Browsing Faculty of Biosciences (BioVit) by Author "Westengen, Ola"

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

Keene, Natalie Louise (Master thesis, 2018)

The localised efficacy of the original seeds clubs of Southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has been harnessed by the inclusion of many of these clubs into several stages of programming. Participatory rice breeding (PRB) over ...
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, ...