Ongoing research projects undertaken by Noragric staff and PhD fellows, and carried out together with various partners, are grouped below according to thematic areas.
----------------------------------------------------------- I Environmental Governance, Resource Rights & Livelihoods ----------------------------------------------------------- Title: Protected Areas and Poverty in Africa (PAPIA) – Uganda and Tanzania (2008-2012). Partners: Noragric - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) - Faculty of Forestry & Nature Conservation, Makerere University Noragric contact:Prof. Paul Vedeld Title: EKOSIASA: The political ecology of wildlife and forest governance in Tanzania (2007 - 2012) Partners: Noragric - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) - Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) - Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA), University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Noragric contact: Prof. Tor A. Benjaminsen Funded by: SIU/NUFU Title: Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in India. Partners: Noragric - Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore, India. Noragric contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula Title: Coastal Fisheries of Tanzania (2008 - 2012) Partners: Noragric - University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Noragric contact: Prof. Ian Bryceson Funded by: SIU / NUFU Title:Environmental Policy and Human Action (2009 - 2012) Partners: Cicero and Noragric Noragric contact: Prof. Arild Vatn Title:Large land deals in Africa: Gendered processes of tenure security, resource capture and collective actions (2010 - 2012) Partners: International Food Policy Research Institute Noragric contact: Dr. Poul Wisborg Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
--------PhD research:------- Title: Participation, sovereignties and the politics of environmental governance: A study of efforts to protect forests and the implementation of UN-REDD in Bolivia (2011 - 2014) PhD fellow: Cecilie von Hirsch Funded by: Norwegian Research Council and SUM, University of Oslo Supervisors: John Andrew Mc Neish and Pål Vedeld Title: Implementing REDD in Zanzibari forests: An investigation of process, actors and discourses (2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Grete Benjaminsen Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Randi Kaarhus and John Andrew McNeish
Title: Actors and Discourses: Conflicting claims to the Dukuduku Forest, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa (2007-2012). PhD fellow: Frode Sundnes Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Knut Nustad, Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Espen Sjaastad
Title: Conflicts and Decentralized Forest Management in Ethiopia (2004-2012). Partners: Noragric – Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Ethiopia PhD fellow: Abebe Seifu Welde Tsadik Supervisors: Pål Vedeld
Title: Social-Ecological Changes Affecting the Livelihoods of Fishing Communities in the Current Phase of Globalisation: A case study from Mafia island, Tanzania. (2008 – 2012) Partners: Noragric - University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania PhD fellow: Victoria Moshy Funded by: NUFU Supervisors: Ian Bryceson and Rose Mwaipopo
Title: The Effects of Increased Fishing Pressure on the Ecological Resilience of Targeted Groupers (Serranidae) and the Livelihoods of Fishing Families in Mafia island, Tanzania. (2008 – 2012) Partners: Noragric - University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania PhD fellow: Lydia Gaspare Funded by: NUFU Supervisors: Ian Bryceson, Knut nustad, Kassim Kulindwa
Title: Can a Combination of Policy Instruments Increase the Effectiveness and Public acceptability of Environmental Policies in Norway. (2008-2012) Partners:Noragric - Cicero PhD fellow: Marianne Aasen Funded by: Cicero, Norwegian Research Council Supervisors: Arild Vatn, På Vedeldand Hege Westskog (Cicero)
Title:The political ecology of conservation of the mountain Gorilla at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. (2007 – 2012). Partners: Noragric – Makerere University, Uganda PhD fellow: David Mwesigye Tumusiime Funded by: Supervisors: Tor Arve Benjaminsen, Espen Sjaastad, Pål Vedeld and Hanne Svarstad (NINA)
Title: Participatory aspects of Enduimet Wildlife Management Area and Kilimanjaro National Park in villages on the western slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2009 - 2012). Partners: Noragric – Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania PhD fellow: Sayuni Mariki Funded by: NUFU Supervisors: Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Hanne Svarstad (NINA)
