Skip to main content

11 June 2026: Mayamiko Nathaniel Kakwera (LANDSAM)

By Jayne P Lambrou

Mayamiko Nathaniel Kakwera
Mayamiko Nathaniel KakweraPhoto: Jayne Lambrou

Mayamiko Nathaniel Kakwera (Noragric, Faculty of Landscape and Society) defends his PhD thesis: 'Beyond the yield: Legume production and structural barriers in Malawi's food system'.

Norsk tittel på avhandlingen: Utover avlingene: Belgvekstproduksjon og strukturelle barrierer i Malawi's matsystem

Title of the trial lecture:

The limits of policy without politics: Why agricultural interventions fail smallholder farmers in low-income countries.

Time and place:

Place: Festsalen (U215), Clock Building, NMBU (map)
Time:
12:15 Welcome by the Vice Dean for Research, John-Andrew McNeish
12:20 Trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the research and thesis defence
15:30 Completion of the public defence
16:15 Reception in the Thor Larsen Loft, Tivoli builidng NMBU (map

Evaluation committee:

  • Professor Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo
  • Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo
  • Associate Professor Poul Wisborg, Norwegian University of Life Sciences  

Supervisors:

  • Professor Ruth Haug, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
  • Professor Daimon Kambewa, LUANAR, Malawi

Read about Mayamiko's research

Published - Updated