International PhD Programme Agricultural Economics and Related Sciences

Founded by Prof. Dr. Werner Doppler

Universität Hohenheim Department of Agricultural Economics and Social

Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics Prof. Dr. R. Birner

DAAD scholarship programme

The Castle: main building of Hohenheim University

PhD programme office up to 2009

The University Campus

Objectives

To contribute to human capacity building and strengthening of academic

teaching and research in tropical and subtropical countries by providing the

opportunity to acquire the “Dr. sc. agr.” degree (Ph.D.).

The specific objectives are to train outstanding persons from Africa, Asia and

Latin America in research, academic teaching, international policy and in

institutional management and to prepare them for leading positions in their

home countries.

The management objectives of the programme are as follows:

a) Excellent performance and personality of PhD students

Selection of best candidates with excellent level of Master degree

very high proficiency in English language

Outstanding personalities with reference letter of Alumni

Experiences in employment at home

b) Efficient supervision

Organized and structured programme at the University of Hohenheim to

insure proper handling and supervision

PhD thesis work and examination restricted to maximum of 36 month

Supervisor will visit PhD student during his home leave and data

collection

Cooperation with local institution and local supervision

c) Excellency in reasearch work, discussions and publications

Team work on similar topics especially mixed with European PhD

students

Ttraining for preparation of posters and presentations and in scientific

writing

Participation in workshops, symposia and conferences

Target Groups

Primarily lecturers and researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Preference is given to agricultural economists, but related disciplines may

also be considered.

Since 1991 a total of 95 PhD students with DAAD

scholarship have participated thereof 82 have finished

up to January 2012 and 13 are in the ongoing

programme

Lebanon 1

Jordan 5

Palestine 3

Egypt 1

Syria 1

Middle East 11

Nepal 4

Myanmar 1

Thailand 6

Vietnam 12

Indonesia 3

Taiwan 1

India 3

Philippinen 1

Asia 31

Benin 8

Nigeria 5

Cameroon 2

Ethiopia 7

Sudan 5

Kenya 6

Uganda 2

Tanzania 2

Mali 1

Africa 38

Colombia 1

Brazil 5

Nicaragua 1

Guyana 1

Latin America 8

Bulgaria 1

Georgien 1

Uzbekistan 2

Armenia 3

Eastern Europe

+Former GUS 7

New intake 2008

Old terraces in Yemen

The structure of the international PhD programme

Resources and facilities

DAAD provides

PhD scholarships including a maximum of

eight months for language training, course

work and preparation of research proposal

and PhD scholarship with a total of 34 month,

air tickets and survey costs, travel cost of

supervisor, funding of participating in

workshops and excursions, contribution to cost

of publications, e.g. PhD thesis

Funding of overhead cost of the management of the programme

and re-invitation of Alumni to Hohenheim for a maximum of

three month every third year

Universität Hohenheim provides

Academic supervision by leading professors

PhD research on a topic related to home country

Participation in international conferences

Strategic planning for future carreer at home country

Alumni network and a comprehensive re-invitation program

Office space and equipement

All facilities of a university including social and cultural environement

In the period from 1991 to 2012 a total of 24 Professors have been involved

in the supervising activities,

Nomads in Somalia

PhD office, staff

Park at the University of Hohenheim

Publications and Presentations

14 books

80 publications of PhD thesis as book

134 international reviewed articles

96 presentations in workshops and conferences

205 Posters

Achievements of the PhD programme 1991 to 2012

Participants in the PhD programme 1991-2015

No Name Country PhD exam Supervisor Current position

of origin

Course 1: 1991 - 1995

1 Mr. Assefa Admassie Ethiopia March 1995 Heidhues University of Addis Abeba, Ethiopa

2 Mr. Mushin A. Hashim Sudan Nov. 1994 Doppler Sudanese Internet Services, Sudan

3 Mr. Chinedum U. Nwajiuba Nigeria Nov. 1994 Doppler Imo State University, Nigeria

4 Mr. Abdelatif A. M. Ijaimi Sudan March 1995 von Oppen Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan

5 Mr. Bernard K. Njehia Kenya March 1995 von Oppen Egerton University, Kenya

6 Mr. Gasper C. Ashimogo Tanzania March 1995 Lorenzl University of Daressalam, Tanzania

7 Mr. Christopher Obel Gor Kenya July 1999 Akhello-Oguto Nairobi University, Kenya

Course 2: 1992 - 1996

8 Mr. Teresa Adugna Ethiopia March 1996 Heidhues Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia

9 Mr. Mohamed Adam Abedelg Sudan March 1996 Doppler Ministryof Agriculture, Sudan

10 Mr. Nestor Ahoyo Adjovi Benin March 1996 Heidhues National Agricultural Research Institute,Benin

11 Mr. Ahmed I. El Fadil Ismail Sudan March 1996 von Oppen Universityof Gedaref, Sudan

12 Mrs. Suwanna Praneetvatakul Thailand April 1996 Doppler Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Course 3: 1993 - 1997

13 Mr. Raid N. Al-Baqain Jordan Aug. 1997 Doppler Al Balqa University, Jordan

14 Mr. Dieudonne Belle Sossoh Cameroon March 1997 Heidhues Ministry of Agriculture , Cameroun

15 Mr. Jiunn-Ming Chern Taiwan May 1997 Doppler Taiwan Sugar Company, Taiwan

16 Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Sudan March 1997 Ziche El-Obeid Research Station, Sudan

Course 4: 1994 - 1998

17 Mrs. Acharee Sattarasart Thailand Aug 1999 Doppler TDRI, Bangkok, Thailand

18 Mr. Cyrille Honagbode Benin March 2002 Doppler Universiti de Parakou, Benin

19 Mr. Justin Bomda Cameroon March 1998 Heidhues Director ADAF, Cameroon

20 Mr. Honorat Edja Benin March 1998 Bierschenk University of Cotonou, Benin

21 Mr. Walter Odhiambo Kenya March 1998 von Oppen KIPPRA Research Institut, Nairobi, Kenya

Course 5: 1995 - 1999

22 Mr. Gezahegne Ayele Ethiopia March 1999 Heidhues Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia

23 Mr. Akpa Ndubuisi Nigeria March1999 Zeddies Extention Service, Imo State, Nigeria

24 Mr. Marwan Owaygen Lebanon Sep. 1999 Doppler The Canadian IDRC, Cairo Office, Egypt

25 Mrs. Bijaya Bajracharya Nepal No Doppler Ministry of Agriculture, Kathmandu, Nepal

26 Mr. Talat A. El-Tamimi Palestine March 1999 von Oppen Hebron University, West Bank, Palestine

Course 6: 1996 - 2000

27 Mrs. Pilar Santacoloma Columbia July 2000 Doppler FAO, Farming System Devision, Rome, Italy

28 Mrs. Noune Khachatryan Armenia March 2000 von Oppen University of Hohenheim, Germany

29 Mrs. Thanda Kyi Myanmar March 2000 von Oppen Yezin University, Myanmar

30 Mr. Jean Senahoun Benin March 2001 Heidhues FAO Rome, Italy

31 Mr. Jean Adanguidi Benin March 2000 Bierschenk FASEG, Benin

32 Mr. Victor Gbessemehlan Benin March 2004 Bierschenk Consultant, Cotonou, Benin

33 Mr. Abdullah Munzir Indonesia March 2000 Heidhues University of Bung Hatta, Indonesia

Course 7: 1997 - 2001

34 Mr. Armen Khachatryan Armenia March 2006 Doluschitz University of Hohenheim, Germany

35 Mrs. Nuchanata Mungkung Thailand May 2002 Doppler Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

36 Mr. Umidshan Nasarkulov Uzbekistan March 2001 Zeddies Tashkent State Agrarian University, Usbekistan

37 Mr. Philipp Grundmann Venezuela July 2002 Doppler Humbold University Berlin, Germany

Course 8: 1998 - 2002

38 Mr. Kassimou Issaka Benin March 2002 von Oppen UNDP/UNCDF, Benin

39 Mr. Manh Hai Nguyen Vietnam March 2002 Heidhues Vietnam Airlines Corporation, Vietnam

40 Mrs. Huyen Nguyen Thi Thanh Vietnam Dec. 2004 Doppler Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

41 Mrs.Senait Bedada Regassa Ethiopia May 2002 Doppler EARI, Nazareth, Ethiopia

Course 9: 1999 - 2003

42 Mrs. Jirawan Kitchaicharoen Thailand March 2003 Doppler Chiang Mai University, Thailand

43 Mr. Mohammad Majdalawi Jordan June 2003 Doppler Arab League Organisation, Sudan

44 Mr. Marcos Alves dos Reys Brazil March 2003 Doppler Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil

45 Mr. Ngo Nhat Thang Vietnam No Valle Zarate Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

46 Mr. Thameen Hijawi Palestine April 2003 Doppler AAA/PARC, West Bank, Palästina

47 Mr. Damian Gabagambi Tanzania March 2003 Von Oppen University of Daressalam, Tanzania

No Name Country PhD exam Supervisor Current position

of origin

Course 10: 2000 - 2004

48 Mr. Do Anh Tai Vietnam March 2004 Doppler Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

49 Mrs. Herta Avalos Viegas Brazil Sep. 2004 Doppler State University Resende, Brazil

50 Mr. Mai Van Phan Vietnam June 2005 Schultze-Kraft Ministry of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam

Course 11: 2001 - 2004

51 Mr. Asem Nabulsi Jordan June 2007 Doppler British American Tobacco, Dubai

52 Mrs. Eunice Obamiro Nigeria Sep. 2004 Doppler Yale University, USA

53 Mrs. Dinh Ngoc Lan Vietnam March 2005 Heidhues Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

54 Mrs. Suebpongsang Pornsiri Thailand Sep. 2004 Von Oppen Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Course 12: 2002 - 2005

