Organisation
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Norwegian University of Life Sciences is a leading international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research within environmental- and biosciences. UMB focuses specifically on biology, food, environment, land use and natural resource management.
Published Documents
- Input subsidies and improved maize varieties in Malawi: -What can we learn from the impacts in a drought year?
- S. Holden; J. Mangisoni / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- After six years with a large scale Farm Input Subsidy Program that enhanced national and household food security high costs resulted in a cut-back of the program in 2011/12 at the same time as the country was hit by a more seriou...
- Input subsidies and demand for improved Maize: relative prices and household heterogeneity matter!
- S. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- This study uses simple non-separable farm household models calibrated to household, market, farming and policy context conditions in Central and Southern Malawi. The models are used to simulate how household characteristics, design an...
- Generosity and social distance in dictator game field experiments with and without a face
- S. Bezu / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- Field experiments combining dictator games with stated preference questions are used to elicit within subject and between subject sharing behavior with known family members and anonymous villager. A simple theoretical model incorporat...
- Links between Tenure Security and Food Security: Evidence from Ethiopia
- H. Ghebru / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012
- The study uses five rounds of household panel data from Tigray, Ethiopia, collected 1998–2010 to assess the impacts of a land registration and certification program that aimed to strengthen tenure security and how it has contribu...
- Unbundling Land Administrative Reform: Demand for Second Stage Land Certification in Ethiopia
- S. Bezu / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- Ethiopia has implemented one of the largest, fastest and cheapest land registration and certification reforms in Africa. While there have been evidences of positive impacts of this land reform in terms of increased investment, land pr...
- Amazing maize in Malawi: Input subsidies, factor productivity and land use intensification
- S. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- This paper uses three years of household farm plot panel data (2006-2009), covering six districts in central and southern Malawi to assess factor productivity and farming system development under the input subsidy program. All farm pl...
- Land tenure in Tigray: How large is the gender bias?
- T. Dokken / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013
- This study finds that female-headed households have 23% smaller owned landholdings and 54% smaller operational landholdings. Differences in characteristics such as age, labor, oxen and previous divorce explain less than half the diffe...
- Mulanje Mountain Biodiversity Conservation Project - Mid-Term Review for the Norwegian Government
- P. Wisborg / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010
- Mulanje Mountain, located in south-eastern Malawi, is a unique mountain massif with highly valuable environment, natural resources and biodiversity which play a significant role in the lives of the more than a hundred thousand people ...
- Access to Productive Assets and Impact on Household Welfare in Rural Uganda
- A. Tatwangire / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011
- Improvements in household wealth and welfare play vital roles in sustainable development. Sustainable development occurs when households are able to secure a level of well-being that enables them to cope with and recover from shocks, ...
- Household Welfare Effects of Low-cost Land Certification in Ethiopia
- S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011
- Several studies have shown that the land registration and certification reform in Ethiopia has been implemented at an impressive speed, at a low-cost, and with significant impacts on investment, land productivity, and land rental mark...
