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Monitoring forest carbon in a Tanzanian woodland using interferometric SAR: a novel methodology for REDD+
Springer, 2015Background:DocumentStatnett/TANESCO Twinning Project - End Report Phase 2
2015A twinning arrangement is a tool for institutional development. The twinning agreement between TANESCO and Statnett has aimed to assist TANESCO in development of a modern and effective administration towards the same standards as Statnett. ItDocumentConference summary report: The politics of climate change adaptation: taking stock of academic and practitioner experiences
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014This report summarizes key messages from the two-day conference “The politics of climate change adaptation: Taking stock of academic and practitioner experiences” organized by the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) at the NorDocumentFood security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014The purpose of this study is to discuss different ways of implementing the "Food Security in a Climate Perspective strategy 2013-15" in relation to support to private sector development and public-private partnership (PPP) as regards agriculture, climate change and food seDocumentAfrican emerging powers
Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014Once considered almost solely a site of poverty and conflict, sub-Saharan Africa and perceptions of it have gradually been changing. Today, African states have become important actors in international affairs, with a number considered as emerging powers.DocumentClimate adaptation at what scale? Multi-level governance, resilience, and coproduction in Saint Louis, Senegal
Springer, 2015~~This paper utilizes a multi-level governance framework to explain how and at what scale climate adaptation, exemplified by flood risk management, was governed in the medium-scale city of Saint Louis, Senegal. It explores how this policy sector worked toward a “resilient city” pointing to gaps between governance as prescribed and as practiced.DocumentExchanging fertilizer for votes?
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015Several countries have made targeted input subsidy programs an integral part of their policies for improving food security.DocumentFood security in a climate perspective. NORAD Annual Report 2014
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015More than 805 million still suffered from undernutrition and hunger in 2014. The vast majority of these people live in developing regions. In Sub-Saharan Africa, one in every fourth person remained undernourished in 2014. The world’s population is estimated to reach nine billion in 2050, requiring a 60% increase in food production.DocumentClimate Change, Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Management (CEEN) in Development Policy: Addressing Knowledge Needs and Gaps in Norwegian ODA-Funded Research Support
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2014Climate change, environment, energy and natural resource management (CEEN) are salient issues in global development policy. They are also particularly prominent in Norway, receiving close to 25% of the aid budget in 2013.DocumentIrresponsible investment: AGRICA's broken development model in Tanzania
The Oakland Institute, 2015Kilombero Plantations Ltd (KPL) is a 5,818 hectare (ha) rice plantation located in the heart of the fertile Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. In addition to developing a large-scale rice farm, KPL works with local smallholder farmers through an outgrower model based on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technologies.Pages