55 Mrs. Adeola Akinsanmi Nigeria Sep. 2005 Doppler Ibadan State University, Nigeria

56 Mr. Krishna Bahadur K.C. Nepal Aug. 2005 Doppler Koyoto University, Japan

57 Mr. Apolonius Katwijukye Uganda Sep. 2005 Doppler Northern University, Uganda

Course 13: 2003 - 2006

58 Mrs. Aurea Albuquerque Brazil Sep. 2006 Doppler University of Recive, Brazil

59 Mr. Mohamed Awad Egypt Sep. 2006 Doppler University of Alexandria, Egypt

60 Mr. Hau Van Nguyen Vietnam Sep. 2006 Valle Zarate Nat. Institue of Animal Husbandry,

Vietnam

61 Mr. Ashok Hadapad India Sep. 2006 Zebitz Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC),

India

62 Mrs. Becki Raini Kenya Sep. 2006 Zebitz University of Nairobi, Kenya

Course 14: 2004 - 2007

63 Mr. Richard Blair Guyana Sep. 2007 Doppler University of Guyana, Guyana

64 Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kabura Kenya Sep. 2007 Doppler New York University, USA

65 Mr. Chakrit Potchanasin Thailand Sep. 2007 Zeddies Ministry of Agriculture Bankok,

Thailand

66 Mrs.Juliana Schober Lima Brazil Sep. 2007 K. Becker Federal University Bellem, Brasil

67 Mr. Zlatan Vassilev Bulgaria March 2009 Doluschitz Ministry of Agriculture, Bulgaria

68 Mr. Ahmed Abu Shaban Palestine Dec. 2007 Doppler Gaza University, Palestine

Course 15: 2005 - 2008

69 Mr. Olanrewaju Babatunde Nigeria April 2009 Qaim University of Ilorin, Nigeria

70 Mrs. Elsa Aburto Sanchez Nicaragua Nov. 2008 Doppler Private Consultant, Nicaragua

71 Mrs. Salwa Almohamed Syria July 2008 Doppler University of Aleppo, Syria

Course 16: 2006 - 2009

72 Mr. Aminou Arouna Benin Oct. 2009 Dabbert University of Cotonou, Benin

73 Mr. Prakash Sadashivappa India Oct. 2009 Qaim Crop Research Center New Dehli, India

74 Mrs. Huyen le Thi Thanh Vietnam Jan. 2010 Valle-Zarate National Animal Institute, Vietnam

75 Mrs. Amani Al. Assaf Jordan Oct. 2009 Doppler Jordan University, Amman, Jordan

Course 17: 2007 - 2010

76 Mr. Abera Birhanu Ethiopia Feb. 2011 Zeller University of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

77 Mr. Marcus Vinicius Finco Brazil Oct. 2010 Doppler Federal University of Tocantins, Brasil

78 Mr. Gopal Datt Bhatta Nepal Oct. 2010 Doppler University of Guelf, Canada

79 Mr. Iwan Rudiarto Indonesia Oct. 2010 Doppler Diponegoro University, Indonesia

Course 18: 2008 – 2011

80 Ms. Florence Marie Milan Philippinen Oct. 2011 Zeller

81 Ms. Thi Van Quyen Bui Vietnam May 2012 Hoffmann

82 Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hang Vietnam Feb. 2012 Berger

