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1. Grounds for change: Assessing the efficacy of participatory research and development of agricultural innovations

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Author:
Jones, Kristal
Title:
Grounds for change: Assessing the efficacy of participatory research and development of agricultural innovations
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
agricultural development
participatory research
West Africa
File:
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Committee Members:
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Emerging seed markets, substantive seed economies and integrated seed systems in West Africa: A mixed methods analysis

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Author:
Jones, Kristal
Title:
Emerging seed markets, substantive seed economies and integrated seed systems in West Africa: A mixed methods analysis
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
agriculture
international development
West Africa
seeds
economies
File:
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Committee Members:
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Anouk Patel, Committee Member
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Jill Leslie Findeis, Special Member
Melinda Smale, Special Member

4. Armed Conflict and Childhood Food Security: The Association between Exposure to Conflict and Childhood Nutrition in West Africa: 1998-2008

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Open Access
Author:
Hancock, Matthew
Title:
Armed Conflict and Childhood Food Security: The Association between Exposure to Conflict and Childhood Nutrition in West Africa: 1998-2008
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
Conflict
Food Security
West Africa
File:
Download Thesis_Final_ETD_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian Clemens Thiede, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Leif Jensen, Committee Member

5. African Rice: Neglected and Underutilized by Science?

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Author:
Banuna, Ledeebari
Title:
African Rice: Neglected and Underutilized by Science?
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology (MS)
Keywords:
Neglected and Underutilized crops
African rice
agrobiodiversity
Indigenous African species
Oryza glaberrima
Food sovereignty
Productivism
West Africa
Plant genetic resources
Rice
Food security
Indigenous knowledge systems
Sustainable agriculture
Climate resilience
orphan crops
oryza
Oryza sativa
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Committee Members:
Brian Clemens Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Leland Luther Glenna, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bronwen Powell, Committee Member
Robert Magneson Chiles, Committee Member

6. Linkages Between Saharan Dust Proxies, Climate, and Meningitis in West Africa from 2012 to 2017

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Author:
Yarber, Aara L
Title:
Linkages Between Saharan Dust Proxies, Climate, and Meningitis in West Africa from 2012 to 2017
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Saharan dust
Climate
Meningitis
West Africa
File:
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Committee Members:
Gregory S Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Member
Amy K. Huff, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair