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
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 Castle: main building of Hohenheim University
The University Campus
PhD programme office up to 2009
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.
Lebanon
Jordan
Palestine
Egypt
Syria
1
5
3
1
1
Colombia
Brazil
Nicaragua
Guyana
1
5
1
1
Latin America 8
Middle East 11
Benin
Nigeria
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Mali
Africa
8
5
2
7
5
6
2
2
1
38
New intake 2008
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
Nepal
4
Myanmar
1
Thailand
6
Vietnam
12
Indonesia
3
Taiwan
1
India
3
Philippinen 1
Asia
31
Bulgaria
Georgien
Uzbekistan
Armenia
1
1
2
3
Eastern Europe
+Former GUS
7
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
Nomads in Somalia
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
PhD office, staff
Universität Hohenheim provides
Park at the University of Hohenheim
 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,
Achievements of the PhD programme 1991 to 2012
Publications and Presentations
14 books
80 publications of PhD thesis as book
134 international reviewed articles
96 presentations in workshops and conferences
205 Posters
Participants in the PhD programme 1991-2015
No
Country
of origin
PhD exam
Supervisor
Current position
Course 1: 1991 - 1995
Mr. Assefa Admassie
Mr. Mushin A. Hashim
Mr. Chinedum U. Nwajiuba
Mr. Abdelatif A. M. Ijaimi
Mr. Bernard K. Njehia
Mr. Gasper C. Ashimogo
Mr. Christopher Obel Gor
Ethiopia
Sudan
Nigeria
Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
Kenya
March 1995
Nov. 1994
Nov. 1994
March 1995
March 1995
March 1995
July 1999
Heidhues
Doppler
Doppler
von Oppen
von Oppen
Lorenzl
Akhello-Oguto
University of Addis Abeba, Ethiopa
Sudanese Internet Services, Sudan
Imo State University, Nigeria
Ministry of Agriculture, Sudan
Egerton University, Kenya
University of Daressalam, Tanzania
Nairobi University, Kenya
Course 2: 1992 - 1996
8 Mr. Teresa Adugna
9 Mr. Mohamed Adam Abedelg
10 Mr. Nestor Ahoyo Adjovi
11 Mr. Ahmed I. El Fadil Ismail
12 Mrs. Suwanna Praneetvatakul
Ethiopia
Sudan
Benin
Sudan
Thailand
March 1996
March 1996
March 1996
March 1996
April 1996
Heidhues
Doppler
Heidhues
von Oppen
Doppler
Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Ministryof Agriculture, Sudan
National Agricultural Research Institute,Benin
Universityof Gedaref, Sudan
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Name
13
14
15
16
Course 3: 1993 - 1997
Mr. Raid N. Al-Baqain
Mr. Dieudonne Belle Sossoh
Mr. Jiunn-Ming Chern
Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed
Jordan
Cameroon
Taiwan
Sudan
Aug. 1997
March 1997
May 1997
March 1997
Doppler
Heidhues
Doppler
Ziche
Al Balqa University, Jordan
Ministry of Agriculture , Cameroun
Taiwan Sugar Company, Taiwan
El-Obeid Research Station, Sudan
17
18
19
20
21
Course 4: 1994 - 1998
Mrs. Acharee Sattarasart
Mr. Cyrille Honagbode
Mr. Justin Bomda
Mr. Honorat Edja
Mr. Walter Odhiambo
Thailand
Benin
Cameroon
Benin
Kenya
Aug 1999
March 2002
March 1998
March 1998
March 1998
Doppler
Doppler
Heidhues
Bierschenk
von Oppen
TDRI, Bangkok, Thailand
Universiti de Parakou, Benin
Director ADAF, Cameroon
University of Cotonou, Benin
KIPPRA Research Institut, Nairobi, Kenya
22
23
24
25
26
Course 5: 1995 - 1999
Mr. Gezahegne Ayele
Mr. Akpa Ndubuisi
Mr. Marwan Owaygen
Mrs. Bijaya Bajracharya
Mr. Talat A. El-Tamimi
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Lebanon
Nepal
Palestine
March 1999
March1999
Sep. 1999
No
March 1999
Heidhues
Zeddies
Doppler
Doppler
von Oppen
Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia
Extention Service, Imo State, Nigeria
The Canadian IDRC, Cairo Office, Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture, Kathmandu, Nepal
Hebron University, West Bank, Palestine
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Course 6: 1996 - 2000
Mrs. Pilar Santacoloma
Mrs. Noune Khachatryan
