Agriculture, nutrition and environment

 

South Asia, Africa, Europe

GEO100: Introduction to geography: Global challenges and local responses

GEO111: Processes and landforms

GEO131 Food, environment and sustainable development

GEO281: Environmental Management and Planning

GEO283: Geographies of transformation: mitigating and adapting to rapid climate change

GEO293: Field course in environmental geography

GEO310: Writing course and project description

GEO337: Discourse, Politics, and Place: Critical Perspectives on Environmental Governance

Master’s thesis

• Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga; Peter Andersen (2016). AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON LAND USE AND THE ‘FOOD BASKET’ IN THE NORTHERN SAVANNAH OF GHANA: INSIGHTS FROM NAVRONGO IN THE UPPER EAST REGION.. (external link)
• Rajip Adhikari; Peter Andersen (2011). INTERFACE BETWEEN LOCAL AND SCIENTIFIC NOWLEDGE. A Case of Peri-Urban Zone of Kathmandu, Nepal. (external link)
• Milo Juniper Lovejoy; Peter Andersen (2015). Is the "Mother Grain" feeding the world before her own children? An examination of the impact of the global demand for quinoa on the lives and diets of Peruvian quinoa farmers.. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Marry-Anne Karlsen (2006). Bestridt virkelighet - En studie av makt, kunnskap og geografi i konflikt over utvikling i det sørlige Mexico. (external link)
• Gitta Shrestha Thapa; Peter Andersen (2009). "How Gender Affects Decision Making - A Case Study of Tibeto- Burmese Women in Kobang VDC, Mustang, Nepal". (external link)
• Herbert Tetteh; Peter Andersen (2015). Mechanisms and manouvers of forest resource access and its implications for rural livelihoods in the high fores zone of Ghana.. (external link)
• Runa Himle; Peter Andersen (2010). Jordbruk mellom stat, kirke og marked En studie av hvordan statlig politikk, marked og kirke påvirker jordbruket, og hvordan bøndene skaper og bruker sine handlingsrom, i tre landsbyer i Tigray, Etiopia. (external link)
• Madhab Prasad Bhusal; Peter Andersen (2007). Spatial variation in Agricultural Wages. A case of Kailali District, Western Terai, Nepal. (external link)
• Kaisa Gjertsen; Peter Andersen (2011). Laks som funksjonell mat. En diskursanalytisk tilnærming til laks i kampen mellom industri og natur. (external link)
• Sissel Marit Jensen; Peter Andersen (2007). "Ut av Syn Ut av Sinn?": En studie av søppelhåndteringen i Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
• Anna Marta Reztak; Peter Andersen (2012). DISCOURSES ON THE IMPACT OF WATER RIVATIZATION ON WATER DELIVERY: -A CASE FROM TESHIE, GHANA. (external link)
• John agandin; Peter Andersen (2015). Negotiated Entitlements: A Study of Land and Water Access in the Tono Irrigation Project in Navrongo, Ghana.. (external link)
• Kristian Eide Jensen; Peter Andersen (2007). Boron and zinc deficiency in Nepalese soils: Small-scale variations and the influence of farming system dependent factors. A case study from Sedi Bagar, Kaski District, Nepal.. (external link)
• Rajesh Thapa; Peter Andersen (2005). Impacts of flood hazard and coping strategies : a case study of Jagatpur village development committee in Chitwan district, Nepal. (external link)
• Bipin Kumar Acharya; Peter Andersen (2008). Cultivation and ude of Ricebean A Case Study of Dang Distirct, Nepal. (external link)
• Bjørn Magnus Tenggren Arnesen; Peter Andersen (2017). Climate-smart greenhouses and their impact on food security in Humla, Nepal. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Keshav Prasad Paudel (2006). Institutions, Environmental Entitlement and Pastoral Management. A case of Nyishang, Trans-Himalaya Region, Mangang District, Nepal. (external link)
• Tone Skeide; Peter Andersen (2005). Asi vamos, poco a poco : en studie av empowerment i et kooperativ for kvinner, San Cristobal, Mexico = Slik går vi videre, litt etter litt. (external link)
• Samuel Amakye; Peter Andersen (2017). Coping with household food insecurity during the lean season; strategies employed by smallholder farmers in Navrongo, Ghana. (external link)
• Clare Tompsett; Peter Andersen (2010). Fuelling development? A critical look a government-centred jatropha cultivation for biodiesel as promoted by biofuel policy in Rajasthan, India. (external link)
• Hilde Hovland Erstad; Peter Andersen (2006). Bruk og forvaltning av skogressurser i Manang, Nepal.. (external link)
• Manira Gotame; Peter Andersen (2012). Community Participation in Solid Waste Management, Kathmandu. (external link)
• Sigrid Ølmheim; Peter Andersen (2011). Kunnskapsbygging i den norske fruktnæringa. Døme frå Ullensvang herad. (external link)
• Yograj Gautam; Peter Andersen (2011). Food Security in the context of Agricultural Commercialization in Ilam, East Nepal. (external link)
• Michael Ben Awen-Naam; Peter Andersen (2011). PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION: A CASE OF PEASANTS IN THE BUILSA DISTRICT OF THE UPPER EAST REGION OFGHANA. (external link)
• Sheela Thapa; Peter Andersen (2013). Job migration and changes in gender roles in agriculture and household decision making - the case of Bhatkhola VDC, Syangja, Western, NEPAL. (external link)
• Kamala Chand Kumari; Peter Andersen (2018). Farmers’ perceptions and knowledge of using waste and wastewater in two peri-urban areas of Kathmandu valley of Nepal.. (external link)
• Basant Adhikari; Peter Andersen (2010). Sharecropping system in mid west Tarai. A case study of Gobardiha VDC of Dangdeukhuri district, Nepal.. (external link)
• Diana Lauterbach Eidem; Peter Andersen (2009). Konsekvensutredning av akvakultur. - en sudie av KU prosessen for Ryfylke bassenget i 2005. (external link)
• Erlend Grytten Standal; Peter Andersen (2017). Climate Smart Agriculture in Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal.. (external link)

