Noragric working paper (Landsam)
Collection started 1993 at Noragric
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Irrigation Management, Institutions and Local Livelihood Adaptation on Usangu Plains, Tanzania
(Noragric Working Papers;49, Working paper, 2014-10)This paper studies the evolution of irrigation water management in Usangu Plains and evaluates present irrigation schemes using Ostrom’s design principles for long-enduring common pool resources (CPR) and their influence ... -
“Something that the NGOs do”? Notes on participation and governance in the environment and development policy field
(Noragric Working Papers;50, Working paper, 2017-02) -
Religion, Prestige and Windows of Opportunity? (Qatari peace-making and foreign policy engagement)
(Noragric Working Papers;48, Working paper, 2013-10) -
Stakeholder Analysis, Natural Resource Management and Governance – Comparing approaches
(Noragric Working Papers;51, Working paper, 2020-09) -
Step by step! Livelihoods, Social Institutions and Treadle Pump Adoption, Kasungu District, Malawi
(Noragric Working Papers;34, Working paper, 2008-02)Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world, and looks for ways to increase land productivity in agriculture. In a case study from Kasungu District, Malawi, this study investigates introduction of treadle pumps among ... -
To co-operate or not to co-operate? A study of Collaborative Management Planning in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda
(Noragric Working Papers;46, Working paper, 2008-11)This paper addresses challenges of collaborative resource management around Mt. Elgon National Park in Uganda, investigated through household and community level surveys conducted in 2002. In an initial situation of strong ... -
Exploring Nature, Wealth and Power Issues in Agriculture and Resource Management: A Case Study on the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, Northern Pakistan
(Noragric Working Paper;39, Working paper, 2005-09)The Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) works in the Northern Areas and Chitral (NAC) regions of Pakistan where it specifically addresses the needs of the poorer rural population through a focus on poverty reduction and ... -
Contribution of ‘rice culture’ to on-farm management of diversity and knowledge in Nepal
(Noragric Working Paper;38, Working paper, 2005)The paper analyses the ways ‘Nepalese rice culture’ contributes to maintaining crop landraces and knowledge. The paper discusses the importance of local practices relating to ‘rice culture’ as a case from three contrasting ... -
Pedagogy of the Powerful: Engaging Critically with The New Transnational Development Advocacy
(Noragric Working Papers;45, Working paper, 2008-08)Arguably, major obstacles to poverty reduction, dignity and security for the world’s poor and oppressed sit in the Global North; in the way through which Northern governments, corporations and – ultimately – citizenries ... -
Formation and Change of Property Regimes: The Case of Reindeer in Norway
(Noragric Working Papers;41, Working paper, 2007-07)This study forwards a social approach to property regimes; to sets of rules created to access, use, control and manage a resource, in this case reindeer in Norway. As such, it begins with people and their often differing ... -
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Case of Zambia’s Refusal to Accept American Food Aid
(Noragric Working Papers;42, Working paper, 2007-07)Consider food. What it is? At its most basic, it is something we collect and consume to survive. It can be very simple – a grain, a tuber, or an animal. Often, however, food is quite complex. One reason for this complexity ... -
Conflict, Corruption, Perception, Remedies (The role of the United Nations in War Economies)
(Noragric Working Papers;47, Working paper, 2012-08) -
Norwegian commons: a brief account of history, status and challenges
(Noragric Working Papers;40, Report, 2007-03) -
From Forest Reserve to National Park: Change in Legal Status and impacts on Livelihoods and Biodiversity Resources, Mt. Elgon, Uganda
(Noragric Working Papers;44, Working paper, 2008-06)Mount Elgon forest was gazetted under the Forest Department from 1938. The status was changed to a National Park in 1993. Its management was transferred to the wildlife authorities. We assess impacts of the change in legal ... -
What is the role of reductionism in agricultural technology transfers? The Green Revolution and agricultural gene technology
(Noragric Working Paper;37, Working paper, 2004-12)This paper gives special attention to the questions of how and to what extent agricultural technology introductions particularly in the South have been informed by reductionist ways of thinking. The reductionist approach ... -
Use of compromise programming technique in solving multiple criteria decision making farm planning models
(Noragric Working Papers;8, Working paper, 1995-09) -
The ugly duckling in the international agricultural research pond: the role of social anthropology in research for increased agricultural productivity
(Noragric Working Papers;10, Working paper, 1996-06) -
Harnessing the sacred beast: introducing ox-cultivation to the pastoral Toposa, Southern Sudan
(Noragric Working Papers;9, Working paper, 1996-02) -
Does agricultural research reduce poverty among smallholder farmers? The case of Tanzania
(Noragric Working Paper;35, Working paper, 2004-05)This article discusses poverty reducing effects of agricultural research, based on existing impact assessment studies from Tanzania. Agricultural research and extension in Tanzania has largely been a public undertaking, ... -
Hunting and Hegemony in the Highlands of Scotland: A study in the ideology of landscapes and landownership
(Noragric Working Paper;36, Working paper, 2004-09)This paper reviews and explores the role of hunting estates in the creation and propagation of an ideology of the Highland landscape in Scotland. It seeks to understand a number of thematic debates that have contributed ...
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