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News from Cork

Hello Agris Mundus,
Very warm season’s greetings from Cork.

Regional representative elections

As you know that we are only two Agris Mundus students here in Cork, we held very competitive elections for regional representative.
There were two candidates, myself (Timothy) and Vicente. The first round of elections was very competitive, and it ended with a 1-1 for the two votes cast.
There was a run-off between the two candidates, and this time Vicente emerged the winner, with one vote. The other candidate lost because one of the two votes cast was invalid!
So our regional representative from Cork is Jorge Vicente Asebey from Bolivia.

Teaching
Core Modules
Food Business
Food Business Analysis
Food Business Project
Electives
Food Retail marketing and supply chain management
Advanced Food Marketing
Cooperative Business and the rural economy
Advanced Food Business Management
Food security in the developing world
Food Choice Analysis
Language (Spanish or German)

Teaching for the first semester started on 22.09.08 and ended on 12.12.08. We are 11 students in the Msc. Food Business 1 class. The lectures have been very interesting. We specifically learnt marketing as applied to food covering areas such as Functional foods, organic foods, New product development, Innovation, business planning......etc. For Food Security in the developing world, we formed working groups of five to research on one of the eight millennium development goals and make a presentation to the rest of the class. The presentation contributes 40% and an essay on the presentation accounts for 60% of the final mark. It was interesting for us to practice making presentations.
Towards the end of the semester, we have been very busy with project work. Almost all the lecturers wanted their essays handed in on the same deadline i.e. 12.12.08. But we are fortunate that almost all our exams will be in the summer. We however have one exam on Food retail marketing and supply chain management on 08.01.08. So we will be revising during the Christmas period (on the bad side though). After exams, in the summer, we will go out for work placement to any country, company of our choice to put into practice the theory we had in class.

Cork City
Cork is an old, small but busy city. It is home to over 20,000 students from University College Cork (UCC) and the neighbouring Colleges. It is a city full of students from all over the world. Thursday is especially busy (its official party night for students). Students move all over till dawn, and the beer just flows in taps in the pubs (stop missing; you can pay us a visit...).
Yesterday (Sunday) we had an Erasmus Christmas party. It was fun all through the night.

I have attached some of the pictures with me and my Erasmus friends.

I hope you are all having it the easy way with you course(s) and of course party. If you don’t please get a life and enjoy your Erasmus experience!

Merry Christmas to you all and a happy new year.

From Timothy Abeikis (UCC), Uganda

Regional representative in Catania

Noor-Ehsan Gobindram (gobindram@intnet.mu) from Mauritius became the regional representative of the Agris Mundus students in Catania.
Congratulations and good luck!

Creation of an Agris Mundus Student Association

Since a couple of weeks, the regional representatives of Wageningen (Jens), Madrid (Borja), Copenhagen (Maria), Montpellier (Julie) and our global representatives Linda and Renzo have been meeting online to discuss the possibility of creating an Agris Mundus Students Association.

An association would be helpfull in continuing communication between students and alumni, exchange information between universities, make statutes so that things continue in the same way etc.

First, it is important to know what the students want. For this it would be really helpfull if you answer these questions and send it to your regional or global representative.

1) Do you think we should create an Agris Mundus Student Association?
2) Do you want to be involved in the creation of this association? How would you like to get involve?
3) How much time per week would you commit for this work?
4) What should be the main objectives of this Association? (Name at least three main subjects you consider crucial)
5) What aspects you recommend to include in the mandate of the Association?

We will make a summary of the answers and post it on the blog, so keep checking it to be up-to-date!

Acknowledgment of reception M. Landais

The General Director of the IRC, signed our letter about the scholarship issue to show us that he received it.
Click on the picture to see it in a separate window!

News from Madrid

Hi, Colleagues! How’s life going in the rest of Europe? I would like to give you a taste of what is going on with in Madrid…

There are 23 of us (6 are with Agris Mundus) representing 13 different countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chili, Colombia, Ecuador, USA, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico and Spain) studying in the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.

In addition to the vast cultural diversity, the variety of professional training within the group is amazing (Agricultural engineers, geographers, veterinarians, economists, administrators, just to name a few). Without a doubt, the range of individuals proves an enormous asset for the exchange experiences. The discussions that develop in and out of class are incredible!

