Dr. Manoj Misra, who successfully defended his PhD in the department of sociology this summer, was recently awarded the 2014 Netting Award for best graduate student paper by the American Anthropological Association. The paper was titled "Smallholder Agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh: Questioning the Technological Optimism". In the paper, Dr. Misra analyzes the interplay of climatic factors, agricultural technologies and markets that shape smallholder livelihoods in Bangladesh and attempts to develop a sustainable agricultural adaptation strategy. Dr. Misra will travel to Washington in December to receive this prestigious award in person.
This award is in addition to another honour that Dr. Misra received earlier this summer. In May, Dr. Misra's paper titled "Markets, Environments and Smallholder Farming in Bangladesh" was selected as the Kari-Polanyi Levitt Best Graduate Paper Award by Canadian Association for the Study of International Development. Congratulations on your successes Manoj!