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RESEARCH at NORAGRIC

• N. ShanmugaratnamHead of Research

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Main principles of research activities
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Interdisciplinary
• Institutional collaboration with partners in the
  South, E. Europe and the North
• Linked to capacity building
• Noragrics PhD programme an integral and
  important component
• Masters students research
• Publications Refereed journals scientific
  monographs anthologies
• Popularisation Participation in public debates

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Broad Thematic Areas
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• I Environmental Governance, Resource Rights
  Livelihoods (15) 
• II Conflict, Peace Development (9) 
• III Agricultural Development, Conservation
  Environment (8) 
• IV Climate Change and Development Adaptation
  Mitigation (3) 
• V Globalisation, Trade and Development (1) 
• VI Foreign Aid and Development (1)

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I Environmental Governance, Resource Rights
Livelihoods
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Environmental Governance Protected Areas
  (ENGOPA). A cluster of three projects and several
  PhD projectsTitle Protected Areas and Poverty
  in Africa (PAPIA) Uganda and Tanzania
  (2008-2012).Partners Noragric - Norwegian
  Institute for Nature Research (NINA) - Faculty of
  Forestry Nature Conservation, Makerere
  UniversityNoragric contact Prof. Paul
  VedeldTitle The Political Ecology of Wildlife
  and Forest Governance in Tanzania.Partners
  Noragric - Norwegian Institute for Nature
  Research (NINA) - Sokoine University of
  Agriculture (SUA) - Institute of Resource
  Assessment (IRA), University of Dar-es-Salaam,
  TanzaniaNoragric contact Prof. Tor A.
  BenjaminsenTitle Conservation of Biodiversity
  and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in
  India.Partners Noragric - Ashoka Trust for
  Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
  Bangalore, India. Noragric contact Prof.  B.
  Sitaula

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--------PhD research-------
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Actors and Discourses Conflicting claims
  to the Dukuduku Forest, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South
  Africa (2007-2011).Contact Frode
  Sundnes  Title Conflicts and Decentralized
  Forest Management in Ethiopia (2004-2009).Partner
  s Noragric Wondo Genet College of Forestry,
  EthiopiaContact Abebe Seifu Welde
  Tsadik.Title Social-Ecological Changes
  Affecting the Livelihoods of Fishing Communities
  in the Current Phase of Globalisation A case
  study from Mafia island, Tanzania. (2008
  2011)Partners Noragric - University of
  Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaContact Victoria
  MoshyTitle The Effects of Increased Fishing
  Pressure on the Ecological Resilience of Targeted
  Groupers (Serranidae) and the Livelihoods of
  Fishing Families in Mafia island, Tanzania. (2008
  2011)Partners Noragric - University of
  Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaContact Lydia Gaspare

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title The Transformation of Waso Boran Pastoral
  Production Crisis and Recovery An assessment
  of gender roles, land rights and poverty
  alleviation (2007-2010).Contact Zeinabu Khalif
  Title Social-Environmental History of Ancient
  Tula Wells in Borana, Southern Ethiopia
  18th-21st Century. (2006 2010).Partners
  Noragric - University of Hawassa,
  EthiopiaContact Waktole Tiki UmaTitle Can a
  Combination of Policy Instruments Increase the
  Effectiveness and Public acceptability of
  Environmental Policies in Norway. (2008-2011)
  Partners Noragric - CiceroContact Marianne
  Aasen Title Perceptions of Landscape Changes
  Among Stock Farmers in Namaqualand, South Africa
  (2004-2011).Partners Noragric - Programme for
  Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of
  Western Cape, South AfricaContact Eirin
  Hongslo

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title The political ecology of conservation of
  the mountain Gorilla at Bwindi Impenetrable
  National Park, Uganda. (2007 2011). Partners
  Noragric Makerere University Contact David
  Mwesigye Tumusiime
• Title Institutional analysis of transboundary
  biodiversity management Protected areas on Mt.
  Elgon, Uganda and Kenya. (2006 2010).Partners
  Noragric Icelandic Forest Research Contact
  Jon Geir Petursson
• Title Participatory aspects of Enduimet
  Wildlife Management Area and Kilimanjaro National
  Park in villages on the western slopes of Mount
  Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2009 - 2012).Partners
  Noragric Sokoine University of Agriculture,
  Tanzania Contact Sayuni Mariki
• Title Opportunities and challenges of linking
  forest conservation and livelihoods in community
  based forest management The case of Duru-
  Haitemba Forest Reserve (2009 - 2012).Partners
  Noragric - Sokoine University of Agriculture,
  Tanzania Contact Joseph Perfect Mrema

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II Conflict, Peace Development
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Post-war Livelihood and Environmental
  Studies (2008-2012). The NUCOOP project Southern
  Sudan.Partners Noragric - Juba University,
  Sudan - Upper Nile University, SudanNoragric
  contact Dr Trygve Berg
• Title Resettlement of Returnees, Resource
  Conflicts and Livelihood Building in South Sudan
  An assessment of the institutions and their
  capacities at the local level in Eastern
  Equatoria (2009-2010).Partners Noragric - Juba
  University, SudanNoragric contact Prof. N.
  ShanmugaratnamTitle Origins and survival of
  maize and sorghum genetic resources in the Sobat
  corridor of the Upper Nile in the
  Sudan.Partners Noragric - Juba University -
  University of Upper Nile, Sudan  Noragric
  contact Dr. Trygve Berg