The focus of study is rural development, and we have classes revolving around three key subjects:
Development Planning (EU policies, Rural Sociology, Public Policy Planning, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development).
Projects (Development and Evaluation of Projects, Logical Framework, Business Management, Leadership, etc).
Components of Development (Diversification of Activities, Innovation, Rural Tourism, Agribusiness, Food Security, Social Economy and Employment).

Different from the other M1 students we have to undertake a project (investigation or intervention) during the first year!!!

We have student meetings every Thursday to discuss matters of interest, such as the academic calendar, evaluation of the courses, cultural activities, and so on. We have organized a student committee to oversee and organize recreational activities (parties and trips) and there is also a commission of culture in charge of informing the group of current activities in Madrid.

Life in Madrid is most pleasant; with a charming atmosphere and lively surroundings. The measureless amount of cultural activities, many of which are free, simply add to the attraction. Some of these events are theater productions, movie festivals, guided tours through the Botanical gardens, concerts, museums, etc.

Anyone interested in visiting the Spanish capital could count on many friends willing to show them around the city!

Hasta pronto!!

Maria Fernanda Arraes and Levi Johnson (mafearraes@hotmail.com )

New Agris Mundus Coordinator in Copenhagen

In Copenhagen, Andreas de Neergaard (adn@life.ku.dk) became the new Agris Mundus Coordinator. His predecessor, Henning Hogh Jensen, has left the University of Copenhagen and is now working for the University of Aarhus. The picture you see here was made during the SLUSE course in Malaysia.

Congratulations and good luck, Andreas!

International Christmas dinner party in Copenhagen

On the 21st of November, the students in Copenhagen had an early Christmas party with an international dinner and some traditional Danish Folk dancing. Obviously people had some good food and did some good dancing!

Hiking in St Guilhem-le-Desert

On the 9th of November, the tough people of the AM group in Montpellier went for a whole day hike in the village of St Guilhem-le-Desert. As you can see we had a lot of fun and even learned something about soil science...

The adventures of Jairo on a french goat farm

During the individual farm internship in Montpellier in september, Jairo did his internship on a french goat farm, where they produce goat cheese.

It is a typical french family farm with 100 goats (Alpines and Communes de Provence) and 70 ha of land, of which 46 ha for grazing and the rest for the cultivation of barley, alfalfa and sainfoin.

The farm is situated in Valensole, Alpes de Haute Provence.

You can find more information on: http://lacombe.over-blog.org (only in French)

Regional representatives

Maria Zintl (maria_zintl@hotmail.com) from Denmark/Germany has been elected as regional representative for the Copenhagen group.

In Wageningen, Jens Treffner (jenstreffner@gmx.de) from

Germany has been elected as regional representative

In Madrid, Valero Belda (Borja) Francisco (borjavalerobelda@hotmail.com) from Spain has been elected to be the regional representative.

In Montpellier, the M1 global representative of last year, Julie Mayans (julie_mayans@yahoo.fr) from France has been elected as regional representative.

We still miss the representatives from Cork and Catania!

Congratulations and good luck to all regional representatives!

Rowing activity Montpellier 4th of October

On the 4th of October Michèle and Didier took us out to go rowing at La Grande Motte. It was a very nice day and fortunately nobody sunk. After a seafood barbeque we went to see the sea and played some games on the beach. Some daring teachers and students even decided to take a swim!

First Livestock systems management student graduates!!

On the 26th of September, Hajer KHELIL from Tunisia got her diploma during the awarding ceremony inCatania, Italy. She is the first student in the livestock systems management (Catania/Montpellier) track to graduate.
The subject of her thesis was "Potential of green-houses wastes in ruminants feeding. Effect of substituting barley with tomato and/or cucumbre on in vitro ruminal fermentation."
She conducted this research in Granada, Spain and her efforts got rewarded with an 18/20 in the French system and 68/70 in the Italian system.
A great result! Congratulations Hajer and good luck!!

