Browsing Doctoral theses (Noragric) by Title
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Adaptivity and rationality : the Didinga ethno-agrarian mode of adaptation
(Dr. Scient. Thesis;1992:19, Doctoral thesis, 1992) -
Agricultural intensification in a mid-hill watershed of Nepal : socio-economic and environmental implications
(PhD Thesis;2010:39, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Agricultural intensification is unavoidable due to the food requirements of a growing population, market availability and access to agro-products, and limited productive agricultural areas in Nepal. A shift from cultivating ... -
Agricultural investments for development in Tanzania: reconciling actors, strategies and logics?
(PhD Thesis;2017:63, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Agricultural investments carry opportunities and risks for smallholders, rural communities, and the environment. This thesis investigates the potentials and limitations of smallholder-inclusive agricultural investments in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Bringing the workers' rights back in? : the discourse and politics of fortifying core labour standards through a labour-trade linkage
(PhD Thesis;2011:16, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Throughout the 1990s the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) conducted a campaign to convince states to institute a linkage between the international labour and trade regimes (also dubbed a social ... -
Changing seascapes : local adaptation processes in Belizean fishing communities
(PhD Thesis;2015:64, Doctoral thesis, 2015)This thesis analyses how contextual social, economic and political conditions interact and influence adaptation to coastal change, through an in-depth focus on two Belizean fishing communities. Belize is considered to be ... -
Communities and conservation in West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania : participation, costs and benefits
(PhD Thesis;2015:45, Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-11)This thesis contributes to the current debate on how to balance conservation and development objectives. The extent of land under protection globally has increased enormously over the last 30 years, and there are still ... -
A comparative analysis of the processes, costs and impacts of REDD+ : findings from pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania
(PhD Thesis;2019:27, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis is a comparative study that examines how the policy of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was implemented in three pilot sites located in Kilosa and Kondoa districts in Tanzania ... -
Conflicting knowledges, competing worldviews : Norwegian governance of Sámi reindeer husbandry in West Finnmark, Norway
(PhD Thesis;2018:87, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis contributes to the field of political ecology by presenting an empirically driven analysis of the power dynamics between the state and Sámi reindeer herders and the knowledge systems that inform the governance ... -
Contentious forests : from global climate change policies to Bolivian forest communities
(PhD Thesis;2019:69, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This dissertation sets out to critically examine contestations over the governance of forest areas across scales, ranging from global climate change policies and national strategic projects to local forest communities in ... -
Contesting conservation and development : quilombolas struggling for rights and resources in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil
(PhD Thesis;2016:17, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-06)This thesis sets out to explore how quilombolas, Afro-Brazilians descending from slaves, have responded to top-down conservation and development projects, and investigates different impediments to the realisation of ... -
Development in a changing climate : local impacts of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Attappady, Kerala
(PhD Thesis;2015:55, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)The thesis analyses the role of one of India’s central social security schemes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in the context of climate change adaptation. A conceptual exploration ... -
Development in crisis : livelihoods and social complexities in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
(PhD Thesis;2015:95, Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-26)Global socio-economic development strategies, fast communication systems, and natural and manmade disasters have put constructed social and cultural notions of developing societies into continuous processes of change. ... -
Dissonance in development : foreign aid and state formation in Malawi
(PhD Thesis;2011:49, Doctoral thesis, 2011)The thesis focuses on certain characteristics of the state and of state formation in Malawi, with particular emphasis on the effects of development aid. The methodological and theoretical approach draws primarily on social ... -
Effects of civil war on maternal and child health care in sub-Saharan Africa
(PhD Thesis;2014:48, Doctoral thesis, 2014)The aim of this thesis is to investigate an issue of great concern in developing countries: the impacts of civil conflict on access to and use of health maternal and child health care services, in sub-Saharan Africa. In ... -
Exploring gendered dimensions of ownership, access and use of land-based resources in post crisis Swat, Pakistan
(PhD Thesis;2016:27, Doctoral thesis, 2017-07-05)Gendered dimensions of ownership, access and use of land-based resources in rural economies in Pakistan are still negotiable and under-researched. Not only is land ownership highly gendered, but also it is underpinned by ... -
Gendered living and responding to pastoral stressors in Borana, southern Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis; 2019:34, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis examines major stressors affecting pastoral production and the impacts of these stressors on different social groups, particularly on women in Borana, southern Ethiopia. The main objective is to understand the ... -
Governing the jungle : REDD+ and forest governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo : an analysis of drivers, tenure, gender and participation
(PhD Thesis;2017:66, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis focuses on forest governance and the establishment of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) pilot projects in the Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ... -
How not to cut down a tree : a comparative study of forest policies, livelihoods and land use in Vietnam
(PhD Thesis;2017:11, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis focuses on the role of forests and forest management in providing global environmental and climate services. The study analyzes multiple dimensions of forest-sector policy development, with a special focus on ...