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Promoting a young researcher to participate in the Organic Leadership Course

Margarit Tigranyan, a young staff member at the Armenian National Agricultural University, was selected to take part in a leadership course in organic farming.

3 min read · 13. September 2019
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Four APPEAR scholars participating at Summer School in Georgia

“Working in an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and friendly environment was exciting and good opportunity to learn from each other” highlights one of the summer school participants.

3 min read · 10. September 2019
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Participation at the Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium

APPEAR scholarship holder Elshaday Woldeyesus presented part of her doctoral research at the Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium.

2 min read · 03. September 2019
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Award of International Travel Scholarship

APPEAR scholar Benard Mucholwa Simiyu was awarded the 2019 International Travel Scholarship by International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR).

3 min read · 03. September 2019
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Symposium: Inclusion in Education for Persons with Disabilities (INEDIS)

The symposium at the University of Vienna gives insights into main findings from research conducted by INEDIS in Ethiopia. It provides the opportunity to share practical experience of inclusion in higher education institutions.

1 min read · 20. August 2019
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Islamic University of Gaza introduces training courses in energy efficient building design

This course - as a result of the CBEEB project - aims at training a group of engineers and staff on designing and establishing energy efficient buildings. In addition, it has comprised several ways of promoting awareness regarding the importance of energy efficient buildings. Moreover, it has enhanced the dissemination of the culture of Energy efficient building among people. The targeted people of the 24-hours course were male and female engineers regardless of their minor major.

1 min read · 20. August 2019
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APPEAR in practice_13: Water, energy and food security in East Africa

Insights into integrated natural resource management with examples from Kenya and Uganda.

3 min read · 14. August 2019
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Co-writing a policy brief on aquaculture and food security

Kevin Obiero, an APPEAR scholar and PhD candidate at BOKU, recently published a policy brief for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). It highlights the urgent need for aquaculture growth to improve food security and nutrition in Kenya.

3 min read · 05. August 2019
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Presentation at the Symposium on Disability Studies

The PhD research of APPEAR scholarship holder, Tizita Kassahun Gebremariam, focuses on the intersection of multiple social factors in the experiences of female students with disabilities at selected universities in Ethiopia.

2 min read · 31. July 2019
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Energy efficiency in buildings

SEA4cities survey reveals ventilation is the most energy intensive of residential and commercial electricity demands in Diamniadio.

3 min read · 31. July 2019
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Last but not Least

The final week of June, 2019 wrapped up the last official training week in Armenia for the BOAA teaching team. Ethics in Organic Agriculture as well as Qualitative Research, Methods and Data collection were on the agenda.

3 min read · 30. July 2019
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Youth message at the R20 Austrian World Summit Breakout Session by APPEAR scholar

Kevin Wafula Nyongesa had the exceptional opportunity to present the voice of young researchers at the R20 Austrian World Summit Breakout Session on “Forest Responses to Climate Change: Why African Forests Matter”. In addition to the youth message he also presented a poster about his PhD results.

5 min read · 10. July 2019

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