The adventures of Bakhodir on a french sheep farm

In order to improve their French skills and to get to know a french family-based farm, the M2 students in Montpellier did an internship of 3 weeks on a french farm.
Bakhodir Mirzaev from Uzbekistan did his internship on a sheep farm where they keep 1800 merinos on 3600 ha, primarily for wool production. Below part of his report and some pictures.
You can find more information about the farm on their website: http://macomerinos.free.fr













ANALYSIS OF FRENCH FARMING SYSTEM:
Case study in sheep farming in Jabron Valley, Alpes de Haute Provence Region
MaCo Merinos
After these three weeks I realized; what is family farming? what are its advantages? because it is different than other farming systems. First of all, working time schedule is very productive, economical, and perspective in a way how budget is managed. Another advantage is that other neighbor sheep family farmers can help each other with exchanging mechanisms or participate in different agricultural activities. Decision-making process is between husband and wife; sometimes they discuss issues within with a close family farm. Very interesting point that I found is that young family farms tenancies from retired farms. This gives good advantages for good communication within community and good cultivation in the around Valley. Another good advantage of a family farm is expansion of economy and correspondence with wool factory to sell high quality wool in a reasonable price. As they are breeding new MaCo Merinos (figure) it means farm will have good quality wool and meat to sell and expand experience in around farmers and other European countries.

Agris Mundus students

You can find the profiles of the Batch 1 AM students (2006-2008) on this site: http://www.agristudent.blogspot.com/nt.blogspot.com/


The other profiles will follow as soon as I receive the info!

So send me:
- a picture
- name
- country
- study track (M1/M2)
- professional/educational background
- e-mailaddress
- skype/messenger addresses
- telephone number
- for the batch 1 students: country and subject of thesis
- anything else you would like to include in your profile


Please e-mail me on berdi.doornebosch@gmail.com with all your suggestions, questions, photo's and info for the website!!!

Batch 1 (2006-2008)
Name: ACHEAMPONG Ernest Nti
Country: Ghana
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: Water management
E-mail: pope2gee@gmail.com
Skype/messenger: pope2gee
Telephone: +233272585712
Thesis subject: Agricultural Water productivity analysis of the Niger river basin
Thesis organization and country: Association Regional D'irrigation et Drainage, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Current position: none



Name: ANDRONICO Valeria
Country: Italy
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: BSc in Agriculture
E-mail: valeriaandronico@hotmail.com
Messenger: valeriaandronico@hotmail.com
Thesis: Morocco, Direction Provinciale de l'Agriculture d'Essaouira. Meat quality from goats fed in the Argan forest in Morocco
Current position: none





Name: ANTONY Bindu
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: 3,5 years work experience in the field of participatory natural resource management
MSW-(masters in Social Work) with community development specialisation
BSc -Graduation in Biological techniques and specimen preparation
E-mail: binduantony@gmail.com
Messenger: bindu_kottackal@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: +914842456342 (India) and +96896210824 (Oman)
Thesis subject and country: Community participation in forest management with special focus on cost benefit sharing -In Kankali Community Forestry, Nepal
Current position: none


Name: AZURMENDI Henry
Country: Chile
Study track: Madrid/Cork
E-mail: mailto:henryazurmendi@gmail.comom
Skype: henry azurmendi
Messenger: henryazurmendi@hotmail.com







Name: CANTOS-FIGUEROLA CALVO Iñigo
Country: Spain
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural engineer
E-mail: cantosfiguerola@gmail.com
Thesis subject: "Future of agriculture in a little mountain community: between diversification and abandon"
Thesis country and organization: Mexico, Universidad autónoma de Chapingo
Current position: none



Name: CHONG Wan Kian
Country: Malaysia
Study track: Cork/Montpellier
E-mail: wankian@gmail.com
Skype: wankianchong
Messenger: chong_wamailto:chong_wan_kian@hotmail.com
Thesis subject: Oil palm development in Bungo district, Indonesia.





