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Hasmik Hovakimyan from Armenia finalised her PhD with excellence

On 2 June 2022, Hasmik Hovakimyan graduated from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna – the same year the university celebrates 150 years of existence and ‘green’ education. Her research focused on transforming pedagogy towards a participatory development in the field of organic agriculture and was supervised by Stefan Vogel and Bernhard Freyer.

4 min read · 27. June 2022
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APPEAR alumni Hafte Mebrahten studies carbon pools of indigenous agroforestry systems in Ethiopia

His research showed that indigenous agroforestry systems have considerably higher carbon stocks than those reported for some tropical forests and agroforestry systems.

3 min read · 20. June 2022
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Benard Mucholwa Simiyu talks about his PhD on water quality in Nyanza Gulf, Kenya

APPEAR scholar Benard Mucholwa Simiyu successfully completed his PhD live online from Technical University of Kenya on 15 February 2022. In this article, he provides insights on his PhD research on the influence of the main Lake Victoria on the water quality in Nyanza Gulf.

5 min read · 23. May 2022
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Hasmik Hovakimyan on conference visit in Évora, Portugal

Only some weeks before finishing her PhD, APPEAR scholar Hasmik Hovakimyan joined the 14th European Farming Systems Conference (IFSA).

1 min read · 18. May 2022
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Video: Country Talk Armenia

In the third edition of the OeAD Country Talks, APPEAR scholar Hasmik Hovakimyan invites us to a journey to learn more about geography and culture as well as the cuisine of Armenia.

6 min read · 10. May 2022
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Ayelech Kidie Mengesha publishes research on impact of land registration program in rural Ethiopia

Land degradation and deforestation are major problems generally in developing countries and specifically in Ethiopia. In two recently published papers APPEAR scholar Ayelech Kidie Mengesha investigates the impact of land registration program on sustainable land use practices and gender equality.

5 min read · 18. February 2022
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Pauline Macharia defends PhD thesis on the water-energy nexus in water services provision

APPEAR scholar Pauline Macharia writes about the results of her research and her experiences while studying in Austria.

5 min read · 01. February 2022
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Scholar Imad Sayrafi finishes PhD on grassroots movements in rural Palestine

Imad Sayrafi completed his PhD at University of Vienna on social transformations linked to everyday resistance and grassroots movements in rural Palestine in September 2021. In this article, he provides some insights into his research and his experience as a PhD student in Austria.

3 min read · 29. December 2021
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Hasmik Hovakimyan publishes paper on Participation in Curricula Development in Armenia

Hasmik Hovakimyan is an APPEAR scholarship holder since 2018. The paper urges the change in outdated curricula development processes, as they usually do not meet students’ needs and do not fit the labour market’s demand.

2 min read · 09. November 2021
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Scholar Birtukan Asmare presents paper on health risks of pesticides for female farmers in Ethiopia

Her PhD research project aims to explore pesticide use practices among rural female headed households in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. On the Tropentag conference “Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future” from 15-17 September 2021 organized by the University of Hohenheim, Germany, she presented a paper online.

2 min read · 15. October 2021
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APPEAR scholar Risper Ondiek presents research on land use change and greenhouse gas emissions

Ms. Risper Ajwang’ Ondiek presented the results of her PhD studies on ‘Influence of land use/cover change and season on soil greenhouse gas emissions from a tropical wetland in Kenya’ at the 9th International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (WETPOL), which was held virtually from 13-17 September 2021.

2 min read · 06. October 2021
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Scholar Bruktawit Kassa presents paper on hate speech against female journalists in Austria

She presented the paper at the Virtual 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, 27-31 May 2021.

2 min read · 19. July 2021