Mrs. Thanda Kyi
Mr. Jean Senahoun
Mr. Jean Adanguidi
Mr. Victor Gbessemehlan
Mr. Abdullah Munzir
Columbia
Armenia
Myanmar
Benin
Benin
Benin
Indonesia
July 2000
March 2000
March 2000
March 2001
March 2000
March 2004
March 2000
Doppler
von Oppen
von Oppen
Heidhues
Bierschenk
Bierschenk
Heidhues
FAO, Farming System Devision, Rome, Italy
University of Hohenheim, Germany
Yezin University, Myanmar
FAO Rome, Italy
FASEG, Benin
Consultant, Cotonou, Benin
University of Bung Hatta, Indonesia
34
35
36
37
Course 7: 1997 - 2001
Mr. Armen Khachatryan
Mrs. Nuchanata Mungkung
Mr. Umidshan Nasarkulov
Mr. Philipp Grundmann
Armenia
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
March 2006
May 2002
March 2001
July 2002
Doluschitz
Doppler
Zeddies
Doppler
University of Hohenheim, Germany
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Tashkent State Agrarian University, Usbekistan
Humbold University Berlin, Germany
38
39
40
41
Course 8: 1998 - 2002
Mr. Kassimou Issaka
Mr. Manh Hai Nguyen
Mrs. Huyen Nguyen Thi Thanh
Mrs.Senait Bedada Regassa
Benin
Vietnam
Vietnam
Ethiopia
March 2002
March 2002
Dec. 2004
May 2002
von Oppen
Heidhues
Doppler
Doppler
UNDP/UNCDF, Benin
Vietnam Airlines Corporation, Vietnam
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam
EARI, Nazareth, Ethiopia
42
43
44
45
46
47
Course 9: 1999 - 2003
Mrs. Jirawan Kitchaicharoen
Mr. Mohammad Majdalawi
Mr. Marcos Alves dos Reys
Mr. Ngo Nhat Thang
Mr. Thameen Hijawi
Mr. Damian Gabagambi
Thailand
Jordan
Brazil
Vietnam
Palestine
Tanzania
March 2003
June 2003
March 2003
No
April 2003
March 2003
Doppler
Doppler
Doppler
Valle Zarate
Doppler
Von Oppen
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Arab League Organisation, Sudan
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam
AAA/PARC, West Bank, Palästina
University of Daressalam, Tanzania
No
Name
Course 10: 2000 - 2004
48 Mr. Do Anh Tai
49 Mrs. Herta Avalos Viegas
50 Mr. Mai Van Phan
51
52
53
54
Course 11: 2001 - 2004
Mr. Asem Nabulsi
Mrs. Eunice Obamiro
Mrs. Dinh Ngoc Lan
Mrs. Suebpongsang Pornsiri
Course 12: 2002 - 2005
55 Mrs. Adeola Akinsanmi
56 Mr. Krishna Bahadur K.C.
57 Mr. Apolonius Katwijukye
Course 13: 2003 - 2006
58 Mrs. Aurea Albuquerque
59 Mr. Mohamed Awad
60 Mr. Hau Van Nguyen
Vietnam
61 Mr. Ashok Hadapad
India
62 Mrs. Becki Raini
Course 14: 2004 - 2007
63 Mr. Richard Blair
64 Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kabura
65 Mr. Chakrit Potchanasin
Thailand
66 Mrs.Juliana Schober Lima
67 Mr. Zlatan Vassilev
68 Mr. Ahmed Abu Shaban
Course 15: 2005 - 2008
69 Mr. Olanrewaju Babatunde
70 Mrs. Elsa Aburto Sanchez
71 Mrs. Salwa Almohamed
Country
of origin
PhD exam
Supervisor
Current position
Vietnam
Brazil
Vietnam
March 2004
Sep. 2004
June 2005
Doppler
Doppler
Schultze-Kraft
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam
State University Resende, Brazil
Ministry of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
Jordan
Nigeria
Vietnam
Thailand
June 2007
Sep. 2004
March 2005
Sep. 2004
Doppler
Doppler
Heidhues
Von Oppen
British American Tobacco, Dubai
Yale University, USA
Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Nigeria
Nepal
Uganda
Sep. 2005
Aug. 2005
Sep. 2005
Doppler
Doppler
Doppler
Ibadan State University, Nigeria
Koyoto University, Japan
Northern University, Uganda
Brazil
Egypt
Vietnam
Sep. 2006
Sep. 2006
Sep. 2006
Doppler
Doppler
Valle Zarate
University of Recive, Brazil
University of Alexandria, Egypt
Nat. Institue of Animal Husbandry,
India
Sep. 2006
Zebitz
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC),
Kenya
Sep. 2006
Zebitz
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Guyana
Kenya
Thailand
Sep. 2007
Sep. 2007
Sep. 2007
Doppler
Doppler
Zeddies
University of Guyana, Guyana
New York University, USA
Ministry
of
Agriculture
Brazil
Bulgaria
Palestine
Sep. 2007
March 2009
Dec. 2007
K. Becker
Doluschitz
Doppler
Federal University Bellem, Brasil
Ministry of Agriculture, Bulgaria
