rural livelihoods in East Africa (2012)
PhD candidate: Lars Kåre Grimsby
Supervisor(s):Jens Aune / Fred H. Johnsen
Environmental and health impacts of pesticide use in mid-hil watershed of Central Nepal (2012)
PhD candidate:Kishor Atreya
Supervisor(s):Bishal Sitaula / Fred H. Johnsen/ Cassandra Bergstrøm/
Impact of agricultural intensification on biodiversity loss, soil quality and climate gas emission: A comparative study from Nepal and India (2012)
PhD candidate: Nani Raut
Supervisor(s):Bishal Sitaula / Jens Aune
Reversing household food insecurity through conservation agriculture: Socio-economic impact of conservation farming practices among small scale farmers in Zambia (2012)
PhD candidate:Progress H. Nyanga
Supervisor(s):Fred H. Johnsen/ Jens Aune
Conservation agriculture in Malawi (2013)
PhD candidate: Robert Amos Ngwira
Supervisor(s):Jens B. Aune
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FUTURE OUTLOOK
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- Relatively easy access to new projects particularly in related to climate change
- Major projects in years to come: CIAM, PANTIL 2, conservation agriculture Zambia and Malawi, Dryland Coordination Group, NORAD frame agreement, Balkan projects MFA, NUFU Nepal, engagement in Sudan and Ethiopia
Published: 11.10.10
Updated: 27.03.12
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