Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Synnevåg, Gry"
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A gendered perspective on fish value chain, livelihoods patterns and coping strategies under climate change - insights from Malawi small-scale fisheries
Limuwa, Moses Majid; Synnevåg, Gry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Adaptation de l'Agriculture et de l'Élevage au Changement Climatique au Mali: Résultats et leçons apprises au Sahel
N’Diaye, Ibrahima; Aune, Jens Bernt; Synnevåg, Gry; Yossi, Harouna; Hamadoun, Abdoulaye (Non-fiction monograph, 2020) -
Adaptation de l’Agriculture et de l’Élevage au Changement Climatique au Mali: Résultats et leçons apprises au Sahel
N’Diaye, Ibrahima; Aune, Jens Bernt; Synnevåg, Gry; Yossi, Harouna; Hamadoun, Abdoulaye (Book; Peer reviewed, 2020)Préface : Le défi pour l’agriculture du Mali est d’avoir la capacité d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle de la population malienne gage de paix sociale et de développement durable dans un contexte de ... -
Adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) among female smallholders farmers in Malawi
Pola Kitsao, Edith Zighe (Master thesis, 2016)Climate change has affected and affected many countries leading to food insecurity. As results, a number of coping and mitigation strategies have been advocated developed. The purpose of this study was to find out the ... -
An assesment of women empowerment among female lead farmers : case of Dowa district,in Malawi
Malunga, Patience (Master thesis, 2018)Women empowerment in agriculture is of great significance to the development discourse. Gender is an important aspect in agricultural research and in rural development. Thus, this research edifies to knowledge as it examines ... -
Between the sun and fish are people : a socio-economic study of solar dryers for fish processing in Malawi
Kayamba-Phiri, Fundi Wandisunga (Master thesis, 2018)This study examined how the usage of solar tent dryers had improved the livelihoods of fish processors in Chipala and Vinthenga villages in Nkhotakota, Malawi. The study used the sustainable livelihoods framework to analyse ... -
A case study of violent conflict and its impact on food availability in Borno state, Nigeria
Ikemefuna, Chinonyerem Sarah (Master thesis, 2022)A major reason for hunger in developing countries is conflict. The paper addresses the link between food availability and conflict. Nigeria is currently experiencing violent conflict; the last decade has seen a rise in ... -
Climate-Smart Agriculture : Possible Roles of Agricultural Universities in a Strengthened Norwegian Climate Change Engagement in Africa
Synnevåg, Gry; Lambrou, Jayne (Noragric report;64, Report, 2012) -
Contribution of ‘rice culture’ to on-farm management of diversity and knowledge in Nepal
Rijal, Deepak; Synnevåg, Gry (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 ... -
Environmental conservation and restoration : an assessement of the impact of bio-intensive agriculture in enhancing capacity of small holders farmers in Meru, Kenya to improve food security
Kiaira, Ann Mukiri (Master thesis, 2016)Bio- Intensive Agriculture (BIA) is a type of organic agriculture which aims at obtaining highest yields from small pieces of land and ensures increased biodiversity. For BIA to achieve its objectives, that is maintaining ... -
Food aid in protracted crisis : the humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin
Kjeldsberg, Sare Marie Hovland (Master thesis, 2017)Recent findings suggest the world is becoming less peaceful. We are now experiencing more violent conflicts and consequently, more humanitarian suffering. Over the last decades, an increasing number of conflicts have been ... -
Gender and security : Afghan rural women's participation in local conflict resolution
Kristensen, Karoline Tørholen (Master thesis, 2016)Afghan women have traditionally been excluded from the public sphere, but have recently emerged as a political and social force, as their participation in civic and political arenas is increasing. Most importantly, their ... -
Gendered agricultural development through climatesmart agriculture : analysis of its effects on Ethiopian women smallholders
Abede, Meseret Tsige (PhD thesis;2020:22, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) could provide opportunities for farmers to increase production and income by developing their resilience to climate change impacts. Successful adoption of CSA necessitates addressing ... -
Gendered constraints for adopting climate-smart agriculture amongst smallholder Ethiopian women farmers
Abebe, Meseret Tsige; Synnevåg, Gry; Aune, Jens Bernt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Although Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can offer economic and food security opportunities for women farmers, success in the uptake of these technologies is contested by gendered constraints. Previous studies that use the ... -
How can social protection programmers or social safety nets contribute to strengthening small-scale farmers’ resilience to food insecurity : an analysis of households in rural Malawi
Kandira, Privilege (Master thesis, 2021)Small-scale farmers are essential players in achieving food and nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods for the world. 84% of the worlds’ estimated 608 million farms are small-scale farms (family farms), operating ... -
How have NGOs reacted and adapted to the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan?
Faarup, Julie Trentemøller (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis explores how NGOs have reacted and adapted to the recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan on the 15th of August 2021, and how the impact of the changing relationships between the international NGOs, the national ... -
Inclusivity in the classroom : an exploration of education development in Afghanistan
Solheim, Isabella Shahnaz (Master thesis, 2020)Through the examination of Afghanistan’s fragility and insecurity, discriminations of gender, disabilities and language and the interventions of the international community throughout the last forty years, the research in ... -
Intensification of sorghum production in flood recession agriculture in Yelimane, Western Mali
Traore, Kalifa; Traore, Bouya; Synnevåg, Gry; Aune, Jens Bernt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Lessons learned form the context of state-building in Afghanistan
Simensen, Sigrid Asegg (Master thesis, 2018)State-building is a popular approach to help states out of state weakness and state failure. Yet, state-building efforts have a long way to go to achieve desirable results. Reasons for inadequate state-building success ... -
Make yourself at home : makerspaces as a tool for resettlement and reconstruction in conflict-affected settings
Horton, Ashley Rose (Master thesis, 2022)Millions of people worldwide have had their lives upended by violent conflict. In the last decade, the number of people forcibly displaced by conflict has doubled, reaching current heights of more than eighty million. Once ...