Funded Projects
MSc Career Exploration Scholarship (JST)

Caldera Montero, José Alfredo
University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch / CIMMYT, Dr. Carolina Rivera-AmadoTopic: The role of spikes in wheat adaptation to short-term heat waves.
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Mexican

Ochieng, Reagan Otieno
Humboldt University Berlin, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Mithoefer / The Alliance (Bioversity and CIAT), Dr. Chris KettlerTopic: Analyzing Charcoal Value Chains in the Changing Landscape of Turkana, NW Kenya.
Country of operation: Kenya
Nationality: Kenyan

Márquez Olea, Iza Margot
University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch / CIMMYT, Dr. Carlos RoblesTopic: Root:shoot growth analysis to assess physiological effects on radiation use efficiency in wheat
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Mexican

Masser, Chiara
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Dr. Eleonore Heil/ The Alliance (Bioversity and CIAT), Dr. Irmgard JordanTopic: How food safety perception of consumers and farmers influences dietary behaviors in rural vs. urban regions in Kenya: a mixed-methods study
Country of Operation: Kenya
Nationality: German

Bock, Simon
Technical University of Munich, Dr. Philipp Menning / The Alliance (Bioversity and CIAT), Dr. Alejandra ArceTopic: From cocoa plantations and degraded soils in the tropics to fruit-rich food forests with agroecology: Cropping system for smallholder
Country of operation: Peru
Nationality: German
In cooperation with PhD scholar Giovanna Chavez-Miguel

Pedinedi Jerald, Jane Cypriyana
University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch / CIP, Dr. María AndradeTopic: The effect of potassium fertilizer on the physiological and morphological response of field-grown sweet potato to salinity stress
Country of Operation: Mozambique
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Johanna Volk

Thankachan, Deena
University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch / CIMMYT, Dr. Francisco PintoTopic: Genotype x Environment interaction on leaf properties and pigment composition in tropical bread wheat
Country of Operation: Mexico
Nationality: Indian
In cooperation with PhD Scholar Geckem Dambo

Negash Bedada, Tadesse
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Prof. Dr. Bruno Glaser / ICRAF, Dr. Aster GebrekirstosTopic: GC-MS Evaluation of Phytochemical Constituents in Medicinal Plants Selected by Traditional Healers in Dinsho District, Southeatern Ethiopia
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Ethiopian

Wanyonyi, Tabitha Nekesa
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens / The Alliance (Bioversity and CIAT), Dr. Stéphanie JaquetTopic: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Ingerated Animal-Plant-Agricultural Ecosystems of Different Land Use Intensities
Country of Operation: Germany
Nationality: Kenyan