Browsing Doctoral theses (Noragric) by Title
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Navigating the landscapes of 'green' : policies, discourses and institutionalizations of the green economy in the Global South
(PhD thesis;2019:58, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis discusses policies, discourses and institutionalizations of the green economy in the Global South, and analyzes how the green economy is being implemented in the Global South particularly through the case of ... -
Pastoral transformation : Shifta-war, livelihood, and gender perspectives among the Waso Borana in Northern Kenya
(PhD Thesis;2010:44, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This thesis is concerned with the analysis of external and internal drivers of pastoral transformation (i.e. conflicts), their long-term impact on the pastoral livelihood, and community response mechanisms. The thesis ... -
Pesticide use in Nepal : health effects and economic costs for farmers in the central mid-hills
(PhD Thesis;2013:20, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The thesis evaluates the negative effect that intensive agriculture brings, particularly in terms of the effect of pesticide use on human and on the environment, and the associated economic cost. Vegetable production is ... -
Politics and property rights regimes in land in Arsi Negele and Hetossa, South-Central Oromia, Ethiopia: Late 1880s-2006
(PhD Thesis;2010:38, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This study explores the role of politics in shaping changes and continuities in property rights regimes in rural land in Arsi Negele and Hetossa Districts (Woreda) in South-Central Oromia, Ethiopia, in historical perspective. ... -
Poverty and governance in post-1991 Ethiopia : a political-economy study
(PhD Thesis;2018:56, Doctoral thesis, 2018)In the post-1991 period, Ethiopia has committed itself to breaking the vicious cycle of poverty through various poverty reduction strategies. Although there have been remarkable achievements, poverty remains an obstacle ... -
Protected areas and people in Uganda : costs, benefits, livelihoods and narratives around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(PhD Thesis;2012:33, Doctoral thesis, 2012)This thesis contributes to a current debate on how to balance conservation and development goals. Globally, land set aside for the protection of biodiversity has increased exponentially over the last 30 years. Despite ... -
Punching above their weight : Nigerian trade unions in the political economy of oil
(PhD Thesis;2017:64, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The purpose of this thesis is to explore trade union agency and its limits in an African country that is highly dependent on oil. The overall research question is: What are the opportunities and constraints to trade union ... -
Reproducing vulnerability through climate change adaptation? : policy processes, local power relations and food insecurity in North-Western Nepal
(PhD Thesis;2016:14, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)This dissertation examines the role of politics in driving vulnerability in rural households in western Nepal. More specifically, based on empirical data collected through extensive fieldwork in four villages in the district ... -
Small scale fishing communities’ perceptions of climate change and its impact on livelihoods, gender roles and adaptive capacity : a case of Lake Malawi
(PhD Thesis;2019:16, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Fisheries remain a major livelihood for many Malawians despite continued low fish catches negatively impacting households, which depend on this resource. The main objective of this thesis is to reduce the current lack of ... -
The dynamics of the ancient tula wells cultural landscape : environmental and social history, ca. 1560 to the present
(PhD Thesis;2010:45, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This thesis on the dynamics of ancient tula wells cultural landscape is an attempt to integrate Environmental and Social History. The thesis advances knowledge on ancient water systems, of which past recorded knowledge is ... -
The effects of social-ecological changes on the livelihoods of fishing communities in Mafia Island, Tanzania
(PhD Thesis;2016:85, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Changes in social-ecological systems (SESs) may originate in natural environmental processes, conservation interventions, or from the introduction of new economic policies or other social, cultural or political processes. ... -
Yours today, mine tomorrow? : a study of women and men’s negotiations over resources in Baltistan, Pakistan
(Noragric PhD Dissertation;1, Doctoral thesis, 2002)How people manage their resources in order to sustain a living is a topic of central importance both to those working to improve the lives of the women and men of the mountain communities of the Himalayas, and those ...