Open Topics

Below please find an overview over possible research topics for your career exploration stay. More details on the projects are available upon request.

In case you are interested in a particular topic, please contact us at jst@atsaf.de. We will establish the communication with the respective research institute .

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CGIAR ++ / International Agricultural Research Centers

Topic: Analysis of cattle economies of the major Latin American countries.

Country of operation: Colombia, Cali

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Topic: Gender realities and disparities in contemporary livestock systems

Country of operation: Colombia, Cali

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Topic: Sustainable Business Models and their context-based suitability to promote sustainable production practices adoption in livestock: evidence from Vietnam

Country of operation: Colombia, Cali; Vietnam, Hanoi

Further student research topic opportunities at CIMMYT are listed here . They are categorized by subject, location & academic level. Please also check out the CIMMYT Academy. https://academy.cimmyt.org/

Topic: Potato seed systems in Ecuador under extreme biotic and abiotic events.

Country of operation: Ecuador

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Topic: Assessing the update of improved infant young feeding practices and household dietary practices.

Country of operation: Ghana

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Topic: Consumer assessments of orange-fleshed sweetpotato processed products.

Country of operation: Ghana

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Topic: Ex-ante assessment of sustainable intensification of cereal based systems with early-maturity potato varieties in Asia.

Country of operation: India, Bangladesh, Nepal

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Topic: Zero tillage potato production under (rice) mulch.

Country of operation: India, Bangladesh, Peru

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Topic: Assessing adoption of orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda.

Country of operation: Kenya, South Africa

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Topic: Stability of 50 late blight resistant advanced clones in the Peruvian Andes.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Assessing the genetic diversity in CIP breeding pipelines.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Genetic resources conservation.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Etiology and control of potato purple top disease complex.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Biological characterization of newly discovered viruses of potatoes and andean root an tuber crops.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Mycoviruses for control of phythophthora infestans.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: On-farm conservation of potato potato resources: ethnobotany, cataloging and spatial distribution.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Conservation agriculture in potato production in the Northern Peruvian Andes.

Country of operation: Peru

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Topic: Potato under regenerative agriculture to fight against desertification and soil degradation.

Country of operation: Peru

Topic: Integrated Herd-Health Package (I2HP) under CGIAR's initiative on Agroecology (AEi)

Country of operation: Tunisia

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Topic: Development of a software tool for analyzing and presenting soil sensor data from different systems in Jordan.

Country of operation: Jordan

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Topic: Determining optimum plant population of mungbean for maximizing grain yield and grain weight

Country of operation: Uzbekistan

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Topic: An assessment of application of molecular markers in wheat improvement in Uzbekistan

Country of operation: Uzbekistan

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Topic: Genetic diversity and distribution of fruit tree landraces and varieties in Central Asia

Country of operation: Uzbekistan

Topic: Nutrition sensitive livestock systems,

Country of operation: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda

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Topic: Climate smart options for adopting technologies and practices to improve resilience and productivity of livestock in low input environments.

Country of operation: Kenya, Tanzania

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Topic: Gender evaluation and comparative analysis of the effects of social and technical innovations in forage production on women and men (work burden, empowerment and norms) in smallholder dairy farm settings

Country of operation: Kenya, Ethiopia

Topic: Climate change mitigation in rice production

Country of operation: Philippines, Los Banos

Topic: Site-specific management of soil diseases in Solanaceous crops

Country of operation: Benin; Tanzania; Taiwan, Philippines

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Topic: Identification and Development of new biocontrol agents to manage key pests and diseases on vegetable crops

Country of operation: Taiwan, Shanhua

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Topic: Nutritional analysis of food preparation methods

Country of operation: Taiwan, Tainan

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Topic: Community gardening

Country of operation: Taiwan, Tainan

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Topic: Understanding the mechanisms of seed behaviour and germination of opportunity crops for a better conservation and use of their genetic resources

Country of operation: Taiwan, Tainan

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Topic: Developing omics tools for orphan crop breeding programs

Country of operation: Taiwan, Tainan

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Topic: Developing virus resistant chilli pepper for West and Central Africa

Country of operation: Taiwan, Tainan

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Topic: Nutrition-sensitive and sustainable diets, food environments and food systems

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha

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Topic: Participatory research to understand barriers and enablers of fruit and vegetable access in Arusha Region, Tanzania

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha

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Topic: Market segments for vegetable seeds: The case of Kenya

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha or Kenya, Nairobi

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Topic: Vegetable and Grain Yield Components Determination in Vegetable Type and Dual Type Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) Genotypes

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha

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Topic: Identification and Characterization of Pathogen(s) Causing Wilt Diseased in African Eggplant in East Africa

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha

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Topic: Understanding seed longevity of traditional african vegetables (opportunity crops) for improved management of ex-situ genebank collections

Country of operation: Tanzania, Arusha

German Research Institutions

Topic: Qinoa genome analysis and breeding

Country of operation: Germany, Kiel

Topic: Apricots and wild admonds of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan): Population dynamics, genetic diversity, morphological diversity, use, threats, climate change, specie-niche modelleing

Country of operation: Germany, Witzenhausen