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Nina Köksalan

An effective agricultural policy in Bolivia: Adaption to climate change as a possibility of fighting poverty and strengthening indigenous population groups

Nina Köksalan

Fellowship

Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs

Period of the Fellowship

2011

Project title

An effective agricultural policy in Bolivia: Adaption to climate change as a possibility of fighting poverty and strengthening indigenous population groups

Expertise

Poverty Eradication, Agriculture, Food, Climate Change

Organization

GIZ, FAO

Short biography

Nina Köksalan from Duisburg studied Geography in Cologne and Vancouver. After her studies she worked for the United Nations University in Tokio and at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics. As a Mercator Fellow she explored the consequences of climate change for the agriculture in the Bolivian high plateau. Her project focused on adaption strategies in the agricultural policy. Nina Köksalan now works for the FAO in Rome.