Lecture

• Peter Andersen (2011). Food crisis - peak oil, peak phosphorus and farmers' knowledge. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2008). Genressursar - kjelde til økonomisk vekst eller genrøveri. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2010). Monsanto or the farmers - who maintains the biodiversity?. (external link)
• Heidi Lie Andersen; Siri Skretting Jansen; Hoda H. Parsian et al. (2016). Pulses eller tørre belgfrukter.. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2018). Zimbabwe - jord og diamanter. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2011). Kjøtt eller ikke - fra globale til lokale perspektiver. (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2011). Monitoring rangeland dynamics using time series satellite images in Trans Himalaya, Nepal. (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2010). Monitoring Snow Cover Dynamic in the Trans Himalayan Region of Nepal Using MODIS Data, p. 31. (external link)

Academic article

• Rabi Narayan Behera; Debendra Kumar Nayak; Peter Andersen et al. (2016). From jhum to broom: Agricultural land-use change and food security implications on the Meghalaya Plateau, India. (external link)
• Hallgeir Kismul; Anne Hatløy; Peter Andersen et al. (2015). The social context of severe child malnutrition: A qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2007). A review of micronutrient problems in the cultivated soil of Nepal - An issue with implications for agriculture and human health. (external link)
• Yograj Gautam; Peter Andersen (2017). Multiple stressors, food system vulnerability and food insecurity in Humla, Nepal. (external link)
• Yograj Gautam; Peter Andersen (2016). Rural livelihood diversification and household well-being: Insights from Humla, Nepal. (external link)
• Junoo K. Tuladhar; Peter Andersen (2006). Micronutrients in plant and human health. (external link)
• Yograj Gautam; Peter Andersen (2017). Aid or abyss? Food assistance programs (FAPs), food security and livelihoods in Humla, Nepal. (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2013). Response of rangeland vegetation to snow cover dynamics in Nepal Trans Himalaya. (external link)
• Moses Kasanga; Peter Andersen; Kilian Atuoye et al. (2018). Contested commons: Agricultural modernization, tenure ambiguitues and intra-familial land grabbing in Ghana. (external link)
• Catherine Schwinger; Torleif Markussen Lunde; Peter Andersen et al. (2014). Seasonal and spatial factors related to longitudinal patterns of child growth in Bwamanda, DR Congo. (external link)
• Fabio Consalez; Molly Ahern; Peter Andersen et al. (2022). The Effect of the Meat Factor in Animal-Source Foods on Micronutrient Absorption: A Scoping Review. (external link)
• Mangappulige Don Bhagya Janananda; Richard Stephen Ansong; Anne Hatløy et al. (2023). A cross-sectional study on the nutritional status, dietary diversity, and small fish consumption patterns in coastal fishing communities of Ghana. (external link)
• Yaw Opoku Agyei-Mensah; Theophilus Annan; Ragnhild Overå et al. (2023). The processing, preparation, and cooking practices of small fish among poor Ghanaian households: An exploratory qualitative study. (external link)
• Ubydul Haque; Philipp Blum; Paula F. da Silva et al. (2016). Fatal landslides in Europe. (external link)
• Ubydul Haque; Paula F. da Silva; Graziella Devoli et al. (2019). The human cost of global warming: Deadly landslides and their triggers (1995–2014). (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2010). Assessing rangeland degradation using multi temporal satellite images and grazing pressure surface model in Upper Mustang, Trans Himalaya, Nepal. (external link)
• Moses Kasanga; Peter Andersen; D. Kpienbaareh et al. (2018). Traditional agriculture in transition: examining the impacts of agricultural modernization on smallholder farming in Ghana under the ned Green Revolution. (external link)
• S. Ghimire; DP Sherchan; Peter Andersen et al. (2016). Effect of Variety and Practice of Cultivation on Yield of Spring Maize in Terai of Nepal. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2012). Challenges for under-utilized crops illustrated by ricebean (Vigna umbellata) in India and Nepal. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2004). Frankenfood or good stuff? Micronutrient rich staple crops for Asia. (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2011). Monitoring snow cover variability in an agropastoral area in the Trans Himalayan region of Nepal using MODIS data with improved cloud removal methodology. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Peter Andersen (2003). Micronutrient strategies for marginal areas. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Ram Krishna Chandyo (2012). Impacts of changes in grain pulse (legume) consumption on micronutrient supply of rural women in Nepal and North India. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2005). Where two cups of tea are a bit expensive - Assessing technology and development strategies from a farmers' context perspective. