Browsing Brage NMBU by Author "Westengen, Ola"

Against the grain? A historical institutional analysis of access governance of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Ethiopia

Mulesa, Teshome Hunduma; Westengen, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

Farmers' and breeders' access to a genetic diversity isessential for food system sustainability. The implementationof international agreements regulating access to plantgenetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) ...

Agroforestry coffee production in Northern Thailand : livelihood system transformation and institutional changes

Sugiyama, Marina (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 ...

Assesing sustainability of tourism development on Tioman Island, Malaysia

Zeighami, Atefeh (Master thesis, 2019)

Coral reefs are highly diverse and productive ecosystems found in tropical oceans. Tioman Island on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia is blessed with beautiful and diverse coral reef. In 1994, Tioman was announced as ...

Beyond blanket solutions : examining the potential of community seed banks to improve maize seed security in Northern Malawi

Vansant, Emilie (Master thesis, 2019)

In Malawi, maize seeds are a sociopolitical currency and the Malawian government’s primary tool for addressing severe and chronic food and seed insecurity. The large-scale government and donor-sponsored seed subsidy program ...

Biocultural diversity of sorghum in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Wendmu, Tsedal Asres (PhD Thesis;2024:67, Doctoral thesis, 2024)

Food security is a pressing concern in the context of global climate change, natural disasters, conflict, and the growing demand for food in developing countries. Agrobiodiversity underpins farmers' food security. The ...

Brexit, beef, and beans : a sustainable food-system approach for the UK

Holmes, Emily Jayne (Master thesis, 2018)

Humans have become the leading cause of planetary changes, threatening the very earth systems that life depends on. Scientists have identified the global food-system as pivotal in both causing and addressing environmental ...

A climate for commerce: the political agronomy of conservation agriculture in Zambia

Westengen, Ola; Nyanga, Progress Hanzwida; Chibamba, Douty; Guillen-Royo, Monica; Banik, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)

The promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is subject to ongoing scholarly and public debate regarding the evidence-base and the agenda-setting power of involved stakeholders. We ...

Discursive power in the global political economy of agriculture and food: the case of the Bayer-Monsanto merger

Rechsteiner, Martin (Master thesis, 2022)

Several mergers of big and powerful companies have led to a concentration in the global seed and agrochemical market to currently four big players. Public concerns about consequences for food security, the environment, or ...

Farmers’ Rights and Digital Sequence Information: Crisis or Opportunity to Reclaim Stewardship Over Agrobiodiversity?

Wynberg, Rachel; Andersen, Regine; Laird, Sarah; Kusena, Kudzai; Prip, Christian; Westengen, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Contestations about the way in which digital sequence information is used and regulated have created stumbling blocks across multiple international policy processes. Such schisms have profound implications for the way in ...

Food systems transformation : corporations and concentration in the Norwegian food system

Brännström, Emelie Paulina Norén (Bachelor thesis, 2023)

For the love of nature : outdoor recreation and greenhouse gas emissions in Norway

Aritza, Alaitz (Master thesis, 2021)

The environmental impacts of leisure consumption have emerged as key factors that must be addressed in order to meet climate targets agreed upon by most nations. Outdoor recreation is a popular leisure activity which is ...

From genebanks to farmers : a study of approaches to introduce genebank material to farmers’ seed systems

Westengen, Ola; Hunduma, Teshome; Skarbø, Kristine (Noragric report;80, Report, 2017)

From Policy Promises to Result through Innovation in African Agriculture?

Haug, Ruth; Nchimbi-Msolla, Susan; Murage, Alice; Moeletsi, Mokhele; Magalasi, Mufunanji; Mutimura, Mupenzi; Hundessa, Feyisa; Cacchiarelli, Luca; Westengen, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Gender-inclusive transformational change in Mekong Delta seed clubs : women’s participation informed by agroecology

Keene, Natalie Louise (Master thesis, 2018)

Governing Seeds in East Africa in the Face of Climate Change: Assessing Political and Social Outcomes

Westengen, Ola; Haug, Ruth; Guthiga, Paul; Macharia, Eric (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

Climate change is already negatively affecting Sub Saharan African agriculture. One of the most effective ways to adapt on farm is to switch crop varieties. This technological change depends on the policies and institutions ...

Households' seed security level in the aftermath of earthquake : a case study from the village Pawati-8 one year after the earthquake, 25th April 2015

Bhujel, Nawaraj (Master thesis, 2016-11-21)

Despite the report of wide spread damage of seed system by the earthquake in after 25th April 2015, the seed security studies in pro-earthquake context (aftermath of earthquake) has been missed in several rural villages ...