PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Clifton Makate, School of Economics and Business (HH) will defend his PhD thesis "Seed security in the presence of climate shocks and socioeconomic inequality in Africa" on Thursday 1 December, 2022.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Frøsikkerhet i nærvær av klimasjokk og sosioøkonomisk ulikhet i Afrika"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Climate change adaptation strategies and constraints among smallholder farmers"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Thursday 1 December 2022
15:15 Welcome and Trial lecture
16:05 Break
16:20 Presentation of the thesis and Public defence
Room T401 at the Tower Building, NMBU Ås.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Assistant Professor Monica Fisher, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Idaho, USA.
Second opponent: Research Director Jon Einar Flåtnes, CMI - Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway.
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Ragnar Øygard, School of Economics and Business, NMBU.
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Arild Angelsen, School of Economics and Business, NMBU.
Co-supervisor: Professor Stein Terje Holden and Associate Professor Ola Westengen, NMBU.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2022:65, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN: 978-82-575-2017-5