Kanchan Kattel
PhD Research Fellow
PhD Research Fellow in Global Nutrition
My background encompasses components of environment and development, with a specific focus on the food systems in the Himalayas. I earned an MSc. in Environmental Science from Tribhuvan University in Nepal and a BSc. in Sustainable Development from the Royal University of Bhutan. Before starting my PhD at UiA, I worked as a freelance researcher and a university research assistant in Nepal and explored areas of food and nutrition, farming, and sustainability issues. As a part of the interdisciplinary EATWELL project, I will compile a food composition table, plan and conduct a dietary survey, and nutritional analysis. Partly, I will also be involved in the enthographic nutritional case study in Bhutan.
Research interests
- Food security and nutrition
- Sustainable food systems
- Dietary assessment
- Agro-biodiversity
- Sustainable agriculture
- Rural Development
- Gender and social inclusion
- Environmental justice
Work experience
01.10.2023-dd: PhD Research Fellow in Global Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Agder.
01.07.2022-30.06.2023: Research Assistant at the Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, together with some hours of teaching in MSc. Mountain Environment and MSc. Forestry courses.
26.05.2022-28.07.2022: Erasmus+ Research Trainee at Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use Research Group, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
01.11.2021-30.04.2022: Consultant team member to ANSAB Nepal for baseline survey of Non Timber Forest Products in Western Nepal.
01.03.2020-31.08. 2020: Coordinator of Environmental Graduates in the Himalayas (EGH) at Resources Himalaya Foundation, Sanepa, Nepal.
Projects
EATWELL: a comparative-material semiotic ethnography of food systems and more than human health in Bhutan.
Selected publications
Atreya, Kishor, Kattel, Kanchan; Tiwari, Krishna Raj; Baral, Sony; Adhikari, Rabindra; Kalwar, Omprakash (2023). Nutritional, Ecological and Livelihood Significance of Moringa oleifera - A Review., Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 8(3), 452-461. https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2023.0803025
Atreya, Kishor; Kattel, Kanchan; Pandit, Samikshya; Chaudhary, Prashant; and Sipkhan, Pragati (2022). Understanding farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of pesticide use in Nepal: synthesis of a systematic literature review. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 7(2), 278-287. https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2022.0702018
Atreya, Kishor; Gartaula, Hom; Parajuli, Madhavi; and Kattel, Kanchan (2022). Gender analysis of household seed security: A case of maize and wheat seed systems in Nepal. CIMMYT Working Paper. https://repository.cimmyt.org/handle/10883/22072
Kattel, Kanchan; Byanju, Rejina Maskey; and Atreya, Kishor (2021). Does adoption of agroforestry increase farm production and dietary diversity in the hills of Nepal? Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 6(2), 170-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2021.060208 [from the MSc. thesis]
Neupane, Dinesh; Kattel, Kanchan; Bhuju, Dinesh Raj (2020). Building Science Chasing Corona. Kathmandu, Nepal: Resources Himalaya Foundation.
Scientific publications
- Gartaula, Hom Nath; Atreya, Kishor; Kattel, Kanchan; Rahut, Dil Bahadur (2024). Factors influencing household and women’s dietary diversity in migrant households in central Nepal. PLOS ONE. ISSN: 1932-6203. 19 (4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298022.
- Kattel, Kanchan (2024). Elevator pitch on a PhD project within EATWELL: 'Investigating the Bhutanese Food Plate: Dietary Habits, Nutrient Intake, and Public Health in a Cultural Landscape of Bhutan'..
- Van Daele, Wim; Wangmo, Neyzang; Kattel, Kanchan (2024). EATWELL: Introducing the longitudinal nutrition/microbiome part of EATWELL in Buli..
Sectors
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