PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Getachew Sime Feyissa, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), will defend his PhD thesis: "Agronomic technologies in maize and their adoption and diffusion in semi-arid central Rift Valley Ethiopia: agronomic and economic analyses", on 15 February 2016.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Agronomiske teknikker i mais og deres bruk og spredning i central Rift Valley i Etiopia: en agronomisk og økonomisk analyse"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Climate-smart agriculture on smallholder farms"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Monday 15 February 2016 in the Auditorium in SKP, Åsbakken 6, Ås (nr 61 on the map)
12:15 Trial lecture
13:25 Public Defence
Evaluation committee:
First Opponent: Researcher Dr. Sigrun Dahlin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Second opponent: Senior Researcher, Dr. Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, Nibio, Norway
Committe coordinator: Professor Bishal Sitaula, Noragric, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Jens B. Aune, Noragric
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Hussein Mohammed, Hawassa University Ethiopia
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2016:12, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1337-5.