Name: DIAZ PEREZ Myriam
Country: Spanish, born in the USA
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Engineer in agriculture
E-mail: myriam_pd@hotmail.com
Thesis: "Can farmers fulfil their family needs in the yemeni context? the key role of women in Saberi agriculture"



Name: ELGUEROUA Abdelaziz
Country: Morocco
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
E-mail: elgueroua@yahoo.fr and abdelaziz.elgueroua@gmail.com
Messenger: mailto:ighirine@hotmail.commail.com
Skype: elgueroua.abdelaziz
Telephone: +20163280561 (Egypt) and +21271118473 (Morocco)
Thesis subject: "le riz et l'eau de Seila, éléments de controverse dans la gouvernance des ressources du Fayoum".
Thesis organization and country: Egypt.
Current position: International agricultural consultant for IGN France International in Egypt.




Name: GHAZAWNEH Haneen
Country: Palestine
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Economics
E-mail: haneengh@gmail.com
Skype: haneen208
Thesis: Adopting a Sustainable Livelihood Approach to Food for Work Program in Palestine



Name: GIOSEFFI Elena
Country: Italy
Background: Bachelor in International development
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
E-mail: elena.gioseffi@gmail.com
Skype: buzzichecozza
Messenger: buzzicozza@hotmail.com
Telephone: +45 31905315
Thesis: "Alternative Fertilization Methods for Vegetable Production in Tropical Countries"
Subtitle: "Plant liquid extracts' nitrogen mineralization and fertilizing value and the use of liquid compost in Cambodia
Organization: Royal University of Agriculture in Cambodia
PhD: Per 1st of November at the Faculty of LIFE Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Subject: "Optimising nutrient inputs towards sustainability: an evaluation of the potential for use of organic liquid manures for intensive vegetable production".


Name: HADDI Khalid
Country: Morocco
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
AM position: Global representative M2 (2007-2008)
Background: Engineering in horticulture
E-mail: kdhaddi@yahoo.fr
Messenger: kdhaddi@hotmail.com
Thesis: Mexico, title: " Pest control in Mexican horticulture, with special emphasis to alternatives to pesticides use under certifications scheme."



Name: HAILE TESFAY Neguse
Country: Ethiopia
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: Researcher in land and water management
E-mail: negusehaile1@yahoo.com
Skype: negie2006
Messenger: negusehaile1@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0016478320137
Thesis subject: Rain Water Harvesting in Ethiopia: Technical and socio-economic potentials and constraints for adoption in Wukro District
Thesis country and organization: Ethiopia, Ethiopian Institution for Agricultural Research
Current position: internship with Toronto environmental office, Canada



Name: KHELIL Hajer
Country: Tunisia
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Engineering in livestock management
E-mail: khelilmailto:khelilhager@gmail.com
Messenger: joura2@hotmail.it
Skype: hajer.khelil
Telephone: 0034 634 803 899
Thesis: Potential of green-houses wastes in ruminants feeding. Effect of substituting barley with tomato and/or cucumbre on in vitro ruminal fermentation.
Organisation: Departamento de Fisiología y Bioquímica de la Nutritión Animal, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain

Name: LIN Doudou
Country: China
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
Background: Master of Public Administration
E-mail: lindoudou.cn@gmail.com
Messenger: potato9192000@yahoo.com.cn
Skype: potato919
Thesis: Performance Evaluation of Participatory Irrigation Management by the Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Approach-- Case study in the Red River Basin, Cau Son - Cam Son Irrigation Scheme, Northern Vietnam
Organisation: CPIM(Center for Participatory Irrigation Managment), Vietnam Institute of Water Resource Research

Name: LY Proyuth
Country: Cambodia
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Agronomy
E-mail: lyproyuth@gmail.com
Skype: lyproyuth
Messenger: lyproyuth@yahoo.fr
Thesis subject: Land use dynamics, their economical performance and their impacts on carbon storage in the North Central Upland of Vietnam
Thesis organization and country: GRET, Vietnam
Current position: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, LWF Cambodia programme
Blog: www.lyproyuth.blogspot.com


Name: MADRID RAMOS Ivette Susana
Country: Mexico
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: BA in international affairs, work experience in finance, marketing and project management
E-mail: aylaivette@hotmail.com and ivette.madrid@yahoo.com
Skype: ivette.madrid
Telephone: 00 52 1 951 199 8092
Thesis country and organisation: Tanzania, Miel Maya, Belgium Technical Cooperation and Tanzanian Government (Ministry of Natural Ressources and Tourism)
Thesis subject: Evaluation of beekeeping project from the beneficiaries perspective
Current position: Promotion and Fundraising in Coral Mexico (www;coraloaxaca.org) and Associate in "Ideas Comunitarias" an NGO working in capacity building with young people and farmers in Oaxaca
Other: The best experience and the strongest is in the personal level!!


