PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Menasbo Gebru Tesfay, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Land rental markets, technology adoption, and smallholders’ commercialization in a semi-arid economy" on 27. May.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Jordleie, teknologiadopsjon og kommersialisering av småbrukerjordbruk i en semi-arid økonomi"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Evolving agricultural supply chains: from selling what is being produced to producing what can be sold"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday 27 May, 2021
- 12:15hrs: Trial lecture
- 13:05hrs: Break
- 13:20hrs: Public defense
The general audience is invited to participate via Zoom.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Gianluca Brunori, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy.
Second opponent: Associate Professor Janneke Pieters, Development Economics, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Olvar Bergland , School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Stein Terje Holden, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Frode Alfnes, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Mesfin Tilahun, School of Economics and Business, NMBU and Department of Economics, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2021:28, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1776-2