Browsing Master's theses (Noragric) by Title
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Combining basic and maximum income for social and ecological sustainability
(Master thesis, 2019)The current growth-addicted economic system is neither socially, nor ecologically sustainable. Inequalities are rising worldwide, while the conditions necessary to support seven to ten billion people on planet Earth are ... -
Communicating Intelligence : a case study of intelligence as a device in political communication, based on US - Russian discourse over the Syrian civil war
(Master thesis, 2015-06-02)This thesis examines how intelligence works as an element in international politics and diplomacy, and how it affects outcomes in state-actor conflicts in the international system. By looking at the discourse between Russia ... -
Communitarianism vs Cosmopolitanism? Refugee and asylum policy of the Conservative "blue-blue" government
(Master thesis, 2015-07-28)This master thesis explores the national and international influence in formulation of refugee and asylum policy of the Conservative government that gained political power in 2013, by giving attention to the policies of ... -
Community vulnerability to climate change and local coping mechanism
(Master thesis, 2013-09-23)Community Vulnerabilities to climate change and local coping mechanisms at Ramshikharjhala VDC of Kailai J.B.Shahi The Ramshikharjhala VDC is located in the Kailali district of the far western Nepal. Total area of this ... -
A comparative study of waste management in EU and non-EU country capitals : Zagreb (Croatia) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
(Master thesis, 2019)This study is an analysis of current household waste management in the capital of Croatia – Zagreb, and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo. It is a comparative study which examines the differences between the ... -
Comparing CRC compliance : the Committee on the Rights of the Child periodic reviews of Norway and Russia
(Master thesis, 2015-07-31)A comparative analysis of the Committee on the Rights of the Child fourth periodic reviews of Norway and the combined third and fourth periodic review of Russia. Content analysis was used as a tool for the treatment of the ... -
Comparison of solid waste management between Oslo (Norway) and Lahore (Pakistan)
(Master thesis, 2014-02-19)The research is devised on two themes as; describe and compare solid waste management practices in Lahore (Pakistan) and Oslo (Norway). Solid Waste Management (SWM) is an important technique in the present times which ... -
Conceptualizing the state within : Norway, the Nobel Committee and the Nobel Peace Prize
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Conflict and the crises in Somalia
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis explores causes of the conflict in Somalia, a country that has experienced highly catastrophic conflict and continues to be in perpetual state of violent conflicts since 1991 its central state has collapsed. ... -
Conflict-related sexual violence : the United Nations' response and programmes
(Master thesis, 2020)Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is a byproduct and tactic of war that has destructive effects on its victims, societies, and international, regional and national peace and security. The United Nations, as the world’s ... -
Confronting the resource curse in a new oil nation : exploring the role of Norway's Oil for Development program in South Sudan
(Master thesis, 2014-11-03)South Sudan is the world’s youngest nation, gaining its independence from Northern Sudan in 2011. Independence was preceded by two phases of civil wars, which combined lasted for almost four decades. At independence, 75 ... -
Conservation through intensification : adoption of agricultural technologies introduced by a REDD project in Kondoa, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2019)One of nine REDD pilot projects was implemented in Kondoa District. This pilot project had been managed by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) from 2010 to 2014. The aim of the project was to achieve strict forest ... -
'Context': a case for common sense : reflections on constructing a wetland system in rural Rajasthan, India
(Master thesis, 2015-03-16)I spent several months with an organisation in rural Rajasthan, India addressing the topic of sanitation, which resulted in the construction of a wetland system. These are reflections on the process. Throughout this ... -
The contribution of Zoomlion toward management of solid waste and as a means of creating employment for the youth. a case study in the Sunyani Municipality, Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2011-10-12)The study examined the contribution of Zoomlion towards management of solid waste and as means of creating employment in the Sunyani municipality in the Brong Ahafo region, in the southern part of Ghana. A total of one ... -
Converting citizens into foreigners : ruling 168/13 by the Dominican Republic's constitutional tribunal and its effects on the Dominican population of Haitian descent
(Master thesis, 2016-08-11)This thesis focuses on Ruling 168/13 by the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal. The ruling denies citizenship to children born to irregular migrants in the Dominican Republic, and allows for the retroactive revocation of ... -
Converting to organic farming and implementing conservation agriculture techniques in the plains of Limagne : an analysis of farmers' trajectory
(Master thesis, 2019)The change of western countries’ agricultural models is an increasingly needed endeavor. Alternatives to conventional farming practices exist, but only a few farmers have been able to bring about structural change in their ... -
Copper immobilization in contaminated vineyard soils using biochar : an investigation of the effects of pH and DOC
(Master thesis, 2016-02-18)Decades of copper-based fungicide application to vineyard soils has resulted in elevated soil-Cu concentrations observed in wine producing regions globally. While grapevines, and the wine itself, do not inherit abnormal ... -
Corporate social responsibility of commercial banks in Nepal : manager's perception and bank's performance
(Master thesis, 2013-09-06)This study explores manager ́s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) perceptions in commercial banks of Nepal, examines bank ́s actual CSR performances in the fiscal year 2011/12 and shows the association between manager ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility on the verge of becoming an institutionalized norm? Case study : The Varner-Group's CSR work in India
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)The purpose of this thesis is to illuminate the importance of researching Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in International Relations (IR), through a social constructivist perspective. This is a two-folded study. ... -
Corruption and its impact on Norwegian-Russian relations
(Master thesis, 2015-11-02)This thesis studies corruption in an unconventional manner addressing the impact of corruption on Norwegian-Russian relations. In the thesis I pose the following three research questions: Does corruption affect ...