Name: ONIKA Gloria Okello
Country: Uganda
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: BSc Agriculture (economics option), 2 years work experience as a research scientist in a Banana Utilization and Marketing Project with National Banana Research Programme
E-mail: gloriaonika@yahoo.com
Skype: onikagloria
Telephone: +256712896300
Subject, organization and country of thesis: Developing the sunflower market chain in Chunya District, Tanzania. conducted under the Food security agro-based development programme of VECO-Tanzania, Chunya District field office.
Current position: none

Name: PROMCHOTE Parichart

Country: Thailand
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: BSc in Agriculture (agronomy)
E-mail: parichart.promchote@yahoo.com
Skype: ppnoidk
Telephone: +45 50355299
Thesis subject: Climate change impacts and adaptation of rice-wheat production in Bangladesh
Thesis organization and country: CSIRO (Australia), Wheat research Center, Bangladesh.




Name: SONGSRI Wirat
Country: Thailand
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
Background: BSc in Forestry
E-mail: doung_w@yahoo.com and doung_w@hotmail.com
Messenger: doung_w@yahoo.com and doung_w@hotmail.com
Telephone: +45 25473942
Thesis: Hanoi, Vietnam. Typology of Participatory Irrigation Management and water management implications.
Organisation: Centre of Participatory Irrigation Management (CPIM)



Name: TORRES LÓPEZ Sonia Carolina
Country: Colombia
Study track: Agricultural systems for local development (Madrid/Montpellier)
Background: Bsc in Political sciences, specialization in local development. Worked with national farmers associations to promote the farmers participation into the associations. Worked with farmers that replaced illicit crops by other productive crops in Colombia. Worked with the transnational farmers association.
E-mail: sctorresl@yahoo.com
Skype: sctorresl
Messenger: torrescarolina2000@hotmail.com
Telephone: (57) 312 300 53 28
Thesis subject: Agrarian diagnostic in three post opium villages.
Thesis organization and country: UNODCP, Laos.
Current position: Alternative Development responsible. Corporación Vértice - Colombia



Name: URBINA Juan Alberto
Country: Nicaragua
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Engineer in Agricultural Production Systems, working experience as project technician and teacher-researcher
E-mail: u.alberto@gmail.com and smbc_nic@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0033 628190743







Name: VALDIVIA PRIETO Elena
Country: Spain
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural engineer
E-mail: helena.valdivia@gmail.com
Messenger: ribull@hotmail.com
Thesis subject: Current and Future Influence of Petrol and Fertilizer prices over the Irrigated Schemes from the Sahel.
Thesis country and organization: Burkina Faso, 2iE - ARID



Name: VAUGHAN Gregory
Country: USA
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agronomist and teacher
E-mail: gsvaughan@gmail.com
Skype: gsvaughan1
Thesis organisation and country: CIRAD/Cra-CF, Benin
Thesis subject: Social impacts of participatory projects in four villages of Benin
Current position: none




Name: VIDYARTHI Aditi
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: Bachelor in Economics Honours
E-mail: aditividyarthi@gmail.com
Messenger: adi_cute84@yahoo.com
Thesis: Constraints in conversion from conventional to organic farming in Thailand
Organisation: FAO Regional office of Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.



Batch 2 (2007-2009)
Name: D'ALESSANDRO NOGUEIRA Renzo
Country: Mexico
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
AM position: Global representative M2 (2008-2009)
Background: Sociology (UAEM-México)
E-mail: expresionglobal@yahoo.com.mx
Skype: renzo.dalessandro
NOTE: Please contact me if you have any problem, suggestion or complain. I will try to help you!!



