Participating CG Centers

• IFPRI (9)
• ILRI (8)
• CIAT (10)
• ICRAF (4)
• ICRISAT (3)
• CIMMYT (2)
• IITA (7)
• CIFOR (2)
  
• WARDA (2)
• World Fish (3)
• BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL (2)

Participating US Institutions

• Cornell University (10)
• Michigan State University (5)
• University of Hawaii (3)
• Iowa State University (4)
• Penn State University (3)
• Texas A&M University (3)
• University of Florida (2)
• University of Illinois (2)
• George Mason University (2)
  
• Oklahoma State University
• Purdue University (5)
  
• University of California, Davis (2)
• University of Connecticut
• University of Georgia
  
• University of Iowa
• University of Minnesota
• University of Vermont
• University of Arizona
• North Carolina State University
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Auburn University
• University of Wyoming
  

Countries Represented

• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Dem. Rep. of the Congo
  
• Ethiopia
• Ghana (3)
  
• Ivory Coast (3)
• Kenya (14)
• Malawi (2)
  
• Mali (2)
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria (4)
  
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania (3)
  
• Thailand
  
• Uganda (5)
• Zimbabwe (3)
• Philippines
• Mexico
• India
• Vietnam
  

Lydiah Wanjiru Gatere

Kenyan, Lydiah Gatere is enrolled in the PhD program in the Soil and Crop Science Department at Cornell University. Ms. Gaterwe’s research study is investigating the effects of water availability, percentage clay content, landscape position and other environmental factors influencing improvements on crop yields through conservation farming, an approach for conserving biodiversity while increasing food security in Zambia’s Game Management Areas, which serve as buffer zones to national parks. Dr. Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University and Dr. James Mukidza Kinyangi of ILRI will be mentoring her. Ms. Gatere will be conducting her research in Zambia. This project is a collaboration with the Community Markets for Conservation (CMACA) project, part of USAID through the SANREM-CRSP.

Mary-Alice Mukiri Marete

Kenyan, Mary-Alice Marete is enrolled in the PhD program in the Agricultural Extension Education program at Pennsylvania State University. Ms. Marete’s research will involve an assessment of nutri-business projects in Kenya, with implications for enhancing individual incomes and for promoting local economic growth through value-added enterprises that are locally owned and controlled by community organizations. Dr. Audrey Maretzki of Pennsylvania State University and Dr. Kristin Davis of IFPRI will mentor her. She will be conducting her research on the Muranga Nutri-business Cooperative in Kenya, and at the University of Nairobi and Pennsylvania State University.

Eusebius Juma Mukhwana

Kenyan, Eusebius Mukhwana is enrolled in the PhD program in the Soil Science Department at the University of Wyoming. Mr. Mukhwana’s research builds on his eleven years of experience directing the NGO Sacred Africa, a small rural-based initiative helping farmers improve agricultural productivity and income through environmentally friendly production improvements. At the University of Wyoming, Mr. Mukhwana is investigating several advanced methods for analyzing the effects of different cropping systems (organic, no-till, minimum till, and conventional) on soil quality, and using economic models to assess the economic viability of the different systems. Dr. Jay Norton of the University of Wyoming and Dr. Nterenya Sanginga, Director of the TSBI-CIAT will provide mentorship. While Mr. Mukhwana’s research will be conducted in Wyoming, findings from the research will be integrated within the rural African smallholder context.

Bernard Bonton Obaa

Ugandan, Bernard Obaa is enrolled in the PhD program in Rural Sociology at Iowa State University. Mr. Obaa’s research focuses on livelihood resilience for food and income security among formerly displaced persons in northern Uganda, by exploring the question: “how do key elements of post-conflict agricultural development projects affect human, social and physical capital, and thereby impact food and income security?” Dr. Robert Mazur of Iowa State University and Dr. Wanjiku Chiuri of CIAT will mentor him. Mr. Obaa will be conducting his research in the Lira district in northern Uganda, based on a USAID-funded ACDI-VOCA project implemented by VEDCO.

Nhuong Van Tran

Vietnamese, Nhuong Van Tran is enrolled in the PhD program in the Applied Economics Department at Auburn University. Mr. Tran’s research, entitled “Impacts of Food Safety and Environmental Standards on Seafood Supply Chains from the South: Evidence from Vietnam,” will document standards governing the seafood trade along with their adoption and implementation in the seafood supply chain, explore how seafood producers and exporters in Vietnam respond to these standards, and evaluate the impact of these standards on the production and export performance of exporting and farming enterprises, particularity among the poorest stakeholders, in Vietnamese seafood supply chains. Dr. Conner Bailey of Auburn University, Dr. Robert Pomeroy of the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Michael Phillips of the WorldFish Center will mentor him. He will be conducting his fieldwork in Vietnam, along with components of research at Auburn University, the University of Connecticut, and the WorldFish Center.