Former PhD Candidates
Overview of Former Students
| Name | Home-Country | Thesis Title | Finishing year | |
| Chukwuma Ume | Nigeria | Agroecology as a political concept: A case study of the Southeast geopolitical region of Nigeria | 2024 | |
| Fitsum Assefa Adela | Ethiopia | Optimum Use of Irrigation Water: Bio-economic household modeling of small-scale irrigation scheme in South Central Ethiopia | 2023 | |
| Surajit Haldar | India | Institutional innovation in groundwater governance in Odisha (India): A numerical simulation in water use association | 2023 | |
| Simon Kariuki Gicheha | Kenya | Camel milk marketing in Kenya: Institutional arrangement and performance | 2022 | |
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Bashiru Haruna |
Ghana | Towards improved nutrition: Strategies to change labour effort among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana | 2022 | |
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Adriana Marcela Gomez Mateus |
Colombia |
Analyzing the inclusion of nature in an oil palm plantation: a landscape ecological case study in Mapiripán, Meta, Colombia |
2021 | |
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Emily Nyanyukweni Mutota |
Namibia | Integrated Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services in North-Eastern Namibia | 2021 | |
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Christine Alum Arwata |
Uganda | Farm Resource Allocation Decisions in smallholder Farming Systems in the Mount Elgon Region of Uganda | 2021 | |
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Gabriel Specht |
Brazil | Different tools for different tasks: the economy-wide impacts of agricultural development and social protection programmes implemented concomitantly in a Brazilian rural village | 2021 | |
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Shimelis Araya Geda |
Ethiopia | Seed Innovations Adoption Processes in Ethiopia: A Case Study from the Farmers’ Preferences and Supply Chain Performance | 2020 | |
| Hussein Mohamed Luswaga | Tanzania | Non-Timber Forest Products Utilisation Income Benefits and Villagers’ Forest Management Participation in West Usambara-Tanzania, Farming & Rural Systems Economics | 2019 | |
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Archana Raghavan Sathyan |
India | Climate change vulnerability assessment among rainfed smallholder farmers: a case analysis from Indian watersheds | 2019 | |
| Nonjabuliso Simelane | Eswatini | The Impact of the SACU Agricultural Policy on the Maize Market and Food Prices in Swaziland | 2018 | |
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Harriet Kyomugisha |
Uganda | Competitiveness of Organic Pineapple Marketing in Uganda: Successes and Failures in Compliance with Quality Standards | 2018 | |
| Aye Moe San | Myanmar | Rice Contract Farming System and its Impact on Smallholder Livelihood in Myanmar | 2017 | |
| Mahmuda Nasrin | Bangladesh | Fertilizer Subsidy Policy in Bangladesh: Impact on Rice Production and Policy Consequences | 2017 | |
| Freddy Noma | Benin | Assessment of Food Reserve Policies in West-Africa: Case Study of Benin Grain Reserve Policy Design and Impacts | 2017 | |
| Scholastica Leah Musyimi | Kenya | Agricultural Market Integration in Kenya: Impact of Transaction Costs on Regional Maize Markets | 2017 | |
| Shakila Salam | Bangladesh | Economic Consequences of Structural Change and Farm Development Strategies in Bangladesh | 2017 | |
| Sonam Wangchuck | Bhutan | Socioeconomics and Resource Allocation decision among Farm households in the Context of Crop –Livestock Farming System in Bhutan: A Farm Household Modelling Approach | 2017 | |
| Kelemework Geleta Gebeyehu | Ethiopia | Impact of productive safety program (PSNP) on household poverty and asset accumulation in south wollo: the case of Kalu and Tehulederi districts | 2016 | |
| Thanh Vu Nguyen | Vietnam | Structural Change in Agriculture and its Impact on Rural Household Income: Case Study In Ha Tay, Vietnam | 2016 | |
| Thi Hong Mai Nguyen | Vietnam | Forest and Forestland Use Rights: An Institutional and Economic Analysis of Forest Devolution in Upland Central Vietnam | 2015 | |
| Solomon Tsehay Feleke | Ethiopia | Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia | 2015 | |
