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Poverty and Environmental Degradation in the Drylands : An Overview of Problems and Processes
(Noragric Working Papers;29, Working paper, 2003-07)This Working Paper began as a request by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explore the current problems of the drylands, and how the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification tackled these dilemmas. ... -
Social Forestry in South Asia : Myths and Realities
(Noragric Working Papers;30, Working paper, 2003-08)This study focuses on some of the major issues in relation to popular thinking about the theory of social forestry development in South Asia, including deforestation, community participation and appropriate forest policy. ... -
"Coaching – poaching?" : Governance, Local People and Wildlife around Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda
(Noragric Working Papers;31, Working paper, 2003-09)This paper explores traditional hunting practices and institutions in the Mt. Elgon area of Uganda, local people's attitudes toward wildlife and their perceptions of conservation and co-operation with park staff. It also ... -
Evaluation of the project “Institutional cooperation between : Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation and the Royal Norwegian Society for Development”
(Noragric report;23, Report, 2004)The Mokolodi Wildlife Foundation (MWF) was registered in 1991 as a charitable organisation. The difference between MWF and an NGO is that the Board of Trustees appoints its own members, whilst NGO Board members are elected ... -
Helse og ernæring i Goundara (Kontela kommune)
(Noragric report;20, Report, 2004)Denne studien tar sikte på å belyse sammenhenger mellom landbruk, ernæring og helse. Den ble skrevet på oppdrag for Normisjon i forbindelse med planleggingen av et nytt utviklingsprosjekt. Selv om rapporten er skrevet ... -
Competence and capacity for agricultural development in Malawi : an overview of institutions involved in knowledge generation, training and extension in agriculture and natural resource management
(Noragric report;22, Report, 2004)This report is written with the aim of being useful reading for donors, development planners and international partners in development cooperation working in the fields of agriculture and natural resource management ... -
Teori og praksis i sosialantropologi som studiefag
(Noragric Working Paper;32, Working paper, 2004-01)The concept of knowledge has been used in anthropological analyses referring to something that both provides people with materials for reflection and premises for action. This paper discusses how social anthropology as a ... -
Technical efficiency in the spice based agroforestry sector in Matale, Sri Lanka
(Noragric Working Paper;34, Working paper, 2004-02)Spices constitute an important sub-sector of the economy of Sri Lanka. Most perennial spices are cultivated in agroforestry types of farming systems. The technical efficiency of spice based agroforestry systems was estimated ... -
Does agricultural research reduce poverty among smallholder farmers? The case of Tanzania
(Noragric Working Paper;35, Working paper, 2004-05)This article discusses poverty reducing effects of agricultural research, based on existing impact assessment studies from Tanzania. Agricultural research and extension in Tanzania has largely been a public undertaking, ... -
Hunting and Hegemony in the Highlands of Scotland: A study in the ideology of landscapes and landownership
(Noragric Working Paper;36, Working paper, 2004-09)This paper reviews and explores the role of hunting estates in the creation and propagation of an ideology of the Highland landscape in Scotland. It seeks to understand a number of thematic debates that have contributed ... -
What is the role of reductionism in agricultural technology transfers? The Green Revolution and agricultural gene technology
(Noragric Working Paper;37, Working paper, 2004-12)This paper gives special attention to the questions of how and to what extent agricultural technology introductions particularly in the South have been informed by reductionist ways of thinking. The reductionist approach ... -
Final appraisal of the Mt. Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP)
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Contribution of ‘rice culture’ to on-farm management of diversity and knowledge in Nepal
(Noragric Working Paper;38, Working paper, 2005)The paper analyses the ways ‘Nepalese rice culture’ contributes to maintaining crop landraces and knowledge. The paper discusses the importance of local practices relating to ‘rice culture’ as a case from three contrasting ... -
Opportunities for Norwegian support to agricultural development in Malawi
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Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa
(Noragric report;26, Report, 2005)Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report ... -
Review of Norwegian support to FIFAMANOR
(Noragric report;30, Report, 2005)