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2012). The World Food System: at the Limits?. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2011). Climate and nutrition perspectives on local food. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2001). Geographical approaches to micronutrient deficiency problems in developing countries. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2004). Frankenfood or good stuff? Micronutrient rich staple crops for Asia. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2003). Micronutrient disorders: A ’real’ but complex issue in human-environment relations in mountain regions. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2009). Doing away with biodiversity - farmers' choice in ricebean cultivation in Asia. (external link)
• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2012). Cryosphere change, water availability and adaptation in a Trans Himalayan agropastoral system. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2000). Beyond local knowledge and institutional reach: micronutrient disorders in Hill agriculture. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2004). Building contextual knowledge: The interface between local and scientific knowledge. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2002). Micronutrient problems and state policies in Nepal. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2009). Populist discourses as dangerous knowledge - the Indian farmer suicide narrative. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Anne Lucas; Anders Lundberg et al. (2001). The history and future of Nordic reclaimed wetlands. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2001). Geographical approaches to micronutrient deficiencies in Himalaya. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Ram Krishna Chandyo (2010). Orphan crops and nutrition: the potential of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) to reduce ‘hidden hunger’ among rural women in India and Nepal. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2011). Gold digging or frog kissing: a discussion of ”orphan crops” and their relation to the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Ram Krishna Chandyo (2010). How do ricebean and other pulses meet nutrient deficiencies among women of reproductive age in rural populations in hill areas in India and Nepal?. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2008). Multiple food based strategies to address ’Hidden Hunger’. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Peter Andersen (2002). Geographical approaches to micronutrient deficiencies in Himalaya. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Prem Sagar Chapagain (2007). Changing Diet and Nutrient Uptake in Manang. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2006). Minimumsloven og den Grønne Revolusjon. Om forutsetningene for jordbrukets optimale avkastning. (external link)
• Kanhaiya Sapkota; Peter Andersen (2005). Commercial Horticulture Farming and its Effect on Soil Fertility: A case study from Peri-urban Agriculture in the Kathmandu Valley. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2005). Building contextual knowledge: the Interface between Local and Scientific Knowledge. (external link)
• Madhab P. Bhusal; Peter Andersen (2010). Institutions as determinants of agricultural wages in rural agriculture in Western Tarai, Nepal. (external link)

Conference poster

• Keshav Prasad Paudel; Peter Andersen (2011). Himalayan agropastoralism under double exposure: A case of rangeland degradation and management in Trans Himalaya. (external link)
• Inger Elisabeth Måren; Peter Andersen; Tor Halfdan Aase (2014). Food security in the Himalayas. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Sigurd Sandvold (1999). Nutrient deficiencies in cultivated soils. A study of Macro- and Micro-nutrients from Koshi Hills, Eastern Nepal. (external link)

Media feature article

• Peter Andersen; Olof Andreas Stjernström; Jon Paschen Knudsen et al. (2022). Vi kan ikke være medlem i samme forening som Putin. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Gard Hopsdal Hansen; Jon Paschen Knudsen et al. (2022). Norske geografer: «Vi kan ikke være medlem i samme forening som Putin». (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2008). Tragedien på den indiske landsbygden. (external link)

Research report

• Peter Andersen (2009). Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal (FOSRIN). Report 3. Nutritional qualities of ricebean. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Ram Krishna Chandyo; Phillip A. Hollington (2010). Nutritional problems among women of reproductive age in rural populations in hill areas in India and Nepal and how they can be reduced by increased intake of Ricebean. (external link)
• Peter Andersen; Naveen Kumar; Bipin Kumar Acharya (2009). Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal (FOSRIN). Report 5.1 Ricebean food preparation and diets. (external link)
• Peter Andersen (2003). Micronutrient strategies for marginal areas. (external link)