| Diep Thanh Tung | Vietnam | Structural Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Mekong Delta, Vietnam | 2015 | |
| Md. Salauddin Palash | Bangladesh | Econometric Analysis of Sutchi Catfish (Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus) Aquaculture in Bangladesh | 2015 | |
| Shamima Akhter | Bangladesh | Internal Migration and Its Impact on Farm Production and Food Security: The Case of Bangladesh | 2015 | |
| Anteneh Girma Haile | Ethiopia | Integrated Rainwater Harvesting Practices: Smallholder Farmers´ Decisions, Impact on Livelihood and Environmental Services in Azgo Watershed, Ethiopia | 2015 | |
| Xuan Luan Do | Vietnam | Access to Credit and Household Income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam | 2015 | |
| Rosaine Nérice Yegbemey | Benin | Adaptation to climate change and sustainable agriculture in West Africa: A case study of maize farming in Benin | 2014 | |
| Madu Ali Bwala | Nigeria | Resource Allocation and Consumption pattern of Farm Households in Nigeria: A Price Policy Analysis | 2014 | |
| Tsegaye Tagesse Gatiso | Ethiopia | The Nexues between Irrigation, Environmental Goods and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: The Case of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region | 2014 | |
| Collins Richard Kaweesi | Uganda | Vegetable Export Sector Competitiveness and Its Implications on the Rural Poor in Uganda: An Integrated Value Chain Analysis of Hot Peppers | 2014 | |
| Semistatus Mashimba | Tanzania | Estimating and Comparing Transaction Costs in Formal and Informal Small-Scale Enterprises: Fruits Processing Enterprises in Tanga and Dar es salaam Cities in Tanzania | 2014 | |
| Ujjal Tiwari | Nepal | Socio-economic Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Nepalese Agriculture | 2014 | |
| Fengli Xiu | China | Chinese Foreign Trade of Agricultural Commodities: Analysis and Modelling | 2014 | |
| Huong Kieu Thi Thu | Vietnam | The Impact of Linkages among major actors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) on Tea Farming in Vietnam | 2014 | |
| Humayun Kabir | Bangladesh | Analysis of Biogas Technology in Bangladesh: Toward Sustainable Renewable Energy | 2013 | |
| Philliph Musyoka Michael | Kenya | Food Consumption Patterns Welfare and Food Security: An Analysis of the Impacts of Urbanization, Economic Reforms and Rising Food Prices in Kenya | 2013 | |
| Xiaohuan Yan | China | Land Tenure Arrangements Factor Market Development and Agricultural Production in China: Evidence from Henan Province | 2013 | |
| Immaculate Omondi | Kenya | Dairy Marketing Hubs in East Africa: Economic Analysis of Farmer Preferences for Services | 2013 | |
| Abdelateif Hassan Ibrahim | Sudan | Impacts of Culture on Agricultural Production Efficiency of Women Farmers in North Kordofan State (Sudan) | 2013 | |
| Manjunatha Arahalli Venkataronappa | India | Dynamics of Agricultural Groundwater Use in Presence of Water Markets in India | 2012 | |
| Izhar Gouzhary | Indonesia | Analysis of Regional Cluster Development in Indonesia: An Empirical Study on Leather Industry | 2012 | |
| Puran Mal | India | Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact of Bt Cotton in Northern India | 2012 | |
| Samar Shams Elddin M. Abdalla | Sudan | Food and Nutrition Security among the Rural Farm Households in the Dry Land Sector of Sudan | 2012 | |
| Asif Reza Anik | Bangladesh | Farm Level Corruption and Its Impact on Farm Production and food Security in Bangladesh | 2011 | |
| Cui Yu | China | Urbanization in China: Driving forces and impacts on rural areas | 2011 | |
| Nilhari Neupane | Nepal | Political Economy of Water Distribution on the Trans-Himalayan Region of Nepal | 2011 | |
| Jumba Idalinya | Kenya | Food Security, Income Generation and Expenditure of Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya: A Socio-Economic Analysis | 2011 | |
| Evelina Budjurova | Uzbekistan | Agriculture in a Transition Economy: Analysis of Productivity and Profitability of Private Farms in Tashkent Region, Usbekistan | 2011 | |
| Sadika Haque | Bangladesh | Efficiency and Institutional Issues of Shrimp Farming in Bangladesh | 2011 | |
| Mengistu Ketema Aredo | Ethiopia | Land Management Decisions, Agricultural Productivity, and Rural Income: The Case of Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia | 2010 | |
