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
Alliance Bioversity & CIAT
Topic: Contributing to the interdisciplinary needs-based research agenda of the project IKI project "Supporting Colombia’s Just Energy
Transition, climate resilience, and food security through the introduction of inclusive agri-photovoltaic systems"
Country of operation: Colombia, Cali
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Topic: Gender realities and disparities in contemporary livestock systems
Country of operation: Colombia, Cali
CIMMYT
Topic: Nutritious wheat. Determination of abiotic stress factors on nutritional quality traits in wheat for the development of stable genotypes with enhanced nutritional quality and yield potential.
Country of operation: Mexico
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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/
CIP
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
ICARDA
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
ILRI
Topic: Nutrition sensitive livestock systems,
Country of operation: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda
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Topic: Gender issues in livestock development (e.g. women-led livestock business, women's empowerment, gender norms and transformative approaches, nutrition and masculinities, across all pillars of livestock).
Country of operation: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda
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Topic: Developing a livestock strategy and investment plan at a country level; Quantitative livestock value chain analysis for strategy and policy design.
Country of operation: Kenya
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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
World Vegetable Center
Topic: Site-specific management of soil diseases in Solanaceous crops
Country of operation: Benin; Tanzania; Taiwan, Philippines
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Topic: Comparative assessment of conventional agricultural extension services and coaching approches in Benin
Country of operation: Benin
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Topic: Polyculture system design with agroecological principles for Odisha and Madhya Pradesh for climate resilient vegetable production
Country of operation: India, Hyderabad
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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: Nutrition-sensitive and sustainable diets, food environments and food systems
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
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German Research Institutions
Christian Albrechts University Kiel
Topic: Qinoa genome analysis and breeding
Country of operation: Germany, Kiel
University of Kassel
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