Title: Opportunities and challenges of linking forest conservation and livelihoods in community based forest management: The case of Duru- Haitemba Forest Reserve (2009 - 2012). Partners: Noragric - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania PhD fellow: Joseph Perfect Mrema Funded by: NUFU Supervisors: Tor Arve Benjaminsen and Espen Sjaastad
Title: Environmental Policy and Human Action (2009 – 2012). PhD fellow: Marit Heller Funded by: UMB / Research Council of Norway Supervisors: Arild Vatn, Frode Alfnes and Randi Kaarhus
Title:Probing Human-Wildlife Interaction in Human-Dominated Multi-Use Landscapes in Rural India (2009 – 2013) Partners: Noragric - NINA PhD fellow: Sunetro Ghosal Funded by: Lånekassen, NINA Supervisors: Darley Kjosavik, Pål Vedeld and Ketil Skogen (NINA)
----------------------------------------------------------- II Conflict, Peace & Development -----------------------------------------------------------
Title: Gender and Human Security in Post-Conflict Pakistan: Policy implications of local gendered perceptions of security and development (2011 - 2013) Partners: Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan Contact persons: Dr. Ingrid Nyborg (Project leader, Noragric), Dr. Bahadar Nawab (Project leader, CIIT, Abbottabad, Pakistan), Ingvild Jacobsen (PhD fellow), Kashif Saeed Khan (PhD fellow) Funded by: Research Council of Norway -- Summary of the project
Title: Contested Powers: Towards a Political Anthropology of Energy in Latin America (2010-2012) Partners: NUPI, NIBR, CMI, UiB, Centre for Postgraduate Studies of Development and the Environment- CIDES/UMSA Bolivia, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Study (IVIC), Institute for the Study of Society, Population and Nature in Brasilia, Faculty of Latin American Social Sciences (FLACSO) Guatemala, University of Aberdeen. Project Leader: Dr. John Andrew McNeish Funded by: Research Council of Norway, Latin America Programme
Title: Post-war Livelihood and Environment Studies (2008-2012). The NUCOOP project: Southern Sudan. Partners:Noragric - Juba University, South Sudan Noragric contact: Dr. Trygve Berg Funded by: SIU
Title: Resettlement of Returnees, Resource Conflicts and Livelihood Building in South Sudan: An assessment of the institutions and their capacities at the local level in Eastern Equatoria (2009-2011). Partners:Noragric - Juba University, South Sudan Noragric contact: Prof. N. Shanmugaratnam Title: Origins and survival of maize and sorghum genetic resources in the Sobat corridor of the Upper Nile in the Sudan. Partners:Noragric - Juba University, South Sudan Noragric contact: Dr. Trygve Berg Title: In the Shadow of a Conflict: Impacts of Zimbabwe's Land Reform on Rural Poverty and Development in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia (2007-2011). Partners:Noragric - Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of Western Cape, South Africa Noragric contact:Prof. Bill Derman Title: Land Rights and Agrarian Change in Rural South Africa. Partners:University of Oslo (Norwegian Centre of Human Rights) and the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of Western Cape, South Africa. Noragric contact: Prof. Bill Derman
Title: Between Security and Development: Exploring Human Security in Afghanistan (pilot project until 1 July 2012) Partners: UMB/Noragric and the Norwegian Police University College (PHS)
Contact person(s): Dr. Ingrid Nyborg, Jaisankhar Ganapathy/Norwegian Police University College Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Refleks Program -- Summary of the project
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Title: Nigerian Trade Union’s Role in the Niger Delta Conflict (2011 - 2015) PhD fellow: Camilla Houeland Funded by: UMB Supervisors: John Andrew McNeish and Pål Vedeld Title:Technology of Rule and Poverty in Ethiopia: A Study in political economy(2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Yesthila Wondemeneh Bekele Funded by: Institutional collaboration between UMB and Hawassa University Supervisors: Darley Kjosavik and N. Shanmugaratnam
Title: Private Islamic Charity and Approaches to Poverty Reduction among Pakistani Muslims: Religion, Gender and Development (2011 - 2015) PhD fellow: Kaja Borchgrevink Funded by: PRIO Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg
Title: The social and cultural roles of gender in rural livelihood and development. A study of North West Pakistan (2001 - 2014) PhD fellow: Noor Elahi Funded by: Research Council of Norway Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg
Title: Exploring Gender-Based Insecurities in Relation to Livelihoods and Changing Class Relations in Post-Militancy, Post-Flood Swat (2011 - 2014) PhD fellow: Abda Khalid Funded by: Norwegian Research Council Supervisor: Ingrid Nyborg Title: Development and National security: post 9/11 process and development politics of the United States in Mali (2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Shai Divon Funded by: UMB Supervisor: Bill Derman, Cassandra Bergstrøm and Stig J. Hansen
Title:Development discourses, security and livelihood realities in Pakistan’s North Western territories (2009 – 2013) PhD fellow: Kashif Saeed Khan Funded by: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Supervisors: Ingrid Nyborg, N. Shanmugaratnam and Darley Kjosavik
Title:The role and the impact of Somali Diaspora in conflicts, peace and state buildings, and reconstructing of Somalia (2010 - 2013) PhD fellow: Mohamed Gaas Supervisor: Stig Jarle Hansen
Title:Womens' security in a post-conflict context (2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Ingvild Jacobsen Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Ingrid Nyborg and Shaheen Sardar Ali University of Warwick
Title:Green Mining, Displacement and the Maoist conflict in India (2010 - 2013) PhD fellow: Jason Miklian Funded by: PRIO Supervisor: Stig Jarle Hansen
----------------------------------------------------------- III Agricultural Development, Conservation & Environment -----------------------------------------------------------
Title: Institutional evolutions at macro and micro-levels in the management of water catchments and their influences on local community livelihoods under a climate change scenario in Tanzania. (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Forestyr Research Institute (TAFORI), Ardhi University (ARU) Noragric contact: Professor Pål Vedeld Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title:The role of mobile phones towards improving coverage of agricultural extension services: a case study of maize value chain. (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Ministry of Agiculture, Food and Cooperatives, Tanzania, FADECO-Karagwe, MATI-Uyole Noragric contact: Professor Ruth Haug Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title: Up-scaling of pro-poor innovative dairy goat technologies for improved livelihood security and human capacity in selected highland areas (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, West Kilimanjaro Research Centre. Noragric contact: Dr. Randi Kaarhus and Prof. Lars Olav Eik Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title:Enhancing sunflower production for poverty alleviation in Mvomero and Kilosa districts, Morogoro region (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Ari-Llonga Noragric contact: Dr. Randi Kaarhus Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title:Increasing market share of locally produced beef through improved cattle husbandry, slaughter operations and meat handling. (2011 - 2015) Partners:Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Mpwapwa, NOFIMA-Mat, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Noragric contact: Prof. Lars Olav Eik Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title: Adaptation of Agriculture and Livestock to Climate Change in Mali (2011 – 2015) Partners: Noragric – Institute d'Economie Rurale, Mali Noragric contact: Prof. Jens Aune Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Title: Forest and Soil restoration and land use change impacts on Carbon pools and fluxex in Himalaya: Research and capacity building in Nepal (2011 – 2014) Partners: Noragric, Kathmandu University Noragric contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula Funded by: Norwegian Research Council Title: Education, Research and Training for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Nepal (2007-2012) Partners: Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University Noragric contact: Prof. Bishal Sitaula Funded by: SIU/NUFU Title: Adaptation to climate change in Mali (2010 - 2012) Partners:Noragric – Institute d'Economie Rurale, Drylands Coordination Group Contact: Prof. Jens Aune Funded by: DCG