| Panchit Pornpratansombat | Thailand | Socio-economic Analysis of Organic and Conventional Agriculture in Thailand: An Empirical Study on Rice Sector | 2010 | |
| Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu | Ethiopia | Rural Poverty, Land Management Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia | 2010 | |
| Getachew Abebe Woldie | Ethiopia | Econometric Analyses of Small-Scale Banana Markets in Southern Ethiopia: A New Institutional Economics Perspective | 2010 | |
| Amina Maharjan | Nepal | Labour out Migration and Its Impact on Farm Families in the Mid Hills of Nepal | 2010 | |
| Romy Das | Nepal | Bio-Economic Modeling of Soil Resource Conservation in Mid Hill Region of Nepal | 2009 | |
| Yotsawin Kukeawkasem | Thailand | Risk Attitudes and Risk Management Strategies of Swine Producers in Thailand | 2009 | |
| Khalid Hassan Ali Siddig | Sudan | Macroeconomy and Agriculture in Sudan: Analysis of Trade Policies, External Shocks, and Economic Bans in a Computable General Equilibrium Approach | 2009 | |
| Sirak Teclemariam Bahta | Eritrea | Agricultural Market Participation of Small Holder Farmers in South Africa: A Case of Free State Province | 2009 | |
| Fazli Rabbi | Pakistan | The Economic Reliance and Degradation of Forests in Northern Pakistan: A Socio-economic Analysis | 2009 | |
| Immaculate Nujthe Maina | Kenya | Research-Extension-Farmer Linkages and the Gender Factor: Perspectives on the demand-driven Agricultural Technology and Information Response Initiative (ATIRI) in Nakuru District, Kenya | 2008 | |
| Krishna Reddy Kakumanu | India | Economic Analysis and Management of Irrigation Systems under Subsidized Electricity Regime in Semi-arid Region of Andhra Pradesh, India | 2008 | |
| Tarig Mohammed Gibreel | Sudan | Impact of Agricultural Policy on Resource Allocation in the Gum Belt of Sudan: A Farm Household Modelling Approach | 2008 | |
| Amjath Babu Tharayil Shereef | India | Economic and Environmental impacts of political non cooperative strategies in water management: An analysis of prospective unilateral state policies in Cauvery Basin of India | 2008 | |
| Hanan Mohamed Elhadi | Sudan | Evaluation of Measures to Combat Desertification in the Farm sector in North Kodofan State, Sudan | 2008 | |
| Norma Ely Silva | Brazil | Impact of different land use options on carbon sequestration: Implications and development perspective for smallholders in Brazilian Amazon | 2008 | |
| Trung Thanh Nguyen | Vietnam | The Impact of Land Reform on Farm Households' in Northern Uplands of Vietnam | 2008 | |
| Sirirat Kiatpathomchai | Thailand | Assessing the Economic and Environmental Efficiency of Rice Production Systems in Southern Thailand: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis | 2008 | |
| Vitaliy Dvornik | Ukraine | Consequences of foreign direct investments on the economic development in the Ukraine. A theoretical and empirical analysis of the agrarian and food sector | 2007 | |
| Rajaa Hassan Mustafa | Sudan | Risk Management in the Rain-fed Sector of Sudan: Case Study, Gedaref Area Eastern Sudan | 2006 | |
| Guanghua Lin | China | Development and Application of an Economic Model for Agricultural Policy Simulation in China | 2006 | |
| Victor Afari-Sefa | Ghana | Agricultural Export Diversification, Food Security and Living Conditions of Farmers in Southern Ghana: A Microeconomic and Household Modelling Approach | 2006 | |
| Richard Mbithi Mulwa | Kenia | Economic and Environmental Performance of Sugarcane Production in Kenya: Non-Parametric Frontier Approaches | 2006 | |
| Dansinou Silvère Tovignan | Benin | Gender Perspectives in the Adoption of Organic Cotton in Benin: A Farm Household Modelling Approach | 2005 | |
| Lucia Ravalison | Madagascar | Natural resource protection and sustainable production in the Highlands of Madagascar | 2005 | |
| Xiaodong Mei | China | Soil Conservation and Sustainable Land Use in Inner Mongolia, China | 2005 | |
| Wasanthi Wickramasinghe | Sri Lanka | Development of a Sector Model for Agricultural Policy Analysis in Sri Lanka (SLASM) | 2005 | |
| Shahnaj Parveen | Bangladesh | Empowerment of Rural Women in Bangladesh: A Household Level Analysis | 2005 | |
| Herbert Hot Ojahan Siagian | Indonesia | Strategic Factors for Cooperative Organizations in Encountering Liberalized Market - A Case of Rural Indonesia - | 2005 | |
| Achille Jean Jaza Folefack | Cameroon | The Use of Compost from Household Waste in Agriculture: Economic and Environmental Analysis in Cameroon | 2005 | |
| Sen Thi Hoa Le | Vietnam | Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study of the Coastal Region Quangtri Province, Vietnam | 2005 | |
| Lila Bahadur Karki | Nepal | Impact of Project Intervention on Rural Household in Nepal: "Assessment of Socio-economic and Environmental Implications" | 2004 | |
| Edwin Waldemar Ac Bol | Guatemala / Honduras | Interrelation of Education and Living Conditions in Farm Households: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Findings in Honduras | 2004 | |
| Rija Ranaivoarison | Madagascar | Land Property Rights and Agricultural Development in the Highlands of Madagascar: Economic and Environmental Implications | 2004 | |
| Afouda Jacob Yabi | Benin | Agricultural Projects and Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Benin: Impacts Assessmentand Modelling Participation and Adoption Decisions |
2004 | |
| Khin Mar Cho | Myanmar | Guidelines for the Implementation of a Participatory Extension Approach in Myanmar: An Empirical Study of Training Needs of Extension Agents | 2003 | |
| Lan Fang | China | A Spatial Model (SWAM) for Water Efficiency and Irrigation Technology Choices: A case study from Northwestern China | 2003 | |
| Getenesh Sintayehu Tekle | Ethiopia | Extension Organisation, Field Extension Activity and Extension Training in coffee improvement projects of Ethiopia | 2002 | |
| Khandaker Md. Mostafizur Rahman | Bangladesh | Measuring the Efficiency of Producing Rice in Bangladesh: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis | 2002 | |
| A.N.K. Noman | Bangladesh | The Impact of Foreign Trade Policies and External Shocks on the Agricultural Sector of Bangladesh | 2002 | |
| Mohammed Riaz | Pakistan | Optimal Agricultural Land Use Systems for Northern Pakistan | 2001 | |
| Tamas Giorgadse | Georgia | Intraregionaler Handel in der GUS Bestimmungsfaktoren und Auswirkung auf den Transformationsprozess Georgiens | 2001 | |
| Julio Martinez Guzman | Costa Rica | Incorporation of Environmental Sustainability in Cost Benefit Analysis for Development Projects | 2001 | |
| Erick Herman Abiassi | Benin | Exchange Rate Adjustment, Food Security and Welfare of Small-Scale Farmers in Southern Benin: A Computable Household Model Analysis | 2001 | |
| Hammadur Rahman | Bangladesh | The Influence of Extension on the Introduction of Organic Farming in Bangladesh | 2000 | |
| Jia Jinrong | China |
Landwirtschaftliche Einstellung der Kleinbauern Chinas im marktwirtschaftlichen Anpassungsprozess |
2000 | |
| Milan Adhikary | Nepal | Resource Allocation in the Agricultural Sector Model in Nepal: Analysis and Impact of Policies | 2000 | |
| Jianchun Guo | China | A Regional Non-Linear Agricultural Sector Model for the Hainan Province/PR China | 2000 | |
| Johnny Mugisha | Uganda | The Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies and External Market Effects on Uganda Agricultural Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis | 1999 | |
| Abdul Qayyum Mohsin | Pakistan | The impact of Irrigation and Agriculture Policy Measure on the Socio-economic Situation of Farmers in the Rice Zone of the Punjab Province (Pakistan) | 1999 | |
| Zhou Shudong | China | Regional Model for Agricultural Policy Analysis in Jiangsu/China | 1999 | |
| Magdi Edward Tawadrous | Sudan | The Impact of Water Resource and Management on the Development of the Rahad Irrigation Project in Sudan | 1998 | |
| Sang-Youp Lee | Korea | Sozioökonomische Auswirkungen von Klimaveränderungen auf die Landwirtschaft im Südkorea - Einfluss der Klimavariablen Temperatur, Niederschlag und Sonneneinstrahlung | 1998 | |
| Aat Pisanwanich | Thailand | A Policy Simulation Model of the World Natural Rubber Market: An Econometric Approach for Thailand | 1998 | |
| Ottowitz Taciana Valio | Brazil | Verbraucherverhalten bei fair gehandelten Kaffee | 1997 | |
| Punitha (Narayanasamay) Cloud | India | Poverty and Food Security of Small Farm Households in South India: Impact of Various Policy Instruments | 1997 |