Name: AMBAVARAM Vidya Sagar
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: BSc in Agriculture, worked at field level with a multinational pesticide company and NGO working on rural development by agricultural technology transfer
E-mail: sagar2000_129@yahoo.co.in and sagar.ambavaram@hotmail.com
Telephone: +91 9177509202

Name: ASEBEY ZERDA Vicente
Country: Bolivia
Study track: Madrid/Cork
Background: Economics Studies, worked as System Engineer
E-mail: vasebey@yahoo.com.ar
Thesis organization and country: Universidad Nacional Agraria, Nicaragua

Name: BALASUBRAMANIYAM Urmila
Country: Sri Lanka
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
Background: BSc in Agriculture, specialized in Agricultural engineering
E-mail: balaurme@yahoo.com
Skype: balasuse
Messenger: sumailto:suse80@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 004560909546



Name: BEN ATTIA Sarra
Country: Tunisia
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Engineering in livestock management and Master degree in ecophysiology and systems of animal production.
E-mail: benattia.sarra@yahoo.fr
Messenger: charmantissime@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0033665686641





Name: BRASESCO Filippo
Country: Italy
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: BSc in Economics and marketing in Agro-industrial Systems (University of Bologna)
E-mail: slashdotdash@hotmail.it
Skype: famigliachristiania
Messenger: filippo@iaas.it



Name: CHITHAMBARANKUTTY Dhanya
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: BSc in agriculture
E-mail: dhanyachidambar@gmail.com
Skype: dhans8452
Messenger: dhans8452
Telephone: +4531854404





Name: DOORNEBOSCH Berdi
Country: Netherlands
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
AM position: Webmaster
Background: Bachelor in Tropical Agriculture
E-mail: berdi.doornebosch@gmail.com
Skype: berdi.doornebosch
Messenger: berdix@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0031 636098868 & 0033 613299493

Name: ISMAYILOVA Gunel
Country: Azerbaijan
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Veterinarian,education Moscow State University of Veterinary medicine and Biotechnology
E-mail: ismailovagunel@gmail.com and sunrisetheone@mail.ru
Skype/messenger: sunrisetheone@mail.ru
Subject, organization and country of thesis: Quality of the pork and animal welfare, IRTA, Spain.








Name: KHLIJI Saoussan
Country: Morocco
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
E-mail: sou_zi8@hotmail.com











Name: KLEEMANS Ineke
Country: The Netherlands
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier - Water Management in Rural Development, specialisation Politiques publiques, organisations et marchés (+ some extra water related courses from IRD and IAMM)
Background: bachelor International Land and Water Management (Wageningen), minor in World History, internship on societal aspects of water division structures in Cuba
E-mail: ineke.kleemans@gmail.com
Messenger: ineke_kleemans@hotmail.com
Thesis: probably something about water in the middle east (Libanon, Syria, the Gulf States etc)

Name: LY Kimlong
Country: Cambodia
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Research Assistant in Justice for the Poor research project, Center for Advance Studies(CAS) ) in cooperation with The World Bank, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
MSc in Integrated Management of Agricultural and Rural Development
E-mail: kimlong_ly2005@yahoo.com
Messenger: kimlong_ly2005@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0033626800125

Name: MACHINGAL Sameer
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: Msc in social work, human resource development. District probation officer
E-mail: mmmsamir@gmail.com
Messenger: mmmsamir@yahoo.com
Telephone: +4531854390



Name: MALLEGOWDA Keerthiraj S
Country: India
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: Food science and nutrition
E-mail: keerthiraj2005@gmail.com
Skype: keerthiraj_2005
Telephone: 0045 31854963

Name: MANI Jamunadevi
Country: India
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
Background: BSc (Horticulture) and MSc (Horticulture)
E-mail: jams246@gmail.com
Telephone: 00393204866225 and 0039 095362621

Name: MAYANS Julie
Country: France
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
AM Position: Global representative M1 (2007-2008), regional representative Montpellier (2008-2009)
Background: agricultural engineering, professional experiences in development projects management in Yemen (horticulture development) and in Burundi (food security program).
E-mail: julie_mayans@yahoo.fr
Skype: frenchy julie
Telephone: 0033 6 63 56 01 22

Name: MIHAILESCU Elena
Country: Romania
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Agronomist
E-mail: emihailescu@yahoo.com
Messenger: emihailescu@yahoo.com
Telephone: +33-645807095

Name: MIRZAEV Bakhodir
Country: Uzbekistan
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: Water Management and Land Reclamation; also some research on Operation of Irrigation and Drainage System
E-mail: bakhodir_mirzaev@yahoo.com
Research interests: Reuse of drainage water on progressively more salt tolerant crops in semi-arid and arid areas. In terms of improving agricultural production while protecting water resources quality and improving water use efficiency.