Title: Intensification of cereal crop production in semi-arid highlands of Ethiopia through conservation tillage, micro-fertilising and seed priming: An eco-farm system approach. (2009 - 2012) Partners: Hawassa University, Ethiopia Contact: Prof. Jens Aune Funded by: Royal Norwegian Embassy, Ethiopia Conservation agriculture in Zambia (2007 - 2011) Partners: Conservation Farming Unit Contact: Prof. Jens Aune Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Title: Outcomes of Milk-Based Interventions: Improvements in Health and Nutritional Status of Under-five Children in Rural Tanzania?(2011 - 2014) PhD fellow: Devota Mwaseba Funded by: EPINAV programme Supervisors: Randi Kaarhus and Lars Olav Eik Title: Reversing Household Food Insecurity Through Conservation Agriculture: Socio-economic impact of conservation farming in Zambia (2008-2012). Partners:Noragric - University of Zambia PhD fellow: Progress Hanzwida Nyanga Funded by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisors: Fred H. Johnsen and Jens Aune Title: From Maize Monocropping to Conservation Agriculture: A Multi-perspective Analysis of Smallholder Conservation Agriculture in Southern, Central and Eastern Zambia. (2008-2011). Partners: Noragric - University of Zambia PhD fellow: Bridget Bwalya Umar Funded by: Ministry of Foreign Affair Supervisors: Jens B. Aune and Fred H. Johnsen Title: Environmental and Health Impacts of Pesticide Use in Central Nepal (2007-2012). Partners:Noragric - University of Kathmandu, Nepal PhD fellow: Kishor Atreya Funded by: Lånekassen, NUFU Supervisors: Bishal K. Sitaula, Fred H. Johnsen, Cassandra Bergstrøm, Hans Overgaard, Roshan Man Bajracharya (KU) and Subodh Sharma (KU) Title: Agricultural intensification and grazing : linking farmers' practices and greenhouse gases emission with implication for policy (2008-2012). Partners:Noragric - Kathmandu University, Nepal PhD fellow: Nani Raut Funded by: Lånekassen, NUFU Supervisors: Bishal K. Sitaula, Arild Vatn and Jens Aune Title: Biofuels and access to energy in rural livelihoods in East Africa (2008 - 2012). PhD fellow: Lars Kåre Grimsby Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Jens Aune and Fred Håkon Johnsen Title: Between conservation and development: Quilombola communities’ struggle over resources in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil (2009 - 2013) PhD fellow: Kjersti Thorkildsen Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Randi Kaarhus and Tor Arve Benjaminsen Title: Evaluation of options to adapt the principles of Conservation Agriculture to the conditions of smallholder farmers in Malawi (2010 – 2013). PhD fellow: Robert Amos Ngwira Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisors: Jens Aune, Fred H. Johnsen and Bishal Sitaula Title:Intensification of cereal crop productin through consevation tillage, microdosing and seed priming, central rift valley region of Ethiopia: Agronomic and socioeconomic return assessments (2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Getachew Sime Feyissa Funded by: Institutional collaboration between UMB and Hawassa Universiy Supervisors: Jens Aune and Kassim Kulindwa and Hussein Mohammed (Hawassa University)
----------------------------------------------------------- IV Climate Change and Development: Adaptation & Mitigation -----------------------------------------------------------
Title: Optimizing production and utilization of lesser known and lesser utilized indigenous agro-forestry timber species. (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzanian Tree Seed Agency. Noragric contact: Dr. Siri Eriksen Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme)
Title: A gendered analysis of climate change impacts and adaptation in semi-arid area farming systems and natural resources management. (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture, ARI-Tumbi Noragric contact: Dr. Gry Synnevåg Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EPINAV programme) Title: Governance Challenges in REDD Implementation in Tanzania: Experiences from Participatory Forest Management in Manyara and Lindi Regions (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, University of Dar es Salaam, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Noragric contact: Prof. Tor A Benjaminsen Funded by: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Title:Implications of REDD on Smallholders’ Livelihoods through Access to Land in Manyara Region: Mapping and Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, University of Dar es Salaam, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and University of Oslo (UiO) Noragric contact: Prof. Tor A Benjaminsen Funded by: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Title: Forest and Soil Restoration and Land Use Change Impacts on Carbon Pools an Fluxes in the Himalaya: Research and capacity building in Nepal (2011 - 2014) Partners: Noragric, Kathmandu University, Forest Action Nepal, NAF Nepal Noragric Noragric Contact: Professor Bishal Sitaula Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
Title:Climate Change, Non-Timber Forest Products and Livelihood of Forest Dependent Communities: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation in Tanzania Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Noragric contact: Dr. Siri Eriksen Funded by: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Title:REDD Architecture in Tanzania: Assessment of REDD Institutional Arrangements on Livelihoods and Sustainable Development (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Noragric contact: Prof. Arild Vatn Funded by: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Title:Comparative study of incentive options for forest-based emissionsreduction, biodiversity conservation and livelihood improvement; Case of Kilwa and Lindi Districts (2011 - 2015) Partners: Noragric, University of Michigan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Noragric contact: Dr. Kassim Kulwinda Funded by: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (CCIAM) programme, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Title:The Politics of Climate Change Adaption: An Integrative Approach of Development and Climate Change Interventions in Nepal and Mongolia (2011 - 2013) Noragric contact: Dr. Siri Eriksen. Others involved at Noragric: Dr. Andrei Marin and PhD fellow Sigrid Nagoda Partners: ICIMOD (Nepal), The Mongolian Society for Range Management (Mongolia) Funded by: Research Council of Norway Title: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: Dr. Siri Eriksen Funded by: Research Council of Norway Title:Socio-economic concequences of Climat Change in sub-equatorial Africa. (2009 – 2012) Partners: Noragric, University of Oslo Noragric contact: Dr. Trygve Berg Funded by: Research Council of Norway Title: Poverty and Sustainable Development Impacts of REDD Architecture; Options for Equity, Growth and the Environment (2009 - ) Partners: - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK - Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (Brazil) - Civic Response (Ghana) - SNV (Vietnam) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (Tanzania) - Makerere University, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation (Uganda) Noragric contact: Prof. Arild Vatn Title:PLAN Klimatilpasning i Norge (2007 – 2011) Partners: Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, NIBR, met.no, ILP, CICERO, FNI, University of Bergen, University of Tromsø Noragric contact: Dr. Siri Eriksen Funded by: Research Council of Norway
--------PhD research:-------- Title:The effects of humanitarian interventions on climate vulnerability- repeated food distribution and seed security in North Western Nepal(2010 - 2014) Partners Noragric, ICIMOD (Nepal) PhD fellow: Sigrid Nagoda Funded by: Research Council of Norway Supervisors: Siri Eriksen, Ingrid Nyborg and Louise Sperling (CIAT) Title: Governing REDD+: The potential for reduced forest carbon emission, biodiversity protection and enhanced rural livelihoods in the Congo Basin Forest. (2011 - 2013) PhD fellow: Raymond Achu Samndong Supervisors: Arild Vatn Title:The effects of climatic and other forces of change on livelihoods in coastal communities of Belize, Central America. (2010 - 2013) PhD fellow: Marianne Karlsson Funded by: Cicero Supervisors: Ian Bryceson, N. Shanmugaratnam and Ilan Kelman
Title:Climate change and agricultural development in Tanzania: actors, strategies, and discourses(2010 - 2013) Partners: Noragric, Cicero PhD fellow: Jennifer West Funded by: CCIAM programme Supervisors: Ruth Haug, Siri Eriksen Title:Public Works Programmes: Prospects for climate change mitigation adaptation in combination with sustainable development. A case study of the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). (2010 - 2014) PhD fellow: Hans Nicolai Adam Funded by: UMB Supervisors: Darley Kjosavik and N. Shanmugaratnam
----------------------------------------------------------- V Globalisation, Trade and Development ----------------------------------------------------------- Title: And the Last Shall Be First? Global Decent Work Efforts and the Trade Union Rights of Brazil’s Farm Workers(2011 - 2013) Noragric contact: Simon Pahle Funded by: Research Council of Norway
----------------------------------------------------------- VI Foreign Aid and Development -----------------------------------------------------------