Journal review

• David Sneath; Graham Chapman; Peter Andersen (2011). Chasing the Rains: Mongolian Pastoralists' Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in ‘The Age of the Market’. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Yograj Gautam; Peter Andersen (2017). Food System Dynamics and Food Insecurity in Humla, Nepal Himalaya. (external link)

Book anthology

• Peter Andersen; Junoo K. Tuladhar; Krishna B. Karki et al. (2005). Micronutrients in South and South East Asia. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Andersen, Peter 2011.
Monitoring snow cover variability in an agropastoral area in the Trans Himalayan region of Nepal using MODIS data with improved cloud removal methodology. Remote Sensing of Environment 2011 ;Volum 115.(5) s. 1234-1246

Andersen, Peter 2011.
Gold digging or frog kissing: a discussion of ”orphan crops” and their relation to the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity. NGS conference, Oslo: Exploring sustainability

Andersen, Peter; Chandyo, Ram Krishna 2010.
Orphan crops and nutrition: the potential of ricebean (Vigna umbellata) to reduce ‘hidden hunger’ among rural women in India and Nepal. Tropentag 2010, Zürich: World food system - a contribution from Europe

Andersen, Peter; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Hollington, Phillip A. 2010.
Nutritional problems among women of reproductive age in rural populations in hill areas in India and Nepal and how they can be reduced by increased intake of Ricebean. www.ricebean.org

Paudel, Keshav Prasad; Andersen, Peter 2010. Assessing rangeland degradation using multi temporal satellite images and grazing pressure surface model in Upper Mustang, Trans Himalaya, Nepal. Remote Sensing of Environment Volum 114.(8) s. 1845-1855

Andersen, Peter 2009.  Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal (FOSRIN). Report 3. Nutritional qualities of ricebean. Bergen and Bangor. www.ricebean.org

Andersen, Peter 2009.
Doing away with biodiversity - farmers' choice in ricebean cultivation in Asia. AAG annual meeting, Las Vegas.

Andersen, Peter 2009  Populist discourses as dangerous knowledge - the Indian farmer suicide narrative. NFU annual meeting, University of Agder, Kristiansand.  

Andersen, Peter 2008:
Multiple food based strategies to address ’Hidden Hunger’. Norske Geografers Selskaps årsmøte.

Andersen, P. 2007:   A review of micronutrient problems in the cultivated soil of Nepal - An issue with implications for agriculture and human health. Mountain Research and Development Journal Volum 27. s. 331-335

 Andersen, P. and Chapagain, P.S. 2007: Changing Diet and Nutrient Uptake in Manang. I Chaudary et al (eds.): Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal.. : Tribhuvan University, Nepal and University of Bergen, Norway ISBN 978-99933-52-94-5. s. 65-78

 Andersen, P. 2006: Minimumsloven og den Grønne Revolusjon. Om forutsetningene for jordbrukets optimale avkastning.. I: Teori og Metode i Geografi. Fagbokforlaget ISBN 82-7674-878-3. s. 250-259

 Andersen, P., Tuladhar, J.K.; Karki, K.B.; Maskey, S.L. (eds. 2005: Micronutrients in South and South East Asia. Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (ISBN 92-9115-210-2) 239 s.

Sapkota, K. and Andersen, P. 2005: Commercial Horticulture Farming and its Effect on Soil Fertility: A case study from Peri-urban Agriculture in the Kathmandu Valley. I: Andersen, P. et al (eds.): Micronutrients in South and South East Asia. Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) 2005 ISBN 92-9115-210-2. s. 153-165

 Andersen, P. 2005:  Building contextual knowledge: the Interface between Local and Scientific Knowledge. I: Andersen, P. et al (eds.): Micronutrients in South and South East Asia. Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) ISBN 92-9115-210-2. s. 87-95

 Andersen, P. 2004. Frankenfood or good stuff? Micronutrient rich staple crops for Asia. Geografi i Bergen

 Andersen, P. 2003:  Micronutrient strategies for marginal areas. Bergen: Institutt for geografi, UiB 2003 Geografi i Bergen

 Andersen, P. 2002: Geographical approaches to micronutrient deficiencies in Himalaya. I: Vegetation and society. Their interaction in the Himalayas. Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University, Nepal / University of Bergen, Norway  ISBN 99933-52-51-9. s. 149-156

 Andersen, P. og Sandvold, S. 1999: Nutrient deficiencies in cultivated soils. A study of Macro- and Micro-nutrients from Koshi Hills, Eastern Nepal. s. 235-240 i Låg, J. (red.): Geomedical problems in developing countries. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo.