PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public DefenceRobert Amos Ngwira, Dept. of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) will defend his PhD thesis "Conservation agriculture systems for smallholder farmers in Malawi: An analysis of agronomic and economic benefits and constraints to adoption" on 31.01.2014
Norwegian title:
Conservation agriculture systemer for småskala jordbrukere i Malawi: En analyse av agronomiske og økonomiske fordeler og ulemper ved innføring
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Enabling adoption at scale: Considering policies, institutions and markets for successfully scaling up agricultural technologies in smallholder farming systems of Eastern Africa.
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Trial lecture and presentation of research: Thursday, February 6th, 2014, at 10:00
Defence: Thursday, February 6th, 2014, at 12:15
Place: Auditorium at Bioforsk, Frederik A. Dahls vei 20.
Supervisors:
Professor Jens B. Aune, UMB (Main Supervisor)
Dr Christian Thierfelder (CIMMYT) (Co-Supervisor)
Professor Fred H. Johnsen (Hedmark University College)
Evaluation committee
Professor Antony Whitbread, Crop Production Systems in the Tropics, Georg-August-University Göttingen
Associate professor Hans Peter Andersen, Department of Geography, University of Bergen
Professor Ruth Haug, Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the UMB library.
ISBN: 978-82-575-1176-0 ISSN 1503-1667 Thesis nr: 2013:76
Fakta
Department of International Environment and Development Studies - Noragric