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title In the Shadow of a Conflict Impacts of
  Zimbabwe's Land Reform on Rural Poverty and
  Development in Mozambique, South Africa and
  Zambia (2007-2010).Partners Noragric -
  Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
  (PLAAS), University of Western Cape, South
  AfricaNoragric contact Prof. Bill
  DermanTitle Property, Possession and Conflict
  in Re/Building Settlement (South Africa component
  in St Lucia Northern Natal).Partners Oslo
  School of Architecture - Norwegian University of
  Science and Technology (NTNU) -
  Noragric.Noragric contact Dr. Knut
  NustadTitle Land Rights and Agrarian Change in
  Rural South Africa.Partners University of Oslo
  (Norwegian Centre of Human Rights) and the
  Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS),
  University of Western Cape, South
  Africa.Noragric contact Prof. Bill Derman

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Health Consequences of Civil War in
  Africa.Partners Noragric - International Peace
  Research Institute (PRIO), OsloContact Christin
  OrmhaugTitle The Rise of Political Islam and
  the Global war on Terror The case of Somalia
  (2007-2010).Partners Noragric - Institute for
  Security Studies, Nairobi, KenyaContact Mohamed
  GuyoTitle Politics and Property Rights in Arsi
  East Shewa Zones, Ethiopia.Partners Noragric -
  Addis Ababa University, EthiopiaContact Hussein
  Jemma Sheymo

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III Agricultural Development, Conservation
Environment
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Facilitating the Adoption of Conservation
  Agriculture by Resource Poor Smallholder Farmers
  in Malawi (2007-2011).Partners Noragric -
  Agriculture Research and Development Program
  (ARDEP) - Bunda College, MalawiNoragric contact
  Prof. Fred H. JohnsenTitle The ECOFARM project
  in Mali and Ethiopia.Partners Noragric -
  Drylands Coordination Group (DCG)Noragric
  contact Dr. Jens Aune

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Impacts of Agricultural Intensification
  on Socio-economic Conditions and Soil and Water
  Quality in Kavre District, Nepal
  (2004-2009).Partners Noragric Kathmandu
  UniversityContact Bed Mani DahalTitle
  Reversing Household Food Insecurity Through
  Conservation Agriculture Socio-economic impact
  of conservation farming in Zambia
  (2008-2011).Partners Noragric - University of
  ZambiaContact Progress Hanzwida NyangaTitle
  Reversing Environmental Degradation Through
  Conservation Agriculture in Zambia
  (2008-2011).Partners Noragric - University of
  ZambiaContact Bridget Bwalya Umar

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Environmental and Health Impacts of
  Pesticide Use in Central Nepal (2007-2011).Partne
  rs Noragric  - University of Kathmandu,
  NepalContact Kishor AtreyaTitle Impact of
  Agricultural Intensification on Biodiversity
  Loss, Soil Quality and Climate Gas Emission A
  comparative study from Nepal and India
  (2008-2011).Partners Noragric - Kathmandu
  University, NepalContact Nani RautTitle
  Biofuels and access to energy in rural
  livelihoods in East Africa. Contact Lars Kåre
  Grimsby

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IV Climate Change and Development Adaptation
Mitigation
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Biofuels and Rural Livelihoods
  (2008-2012).Partners Noragric - Sokoine
  University of Agriculture (SUA) - Tanzania
  Traditional Energy Development and Environment
  Organisation (TATEDO NGO), Dar es Salaam,
  TanzaniaNoragric contact Dr Jens AuneTitle
  REDD Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and
  Degradation in Tanzania.Partners Noragric
  other departments at UMB - NORAD - International
  Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),
  UK. - Institute of Development Studies(IDS),
  Sussex, UKNoragric contact Prof. Arild Vatn

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Carbon Sequestration Schemes Effects on
  Management of Tree Resources and Rural Poverty in
  Uganda (2004-2009).Partners Noragric - Makerere
  University, UgandaContact Charlotte Nakakaawa

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V Globalisation, Trade and Development--------PhD
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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title After Doha Bringing the Rights back In
  A strategic choice exploration of prospects for a
  social clause in the WTO (2006-2010).Contact
  Simon Pahle

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VI Foreign Aid and Development--------PhD
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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title State Formation and the Impact of Foreign
  aid in Malawi (2008-2011).Partners Noragric -
  University of MalawiContact Øyvind Eggen

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Norwegian South Eastern Europe (SEE/WB) Programme
in Agriculture 9 Projects, 17 Partner
institutions inAlbania, Bosnia, Herzegovina,
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro (8
countries)
Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Partners
• 6 UMB Departments Bioforsk Forest  
  Norwegian Landscape Institute Norwegian School
  of Veterinary MedicineNoragric contact Dr.
  Mensur Vegara
• Title Sustainable selection programme for
  salmonid strains of the river Neretva.Title
  Novel and local feed components for rainbow
  trout.Title Standardization of Technology and
  Chemical, Physical and Microbiological Quality
  Characteristics of Autochthonous White Pickled
  (Travnicki) and Hard  (Livanjski) Cheese in
  Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Department of International Environment and
Development Studies, Noragric

• Title Teaching process improvement at faculties
  of forestry in Bosnia and Herzegovina Alignment
  of syllabus and curriculum with faculties of
  forestry which signed Bologna's
  declaration.Title Improving nutritional
  quality and safety of food and fodder crops in
  South Eastern Europe.Title Developing a
  Joint-Master programme in Agribusiness Economics
  and Marketing.Title Reorientation of Academic
  Education in Agriculture in Southeast Europe -
  Curriculum Development in Animal Breeding and
  Animal Husbandry.Title GIS and remote sensing
  for mapping and monitoring in forestry and
  agriculture.Title  Plant Health and Genetic
  Resources in South East Europe.

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