Research projects and assignments 2004

Research projects and assignments (ongoing or finalised in 2004) related to the three academic interdisciplinary areas are:

1. Agricultural development and livelihood security

Enhancing food production and nature management, Debub University
Funded by: NUFU
Period: 2002-2006
Noragric contact: Trygve Berg

Food security and household income for small-holder farmers in Tanzania (TARP-II)
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2000-2004
Noragric contact: Fred H. Johnsen

High altitude integrated natural resource management programme, Pakistan (AKRSP)
Funded by: NORAD
Period: Phase II, 2002-2005
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

The role of higher education and capacity building for poverty reduction
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2003-2004
Noragric contact: Frik Sundstøl

Lungwena health, nutrition and agricultural multidisciplinary project, Malawi
Funded by: NUFU
Period: 2003-2006
Noragric contact: Frik Sundstøl

Improving performance of Bunda College to contribute to development in Malawi
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2003-2004
Noragric contact: Frik Sundstøl

Health and nutrition in Goundara, Mali
Funded by: Normisjon
Period: 2004
Noragric contact: Jens Aune

Rural development & carbon sequestration
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2002-2004
Noragric contact: Jens Aune
Team Leader: Solveig Glomsrød (Statistics Norway)

Agent-based simulation of sustainable resource use in agriculture and forestry
Funded by: Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Period: 2004
Noragric contact: Jens Aune

Evaluation of ADDAC and FADCANIC projects, Nicaragua
Funded by: NORAD
Period: June – December 2004
Noragric contact: Ivar Jørgensen

IPM seminar in collaboration with NARI and CATIE
Funded by: NORAD
Period: May-December 2004
Noragric contact: Ivar Jørgensen

Technical advisory services to the CGIAR (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: ongoing
Noragric contact: Ruth Haug

Competence transfer, institutional contact and cooperation between university faculties of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine in South Eastern Europe
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2002-2005
Noragric contact: Mensur Vegara

Pilot Project “Institutional collaboration between academic institutions in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine in Norway and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro"
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2004-2005
Noragric contact: Mensur Vegara

Rehabilitation of agriculture & agricultural education in Kosovo
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2001-2004
Noragric contact: Lars Sjøflot

Follow-up evaluation of “Agroventure Ukraina” project, Ukraine
Funded by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Period: 2004-2005
Noragric contact: Lars Sjøflot


2. Biodiversity and natural resource management

Evaluation of DFID’s Ten Renewable Natural Resources Programme
Funded by: DFID
Period: October 2004 - June 2005
Noragric contact: Trygve Berg

Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems (LiNKS) for food security in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique)
Funded by: FAO
Period: 2002-2005
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

LINKS project – Phase III
Funded by: FAO
Period: August - December 2004
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

African Centre for Technology Studies: Desk study review
Funded by: SIDA
Period: 2004
Noragric contact: Trygve Berg

Policy research on genetic resources globally
Funded by: IPGRI/CGIAR/Noragric
Period: ongoing
Noragric contact: Cary Fowler

Feasibility study on Arctic Seed Depository on Svalbard
Funded by: Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Agriculture
Period: June 2004
Noragric contact: Cary Fowler

Teaching at Nyabyeya Forestry College, Makerere University, Uganda
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2002-2004
Noragric contact: Stein Moe
Consultant: Peter Hoebeke

Evaluation of Environment Programme, Botswana
Funded by: NORAD
Period: August - December 2004
Noragric contact: Ivar Jørgensen

Review of Environment Programme, Tanzania
Funded by: NORAD
Period: September - December 2004
Noragric contact: Ian Bryceson

Reindeer and sheep: research project on optimal dual species management
Funded by: University of Oslo
Period: 2003-2006
Noragric contact: Stein Moe

GEF indigenous vegetation project (IVP)
Funded by: GEF
Period: 2004-2006
Noragric contact: Gufu Oba

Community participation in the implementation of the Global Environment Conventions and poverty alleviation
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2004-2006
Noragric contact: Gufu Oba

Coastal aquaculture systems
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2002-2004
Noragric contact: Ian Bryceson

GRID-Arendal technical support
Funded by: UNEP
Noragric contact: Thor Larsen

Upper Watershed Management project, Sri Lanka
Funded by: Asian Development Bank/ Ministry of Forestry and Environment (Sri Lanka)
Period: 1998-2004
Noragric contact: Ivar Jørgensen
Project Leader: S. Larsen (Statskog)

Sustainable management of natural resources in watersheds, Nepal
Period: 2003-2007
Funded by: NUFU
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Agricultural intensification impacts on soil, water, socio-economic development, Nepal
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2003-2006
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation (CBDC) Programme
Funded by: NORAD, SIDA (Sweden), IDRC (Canada), DGIS (the Netherlands)
Period: 2001-2004
Noragric contact: Trygve Berg


3. Rights, conflicts and resources

Research projects and selected assignments related to Rights, Conflicts and Resources (ongoing or finalised in 2004)

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and poverty reduction - Phase II
Funded by: NORAD
Period: 2003-2005
Noragric contact: Ingrid Nyborg

Appraisal of the de Soto programme, Tanzania
Funded by: Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam
Period: June-July 2004
Contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Human rights and governance in South Africa’s land reform
Funded by: NORAD, through the Institute of Human Rights, University of Oslo
Period: 1999-2004
Noragric contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Support to human rights and governance in South Africa’s land and agrarian reform
Funded by: University of Oslo; PLAAS
Period: 2001-2004
Noragric contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

CO–GOVERN
Funded by: European Commission
Period: 2002-2005
Noragric contact: Tor Arve Benjaminsen

Land reform and poverty in Namaqualand, South Africa
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2003-2005
Noragric contact: Espen Sjaastad

Triangular institutional co-operation between Ethiopia, India and Norway: Fostering South-South links in the management of natural resources in semi-arid areas (including CPR study)
Funding by: NORAD
Period: 1997-ongoing
Noragric contact: Bishal Sitaula

PhD course in Development Studies
Funded by: Norwegian Research Council
Period: 2000-2006
Noragric contact: Cary Fowler

Cooperation between NLH and Eastern University of Sri Lanka – Preparatory phase
Funded by: Royal Norwegian Embassy, Colombo
Period: 2003-2004
Noragric contact: N. Shanmugaratnam

Rural poverty in conflict situations in Sudan and Sri Lanka
Funded by: NFR
Period: 2000-2004
Noragric contact: N. Shanmugaratnam

Land tenure and natural resource management in Sudan
Funded by: Norwegian Peoples Aid
Period: 2004
Noragric contact: N. Shanmugaratnam


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