Girmay Berhe Araya, Handelshøyskolen (HH), forsvarer sin doktorgradsoppgave "Technology access, safety nets and land rental markets: Small holder farm households' adaptations in a semi-arid environment" fredag 20. juni 2025.
Norwegian title of the thesis:
“Teknologiadopsjon, sikkerhetsnett, og jordleie: Småbrukerhusholds
tilpasning i et semiarid klima”
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Land Markets and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
20 June 2025, 12:15 at room T401, the Tower Building (4th floor), NMBU, Christian Magnus Falsens vei 30, Ås.
Program:
12:15 Welcome and trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the thesis and public defence
Evaluation committee:
- First opponent: Professor Salvatore Di Falco, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Second opponent: Researcher Therese Dokken, NOVA – Norwegian Social Research, OsloMet, Norway.
- Committee coordinator: Professor Arild Angelsen, School of Economics and Business, NMBU.
Supervisors:
- Main supervisor: Professor Stein Terje Holden, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
- Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Mesfin Tilahun Gelaye
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number Thesis number 2025:60, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-2270-4