Four Hohenheim students are awarded by the fiat panis foundation  [02.08.12]

This year’s winners of  the Josef G. Knoll European Science Award are the following PhD theses:

• “Implementation and Optimization of the Doubled Haploid Technology for Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.) Breeding Programs” by Dr. Vanessa Prigge, supervised by Prof. Dr. A. E. Melchinger, Universität Hohenheim
• “Determinants and Impacts of Smallholder Collective Action in Kenya” by Dr. Elisabeth Fischer, supervised by   Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim, Universität Göttingen
• “Operational Poverty Targeting by Proxy Means Tests Models and Policy Simulations for Malawi” by Dr. Nazaire Houssou, supervised by  Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller, Universität Hohenheim

This years’s winners of the H. Ruthenberg Graduate Award are the following theses:

• “Opportunities and challenges in the production of maize in Northern Ghana” by Lilli Scheiterle, supervised by Prof. Dr. Regina Birner, Universität Hohenheim
• “Forest Access and Governance: A case study on Karen community forestry in Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand” by Frau Athena Birkenberg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller, Universität Hohenheim
• “Contribution of home gardens to household income generation in Burkina Faso (a case study of Bieha District)” by Reginald Tang Guuroh, supervised by Prof. Dr. Holm Uibrig, Technische Universität Dresden

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