Ola Westengen

@OlaWestengen

Seeds, seed systems, agrobiodiversity, food and agriculture, political agronomy, Ass. Prof

Oslo
Joined September 2014
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    May 19

    WARNING: Conflict causing extreme hunger in ; 5M+ people need humanitarian aid. Our early warning system now detects category 5 food emergency. THERE IS NO CATEGORY 6. Govt of must act NOW to end fighting & allow access to aid workers.

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    May 9

    KRONIKK: Bezosiering av akademia

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    May 10

    This is a nice phd-opportunity

    Interested in phenotypic evolution? I am looking for a candidate for a PhD position. 5 days left to apply!
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    May 7

    Did Stone Age Humans Shape the African Landscape With Fire 85,000 Years Ago?

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    May 7

    Watch the Public Forum of UN on safe & nutritious food for all. With Noragric seed security expert . UN Food Systems Summit 2021

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    May 5

    GOD NYHET: Onsdag ble det kjent at USA støtter en plan om å oppheve patentbeskyttelse på koronavaksiner. Dette vil sette flere land i stand til å produsere koronavaksiner. og jubler.

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    May 4

    Super excited to share this work 🤩 🌴The genomes of ancient date palms germinated from 2,000 y old seeds

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    May 4

    The importance of seed systems highlighted by 👇 Farmers’ access to the seeds of a healthy & resilient relies on evidence-based & locally adapted seed system development. Watch the Public Forum

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    May 4

    emphasizes the need to look beyond a top-down approach and towards local, evidence-based systems which acknowledge that there is no one size fits all solution for safe and durable .

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    May 3

    Seedways with and many more. Edited by Bengt G. Karlsson ; Annika Rabo. Published by

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    Apr 29

    Familiar fruits and veggies like watermelon or corn didn't always look and taste this way. From bananas to eggplant, here are some of the foods that looked totally different before humans first started growing them for food [read more: ]

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  12. Apr 24

    Plants shape human societies. In this article soc anthropologist JJ ⁦⁩ ⁦and biologist I ⁦⁩ engage our shared interest in more-than-human theory with research on agrifood systems in India and Malawi⁩ ⁦⁩

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    Apr 23

    New article on 🌽The imperial maize assemblage: maize dialectics in 🇲🇼Malawi and 🇮🇳India, by Jostein Jakobsen and

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  14. Mar 2

    Fully funded PhD position to study people, plants and food system transformations

    We are also seeking a PhD Fellow to work on the role of ethnobotany for food system sustainability and food security:
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  15. Feb 26

    Veldig bra kronikk! Men byråkratiseringa skjer ikke i politisk vakum

    «Noen er bekymret for politisert forskning. Det vi egentlig bør bekymre oss for er byråkratisert forskning. Jeg mener dette ikke som et skummelt framtidsscenario, men som en etterrettelig beskrivelse av noen nåtidige realiteter» av K. Bjørkdhal
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  16. Feb 21

    One group of academics and NGOs: Ethiopia’s amazing diversity of local crops are what farmers need. The other group: Amazing new varieties from the formal system are what farmers need. & co: Yes you are both right. But also wrong. Here is how:

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    Feb 20

    I'm pleased to see our article on & published in Agronomy Journal.

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  18. Feb 19

    Åh, ironien. Fra landet som ga oss poststrukturalismen

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  19. Feb 17

    Irony doesn’t work on zoom

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  20. 17 Dec 2020

    A way out of the DSI in ABS deadlock?

    You may be FAIR but are you CARE?
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