Picking the Thesis Topic

I decided to wait until I settled into FAO to direct my studies. Once there and after a copious amount of reading, a discussion with my supervisor about the problems currently effecting agriculture adaptation. Building on my interest in policy and agricultural planning the issue surrounding the the undefined definitions of transformational change.

 

The Green Climate Fund  demands that any project applying for funds for their adaptation and/or mitigation projects. The problem is that the GCF demands paradigm shift potential in a project, it has no definition and is used interchangeably with transformational change, with transformational change being used before and after the term paradigm shift was endorsed as the official term.

Therefore my thesis will be examining transformational change in agriculture. As FAO is an Accredited Entity of the GCF and is the Special Agency of the UN for agriculture. Understanding the balance between what agriculture needs and what the GCF wants to ensure meaningful adaptation/mitigation that is transformational. It has to balance the needs of smallholder farmers while having meaningful adaptation.

I imagine its going to be rather difficult. Fun but difficult…..