Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Westengen, Ola"
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Potential environmental impacts from fish sludge biogas production in Norwegian salmon farming
Acosta Moreno, Jose Carlos Francisco de Asis (Master thesis;, Master thesis, 2016-11-17)Salmon is generally considered an environmentally friendly food to consume, however salmon escape, sea lice and nutrient leaching into the ocean are serious environmental problems of the present day open net pen farming ... -
The quality of Cocoa Pod Husk Biochar produced with the “Kon-tiki” kiln technology, and its effect as a soil enhancer on the growth rate of cocoa seedlings
Quansah, Ernestina (Master thesis, 2021)A study was conducted to investigate the potential of cocoa pod husk as feedstock for biochar production using the “Kon-tiki” kiln. The effect of cocoa pod husk biochar (CPHB) as a soil enhancer, was tested in particular ... -
Rhizobacteria Communities of Phytoremediation Plant Species in Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil of the Sudd Ecosystem, South Sudan
Ruley, Jane Alexander; Tumuhairwe, John Baptist; Amoding, Alice; Westengen, Ola; Vinje, Hilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Rhizobacteria Communities of Phytoremediation Plant Species in Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil of the Sudd Ecosystem, South Sudan
Huley, J.A.; Tumuhairwe, J.B.; Amoding, A.; Westengen, Ola; Vinje, H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
The social dimension of sustainable transport : perceptions among Oslo's planners and politicians
Jenssen, Kaia Elnæs (Master thesis, 2021)Sustainable development is at the top of the policy agenda in city and transport planning but is often criticized when it is implemented. The critique comes from people who argues that measures to improve environmental ... -
Sustainability in agriculture : a qualitative study of how agtech startups in Norway contribute
Bügel, Pernille Christine Frimann (Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study is to analyse the contributions to sustainable agriculture from the agtech companies on the rise in Norway. Agtech is a growing sector in agriculture focusing on innovative technology to improve ... -
The expansion of Coffee Robusta (C. canephora) in Nicaragua
Bjørge, Hedvig Hoel (Master thesis, 2017)An increasing number of small-scale rural farmers in developing countries are involved in the so-called global trade market, producing crops such as coffee, tea, cacao, and banana to the Western Hemisphere. In Nicaragua, ... -
The imperial maize assemblage: maize dialectics in Malawi and India
Jakobsen, Jostein; Westengen, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The ‘grain hypothesis', postulated by James Scott, suggests that cereals are ‘political crops’ intrinsic to state formation. Drawing the classical agrarian political economy of maize into dialogue with recent more-than-human ... -
Towards feminist crops : a feminist technoscience study of gender-responsive and transformative crop breeding
Tarjem, Ida Arff (PhD Thesis;2022:32, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Crop breeding is essential for adapting our crops to continuously changing climatic and societal conditions. At the same time, the practices of plant breeding, including priority-setting and varietal design, are highly ... -
Understanding the impact of El Niño and La Niña on Bangladesh’s crop production and disaster management plan
Anannya, Afroza Mahzabeen (Master thesis, 2018)ENSO is a natural phenomenon which creates climate anomalies around the world. And this has linked with extreme disaster in some part of the world. This climatic anomalies and extreme disaster events have an impact on ...