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Making Climate-Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture

APPEAR scholar Sara Kaweesa presented a paper at the 2nd Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (2ACCA), from 9th-12th October 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The congress brought together expert knowledge and insights from practitioners from different sectors and interest groups at all levels of agriculture development.

2 min read · 12. February 2019
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“Taking cooperation to the digital age” - High-Level Forum Africa-Europe 2018

APPEAR scholarship holders Anne Birundu and Vincent-Paul Sanon participated at the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe, that took place on 18th of December in Vienna within the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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Developing new models of sustainable community cooperation in mountain regions of Georgia

APPEAR scholar Lela Khartishvili from Georgia conducted the first research on community based tourism in Georgia and Armenia. The study reveals the role of tourism in community mobilization and sustainable development. It also revealed the challenges and constrains hampering community tourism development in both countries. The research is based on document analysis, qualitative interviews with different stakeholders and the project experiences.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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Paper presentation at a conference for sustainable development in dryland environments

APPEAR scholarship holder Sonnia Musyoka as part of her doctoral work, presented a paper at the Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Dryland Environments, that was held at Umma University, in Kenya between 19thand 23rd November 2018. The conference provided an excellent platform for the academia from around the world to engage with the industry, innovators, policy makers, value chain developers, farmers, and service providers among others so that higher education in Africa contributes to solving the problems of natural resources governance in the era of climate change.

2 min read · 24. January 2019
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PhD Research on aquaculture systems in Kenya

APPEAR scholarship holder Zipporah Gichana, as part of her doctoral work, presented a paper entitled “Effect of Different Biofilters on Performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a Small-Scale Recirculating Aquaculture System” at the 6th Conference of the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association, held from 24th to 28th of September 2018 in Malawi. The conference theme was “African fish and fisheries: diversity, conservation, sustainable management and development”.

3 min read · 02. January 2019
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APPEAR scholar Kevin Obiero was been awarded a certificate for the best talk

Kevin Obiero's talk entitled "Impacts of water level fluctuations on fisheries of Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake" was presented during the 8th Species in Ancient Lakes (SIAL8) Conference held from 29th July to 3rd August 2018 in Entebbe Uganda.

2 min read · 20. December 2018
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PhD research on participatory approaches to curriculum development in higher education in Armenia

This summer APPEAR scholarship holder Hasmik Hovakimyan started her empirical data collection for her PhD research and helped support the APPEAR project BOAA. She started with getting acquainted with the organic sector and its stakeholders. To do so she held a series of participatory focus groups discussing various themes relevant to the project.

4 min read · 20. December 2018
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PhD research on Palestinian resistance in the village of Ni'lin

APPEAR Scholarship holder Imad Sayrafi presented his paper entitled "Contextualizing Resistance; Indigenous Narratives and the Progression of an Ongoing Settler Colonialism; The Case of the Palestinian Village of Ni’lin" in the Vienna Anthropology Days Conference on 21st of September, 2018.

2 min read · 17. December 2018
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Geographic information systems for sustainable development

APPEAR scholar Sheilon Lopez acquired skills and knowledge in this regard at the Geoservices-4-Sustainability Summer School in Germany.

3 min read · 14. December 2018
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Paper presentation on “Life Experience of Street Children in the City of Kigali”

Charles Rutikanga, current APPEAR scholar and PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, participated at the International Conference on Child Protection in Africa. He presented his PhD research topic on “Lives in Adversity: Life Experience of Street Children in the City of Kigali”.

3 min read · 09. November 2018
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APPEAR scholar Paul Omonge participated in a Summer School in Prague

The Summer School aims at promoting various aspects of statistical analysis of environmental, urban and such data using free GIS languages and tools.

2 min read · 31. October 2018
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Scholarship holder participated in summer school "Rooting research in the Palestinian context"

For Hada it was an opportunity to witness participatory research by the research groups from Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon, as a method applied in different settings. The discussion contributed to her understanding of knowledge production practices at higher education institutions, which she is focusing on in her PhD research. It also added to her understanding of the importance of the critical stance in social science research. Hada also acted as an interpreter for the summer school participants.

1 min read · 04. October 2018