Research projects and assignments 2006

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Research projects and Assignments (ongoing or finalized in 2006) grouped according to the three scientific Noragric programmes are:

1. Agricultural Development and Livelihood Security

Lungwena health, nutrition and agricultural multidisciplinary project, Malawi
Funded by: NUFU
Period: 2003-2006
Noragric contacts: Frik Sundstøl, Randi Kaarhus

Programme for Agricultural and Natural Resources Transformation for Improved Livelihood (PANTIL), Tanzania
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Lars Olav Eik

Breeding and management systems for healthy and productive goats of different types and purposes in Tanzania; Norwegian dairy goats, East African meat goats and Cashmere goats (research project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Lars Olav Eik

Improving semi-arid rural livelihood through draught animal power (research project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Jens Aune

Enhancement of water productivity in smallholder irrigation and rainwater harvesting systems for improvement of livelihoods (research project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Pål Vedeld

Long-term institutional cooperation Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DRPGS), TanzaniaFunded by: Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Lars Olav Eik

Evaluation of Norwegian support to NASFAM, Malawi
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Stein Bie

Technical support to Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (secondment), Bonn
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006-2007
Noragric contact: Stein Bie

Evaluation of World Bank policies and the agricultural sector at country level in Africa
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006-2007
Noragric contact: Espen Sjaastad

Study on rural focus in PRS in Ethiopia
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006-2007
Noragric contact: Fred Johnsen

Appraisal of the programme proposal ‘Reversing Food Insecurity and Environmental Degradation in Zambia through Conservation Agriculture”
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Kjell Esser

Study of the agricultural sector on Madagascar
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Jens Aune

Drylands Coordination Group/DCG (framework agreement)
Funded by: Development Fund
Period: 2005-2008
Noragric contacts: Ingrid Nyborg, Jens B. Aune

Partnership and participation for a sustainable tomorrow
Funded by: Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Kjell Esser

Study on fertilizer import, Yara, Tanzania
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Paul Vedeld

Scientific advisory services to the CGIAR
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: ongoing
Noragric contact: Ruth Haug

Review of Norges Vel’s agricultural projects in Kosovo and Macedonia, 2002-2006
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2006-2007
Noragric contact: Mensur Vegara

West Balkan programme: "Education, Research and Training for Global Environmental Change and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in the Western Balkans"
Funded by: SIU
Period: 2006-2010
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Teacher Education Programme in Kathmandu University, Nepal
Funded by: SIU
Period: 2006-2008
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Triangular institutional co-operation between Ethiopia, India and Norway: Fostering South-South links in the management of natural resources in semi-arid areas (including CPR study)
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 1997-2006
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Competence transfer, institutional contact and cooperation between university faculties of agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine in South Eastern Europe
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2004-2007
Noragric contact: Mensur Vegara

Institutional collaboration between academic institutions in agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine in Norway and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro - West Balkan
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2005-2010
Noragric contact: Mensur Vegara

2. Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

Enhancing food production and nature management, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Funded by: NUFU
Period: 2002-2006
Noragric contact: Trygve Berg

Reindeer and sheep: research project on optimal dual species management, Norway
Funded by: University of Oslo
Period: 2003-2006
Noragric contact: Stein Moe

GEF indigenous vegetation project, Kenya, Botswana and Mali
Funded by: GEF
Period: 2004-2006
Noragric contact: Gufu Oba

Evaluation of Drought Insurance Plan, Ethiopia
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Gufu Oba

Community participation in the implementation of the global environment conventions and poverty alleviation
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2004-2007
Noragric contact: Gufu Oba

Fact-finding mission: Decentralized forest and natural resource management, Uganda
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Paul Vedeld

Mid-term review of the Norwegian Programme for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in Central America
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Michael Angstreich

Evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs) in relation to development aid, Tanzania
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Ian Bryceson

Environment and Development course for MFA’s Competence Centre
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Thor Larsen

Review of UNESCO’s Major Programmes
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Period: 2006-2007
Noragric contact: Ian Bryceson

GRID-Arendal technical support
Funded by: UNEP
Period: ongoing
Noragric contact: Thor S. Larsen

Sustainable management of natural resources in watersheds, Nepal
Period: 2003-2007
Funded by: NUFU
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Agricultural intensification impacts on soil, water, socio-economic development, Nepal
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2003-2007
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

3. Rights, Conflicts and Resources

High Altitude Integrated Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction Programme, Phase II
Funded by: Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and NORAD
Period: 2003-2007
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

Developing alternative livelihoods in Dai Kundi Province, Afghanistan
Funded by: Norwegian Church Aid, Afghanistan
Period: 2005-2007
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

Developing nutrition interventions for improved health and productivity in Morogoro and Iringa Regions, Tanzania (research project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Randi Kaarhus

Farmer Empowerment (a cross-cutting project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Randi Kaarhus

Water availability and access in reducing farmer–pastoralist conflicts for sustainable livestock productivity in Kilosa district (research project under PANTIL)
Funded by: governments of Norway and Tanzania (via SUA, Tanzania)
Period: 2005-2009
Noragric contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Land tenure conflicts, pastoralists and the state: a case study from the inner Niger delta in Mali
Funded by: the Nordic Africa Institute
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Changing land rights study, Malawi
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2005-2006
Contact: Randi Kaarhus

Decentralisation in the agricultural sector, Malawi
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2005-2006
Noragric contact: Randi Kaarhus

Human rights and governance in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform
Funded by: University of Oslo, through the Institute of Human Rights
Period: 2005-2006
Noragric contact: Espen Sjaastad

Land rights and conflicts in Africa
Funded by: Danish Institute for International Studies
Period: 2006
Noragric contact: Espen Sjaastad

Land, water and poverty in Southern Africa: Breaking with the past
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2005-2008
Noragric contact: Bill Derman

Successful research project applications in 2006

1. Noragric received the green light for four projects under the Norwegian Research Council’s “PovPeace programme”. These are:

1) “In the Shadow of Conflict: Impacts of Zimbabwe’s Land Reform on Rural Poverty and Development in Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia” (Noragric coordination by Bill Derman). The project will run from 2007-2009 and includes partners Catholic University/Mozambique, PLAAS, University of Western Cape/South Africa, the Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education/Zambia, the Nordic Africa Institute/Sweden, and the Institute of Women’s Law, University of Oslo;

2) “Protected Areas and Poverty in Africa-PAPIA” (Noragric coordination by Pål Vedeld) with partners Makerere University/Uganda, Sokoine University of Agriculture/Tanzania, and the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia. The project runs from 2007-2011;

3) “Property, Possession and Conflict in Re/building Settlements”, (Noragric coordination by Dr. Knut Nustad). The project will run from 2007-2009; and

4) “Poverty and marginalization in Central and West Africa: autochthony and land rights”. The project involves cases from Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia and Mali. The project is coordinated through the Institute for Applied International Studies in Oslo. Dr. Tor A. Benjaminsen at Noragric participates in the Mali case study.

2. A Noragric coordinated network project called “Education, Research and Training for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Himalayan Watersheds” was accepted by for 2007-2011, coordinated by Bishal Sitaula. The main partner institution is Tribhuvan University, Nepal. NUFU is a SIU-administered programme (under a framework agreement with NORAD) for academic research and educational co-operation between institutions in the South (including Afghanistan and Pakistan) and in Norway.

3. A new programme funded by the Norwegian embassy in India “Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: Capacity Building for Interdisciplinary Research and Applications” involves Noragric and the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) based in Bangalore, India. The main purpose of the project is research cooperation and academic exchange addressing complex problems of tropical biodiversity under changing ecological-economic conditions. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through the Norwegian embassy in India) and will run until 2010. Noragric contact: Prof. Paul Vedeld.

4. The formal launch of UMB’s Health programme was held in September. The programme’s vision is that “UMB shall be recognised nationally and internationally for its academic excellence and contributions in the field of health, particularly within the areas of food, nature, water and development.” Over the coming five years, substantial resources will be invested in the programme including two new professorships, 3 professor II positions, and over 20 years of post-docs. Health UMB is designed around three programmes: Food and Health; Nature, Health and Quality of Life; and Health and Development. All three programmes are inter-disciplinary and together will include all eight of UMB’s departments. The “Health and Development” programme is centred at Noragric. Contact: Dr. Cassandra Bergstrøm.

Updated: 14.06.07
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Projects & assignments 2006:

1. Agricultural development and livelihood security

2. Biodiversity and natural resource management

3. Rights, conflicts and resources
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Successful research project applications in 2006
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