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Agricultural stakeholders' understanding of declining soil quality in southeast Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)There has been declining soil quality in southeast Norway in the later years. This master’s thesis explored agricultural stakeholders’ understanding of causes and potential solutions to the problem and factors supporting ... -
Agricultural transformation through Climate-smart agriculture : a study on power relations in the climate-smart villages of Hoima District, Uganda
(Master thesis, 2019)Adaptation in a technical form and meaning is no longer enough if world populations are to be able to live with, reduce and withstand the impacts of climate change (Pelling, 2011). Various approaches to adaptation, such ... -
Agriculture in the time of HIV/Aids : a report on the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa prepared for Norad
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Agriculture intensification in Nepal : changes in socio-economic conditions and intensification indicators in Anshi Khola watershed
(Master thesis, 2017)This study deals with the changes in socio-economic conditions, intensification indicators and its impact on the agricultural income of farmers in a decade time in Ansikhola watershed of Nepal. Both quantitative and ... -
Agriculture, livelihoods and climate change in Bosnia and Herzegovina : impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Bosnia and Herzegovina is still recovering from the shocks caused by armed conflict during the nineties, while being faced with a long and difficult path of institutional and economic reforms of transition from central to ... -
AgriPV i Ås – en modellbasert simulering av energiproduksjon og plantevekst
(Master thesis, 2023)Agricultural photovoltaics (agriPV) er et konsept som kombinerer solenergiproduksjon med landbruk for å optimalisere arealbruken og øke ressurseffektiviteten. I et agriPV-system kan solenergi produseres, samtidig som ... -
Agro-investment in Africa : impact on land and livelihoods in Mozambique and Tanzania
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Agroecological Education Initiatives for the Construction of Food Sovereign and Politicized Communities: A Case Study of Brazil and the US
(Master thesis, 2020)The following work is a reflection on the design and implementation of the Bay Area Farmer Training program (BAFT) located in California USA and SERTA’s Agroecology training program located in Pernambuco Brazil, both of ... -
Agroecological farming impacts on livelihoods improvement to inform county government on enactment of agroecology policy : case study of Kiambu County, Central Kenya
(Master thesis, 2022)The basis for the recognition, adoption and provision of an agroecology legal framework relies on the capacity of the existing agroecological systems to provide enough evidence on their effectiveness. Policymaking in Kenya ... -
Agroecological practice : the relevance of permaculture-based land-design for sustainability and resilience on the farm : a case study in Gopta village, West Bengal, India
(Master thesis, 2021)Intensive agriculture does not only adversely affect farmland biodiversity but also causes rapid environmental degradation. Harmful chemicals involved in such high-yielding industrial agriculture have led to consumers’ and ... -
Agroecological practices in a context of climate change in Africa
(Master thesis, 2015-11-06)Climate change effects are already being felt across Africa. Global warming, increasing rainfall variability and extreme events multiplication accentuate the risks for peasants who often already have to deal with natural ... -
Agroecological service crop termination with a roller-crimper in organic vegetable systems : a good alternative to conventional soil tillage?
(Master thesis, 2017)Weed control and soil fertility are the two-main issues of organic production systems, especially in vegetable systems which are characterized by intensive soil tillage and irrigation, often using plastic mulches. ... -
Agroecological Transition of farmer collectives in the Pilat Natural Regional Park
(Master thesis, 2019)As our contemporary intensive agricultural models readily approach the biophysical boundaries of the Earth system, social and technical innovations are inevitably required to meet future food demand. Agroecology can be a ... -
Agroecology education : former students' reflections on transferability of tools, skills and knowledge in sustainable development
(Master thesis, 2013-03-22)A change in the common education strategy is vital for securing an environmentally, economically, and socially viable future for the food system. This is a case study of how concepts within the education for sustainable ... -
Agroecology on the ground in Telangana, India
(Master thesis, 2016-07-26)The emerging science of agroecology requires frameworks for its conduction. This two-part thesis first documents the ecological initiatives of the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) in Telangana, India and then uses ... -
Agroforestry coffee production in Northern Thailand : livelihood system transformation and institutional changes
(Master thesis, 2017)Coffee production in Northern Thailand is now growing. There is an interesting historical background of the hill tribe famers, opium production, slash and burn practices, as well as the state effort to empower the hill ... -
The agronomic and environmental effects of biochar under field conditions in Norway
(PhD Thesis;2021:84, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Biochar is emerging as a promising solution for increasing carbon in soil, improving the fertility of selected soils, and mitigating N2O emissions from agricultural soils. In Norway, biochar is high on the agenda of potential ... -
Agronomic potential of indigenous phosphate rocks as a phosphorus fertilizer in Zambia - Interim report
(Report, 1990-03)One of the major problems that has inhibited the development of economically successful agriculture in many areas of the tropics is the poor soil fertility for crop production (Chien & Hammond, 1988). Many tropical regions ... -
Agronomic technologies in maize and their adoption and diffusion in semi-arid central Rift Valley Ethiopia : agronomic and economic analyses
(PhD Thesis;2016:12, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)This thesis evaluates the agronomic and economic responses to agricultural technologies in maize, identifies the agronomic technologies reaching farmers, and assesses their adoption and diffusion. The thesis consists of ... -
Agronomiske konsekvenser av ensidig korndyrking - Vekstfølgeproblem
(Research report, 1984-01)Vekstfølge har betydning både for planteproduksjonen og husdyrproduksjonen. I en ensidig planteproduksjon kan det bli virkninger som går ut over kulturplantenes konkurranseevne. Ugras, sykdommer og skadedyr er skadegjørere ...