Gaza University, Palestine
Nigeria
Nicaragua
Syria
April 2009
Nov. 2008
July 2008
Qaim
Doppler
Doppler
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Private Consultant, Nicaragua
University of Aleppo, Syria
Bankok,
72
73
74
75
Course 16: 2006 - 2009
Mr. Aminou Arouna
Mr. Prakash Sadashivappa
Mrs. Huyen le Thi Thanh
Mrs. Amani Al. Assaf
Benin
India
Vietnam
Jordan
Oct. 2009
Oct. 2009
Jan. 2010
Oct. 2009
Dabbert
Qaim
Valle-Zarate
Doppler
University of Cotonou, Benin
Crop Research Center New Dehli, India
National Animal Institute, Vietnam
Jordan University, Amman, Jordan
76
77
78
79
Course 17: 2007 - 2010
Mr. Abera Birhanu
Mr. Marcus Vinicius Finco
Mr. Gopal Datt Bhatta
Mr. Iwan Rudiarto
Ethiopia
Brazil
Nepal
Indonesia
Feb. 2011
Oct. 2010
Oct. 2010
Oct. 2010
Zeller
Doppler
Doppler
Doppler
University of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Federal University of Tocantins, Brasil
University of Guelf, Canada
Diponegoro University, Indonesia
Course 18: 2008 – 2011
80 Ms. Florence Marie Milan
81 Ms. Thi Van Quyen Bui
82 Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hang
Philippinen
Vietnam
Vietnam
Oct. 2011
May 2012
Feb. 2012
Zeller
Hoffmann
Berger
Course 19: 2009 – 2012
83 Mr. Kebede Amenu Ejeta
84 Mrs. Eva Anggraini
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Valle-Zarate
Grundmann
Course 20: 2010 – 2013
85 Mr. Temesgen Fitamo Bocher
86 Mr. Vidure Ghimire
87 Mrs. Anna Jenderedjian
Ethiopia
Nepal
Armenia
Berger
T. Becker
Bellows
88
89
90
91
Course 21: 2011-2014
Mr. Emmy Wassajja
Mr. Sekou Amadou Traore
Mr. Makhmud Shaumarov
Mr. Ja'far Al-Khazaleh
Uganda
Mali
Uzbekistan
Jordan
Birner
Valle-Zarate
Birner
Valle-Zarate
92
93
94
95
Course 22: 2012-2015
Mr. Teferi Mequaninte Tensay
Mrs. Juliet Barabiu Kariuki
Mr. Rajiv Verma
Mr. Tam Haong
Ethiopia
Kenya
India
Vietnam
Birner
Birner
Birner
Asch
Current position (2012) of former PhD students
Total numbers
percent
PhD candidates 1991-2011
Still in programme
95
13
100
14
Finished PhD holders 1991 - 2011
a) Back to home country
b) International organisations (FAO)
c) German Universities
80
71
6
3
84
89
7
4
PhD holders (Alumni) in their home countries
a) Universities and research institutes
b) Ministries and administration
c) Private companies
71
52
10
9
100
73
14
13
Positions held in home university
a) Rector, Vice Rector, Dean
b) Full-Professor
c) Associate Professor
d) Assistant Professor
e) Senior Lecturer
52
4
5
14
15
14
100
8
10
27
29
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
 Applications with complete documents per year
Time and resources efficiency
 Preparation period in month / student
 PhD thesis research and examination, month / student
Training efficiency
 Participation in modules, numbers / student
 Seminars and workshops, numbers / student
 Excursions, numbers / student
Research quality / scientific capacity of PhD holder
 Grading of PhD examination
 Publications, reviewed in numbers / student
 Presentations and posters in numbers / student
185
68
8
37
4
6
2
1,8
1,6
3,7
After doctoral examination of
Dr. Finco, Brazil
Mountain farming in Northern Thailand
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 cooperation 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
Main study areas and research topics
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
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
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
Main study areas and research topics since 1991
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
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
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
Prof. Dr. Werner Doppler
Responsible 1991 to 2011
Prof. Dr. Regina Birner
Responsible since 2011
Contact
Ph.D. Programme
Universität Hohenheim, 490C
70593 Stuttgart / Germany
Mrs Linn Hoffmann
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +49[0]711 459 22514
Fax: +49 [0]711 459 23812