Course 19: 2009 – 2012

83 Mr. Kebede Amenu Ejeta Ethiopia Valle-Zarate

84 Mrs. Eva Anggraini Indonesia Grundmann

Course 20: 2010 – 2013

85 Mr. Temesgen Fitamo Bocher Ethiopia Berger

86 Mr. Vidure Ghimire Nepal T. Becker

87 Mrs. Anna Jenderedjian Armenia Bellows

Course 21: 2011-2014

88 Mr. Emmy Wassajja Uganda Birner

89 Mr. Sekou Amadou Traore Mali Valle-Zarate

90 Mr. Makhmud Shaumarov Uzbekistan Birner

91 Mr. Ja'far Al-Khazaleh Jordan Valle-Zarate

Course 22: 2012-2015

92 Mr. Teferi Mequaninte Tensay Ethiopia Birner

93 Mrs. Juliet Barabiu Kariuki Kenya Birner

94 Mr. Rajiv Verma India Birner

95 Mr. Tam Haong Vietnam Asch

Current position (2012) of former PhD students Total numbers percent

PhD candidates 1991-2011 95 100

Still in programme 13 14

Finished PhD holders 1991 - 2011 80 84

a) Back to home country 71 89

b) International organisations (FAO) 6 7

c) German Universities 3 4

PhD holders (Alumni) in their home countries 71 100

a) Universities and research institutes 52 73

b) Ministries and administration 10 14

c) Private companies 9 13

Positions held in home university 52 100

a) Rector, Vice Rector, Dean 4 8

b) Full-Professor 5 10

c) Associate Professor 14 27

d) Assistant Professor 15 29

e) Senior Lecturer 14 27

PhD students meeting DAAD staff

Shifting cultivation, Madagasgar

Performance Indicators of PhD Programem

2001-2011

Marketing of the programme

Persons asking for information per year 185

Applications with complete documents per year 68

Time and resources efficiency

Preparation period in month / student 8

PhD thesis research and examination, month / student 37

Training efficiency

Participation in modules, numbers / student 4

Seminars and workshops, numbers / student 6

Excursions, numbers / student 2

Research quality / scientific capacity of PhD holder

Grading of PhD examination 1,8

Publications, reviewed in numbers / student 1,6

Presentations and posters in numbers / student 3,7

Mountain farming in Northern Thailand

After doctoral examination of Dr. Finco, Brazil

Re-Invitation Programme

Associated to the PhD Programme is a Re-Invitation Programme which

allows former PhD students to come to Hohenheim for a period of 3

months every third year since they have left Hohenheim University.

This part of the programme aims to offer alumni a continuous co-

operation after their PhD and to publish in co-operation with

Hohenheim staff.

In the years 2007 to 2010 28 alumni made use of this with the result

of publication of 8 books and 12 reviewed articles in Journals and

books. The costs have been covered mainly by DAAD but also by

other institutions like Humboldt Foundation.

Former PhD students visiting

University of Hohenheim during

International Symposium September 2009

Alumni network

An Alumni network has been established to

inform about activities in teaching and research between

Hohenheim and the former PhD students and between the former

PhD students,

To support each other in aquiring external funding and research

work,

To carry out workshops together

To support in teaching activities,

To cooperate in reaseach work

To contribute to selection of candidates for the PhD prorgamme in

Hohenheim

Currently there are 55 active members in the network distributed of

Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

PhD students meet with HRK (Universities‘ Rector‘s Conference) at Hohenehim to discuss internaitonal networking

East Africa:

1981 to 1995: Irrigation economics

1991 to 2005: Intensification of land use

1999 to 2005 Farm land ecology and

conservation

Since 2010: Provision of livestock

services

West Africa:

1985 to 1995: Livestock economics

and sustainable land use

1994 to 2000: Postharvest and food

processing economics

1999 to today: Gender and food

security

Since 2011: Agricultural policy

processes

Methodology:

1981 to 2011: Management and operation of

development projects

1999 to 2011: The spatial impact analyses with

GIS modeling

1981 to today: From descriptive farming

systems approach to decision-oriented

farming systems analysis and systems impact

assessment

Since 2010: Institutional economics; Public

sector reforms; Political economy of

agricultural policies; Social dimensions of

rural development

Main study areas and research topics

Main study areas and research topics since 1991

Latin America:

1995 to 2006: Savannah development:

smallholder and large scale farming

1997 to 2009: Economic

developments in forest margins of

the Amazon rainforest

1997 to 2008: Indigenious people and

forest

2000 to 2011: Economics of bio fuel

South– and Southeast Asia:

1990-2003: resources in mountain

farming and rural livelihood

2004 to 2010: Environmental

economics in rural areas

2000 to today: Resource management

in mountain farming and rural

livelihoods

Since 2011: Governance reforms in

the public administration

Middle East:

1982 to 2000: Desertification

of the steppe and Bedouines

in transition

1991 to 2006: Water resources

and irrigation

2000 to 2005: Environmental

resources and tourism

Prof. Dr. Werner Doppler Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Responsible 1991 to 2011 Responsible since 2011

Contact Ph.D. Programme

Universität Hohenheim, 490C

70593 Stuttgart / Germany

Mrs Linn Hoffmann

e-mail: phd_daad@uni-hohenheim.de

Tel.: +49[0]711 459 22514

Fax: +49 [0]711 459 23812