Name: NAKAGGWA Flavia
Country: Uganda
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: KMD Agricultural coordinator
E-mail: naiga333@yahoo.com
Skype: gannyana

Name: NARAYANASAMY Gopinath
Country: India
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
Background: BSc (Horticulture), MSc (Horticulture) and one year worked as Agri executive officer in Axis bank
E-mail: nbd12345@gmail.com
Skype: gopinath103
Telephone: 0039320486622 and 0039 095362621

Name: NKOKA Francis Samson
Country: Malawi
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
Background: Irrigation engineering
E-mail: fnkoka@gmail.com and nkoka2003@yahoo.com
Messenger: fnkoka@hotmail.com
Skype: francis.samson.nkoka
Telephone: 0045 60 90 95 47
Thesis: Mozambique, The Impact of External Intervention on Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems in Tsangano

Name: NSABIMANA Joseph
Country: Rwanda
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: BSc in Agricultural Engineering from the Agricultural and Livestock Institute in Rwanda. worked during 3 years in different government and semi-government organizations in the fields of agriculture, forestry and environment.
E-mail/messenger: mailto:mjobrig351205@yahoo.comm
Telephone: +33633317048
Research interests: Surface water and ecology, sustainable farming systems, soil tillage, watershed hydrology and management, erosion and soil-water-plant interactions modeling.




Name: PAIZANO Jairo
Country: Nicaragua
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural engineering, professional experiences in development projects
E-mail: japaizano@yahoo.es
Skype: skype: jpaizano






Name: SIS PÉREZ Juan Carlos
Country: Guatemala
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural Engineer in Natural Resources
E-mail: juansis5690@yahoo.com
Telephone: 00336 77895192 and 0050279388332
Interests: The study of Common Pool Resources; Phylosophy, History and the different cultures from all over the world.



Name: TRIFKOVIC Neda
Country: Serbia
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: BSc Food Technology, MSc Food Quality and Safety
E-mail: neda.trifkovic@gmail.com
Skype: nedatrifkovic
Messenger: nedatrifkovic@hotmail.com
Telephone: 004553231773
Thesis subject: Impact of food standards on export competitiveness of Moroccan citrus value chain.
Thesis organization and country: Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes, Morocco.

Batch 3 (2008-2010)

Name: AARNOUDSE Eefje
Country: the Netherlands
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: BSc in International Land and Water Management
E-mail: eefjeaarnoudse@hotmail.com






Name: ABEIKIS Timothy
Country: Uganda
Study track: Cork/Copenhagen
Background: BSc in Agriculture in 2006, worked as a certification manager for Gumutindo coffee co-operative enterprise ltd. for 2 years.
E-mail: abeikistimo@yahoo.com
Skype: timothy.abeikis
Telephone: +353 (0)86 892 4186





Name: AGBETIAMEH Daniel
Country: Ghana
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
Background: High school teacher, Teaching chemistry to high school students. Alumni of University of Ghana, Legon (May, 2007).
E-mail: agbeydan@yahoo.com,
Messenger: kingzorzor2002@yahoo.com
Telephone: +45 60 90 05 83



Name: ARRAES DE SOUZA Maria Fernanda
Country: Brasil
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agronomic engineering
E-mail: mafearraes@hotmail.com
Skype: mafearraes
Telephone: (34)915351761
Area of interest: food security, rural and local projects and policies, environmental management



Name: CHINAMARINGA Patrick
Country: Zimbabwe
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
Background: Land and water resource management
E-mail: pchinamaringa@yahoo.co.uk and patrick.chinamaringa@wur.nl
Skype: patii

Name: DIANI Wiam
Country: Morocco
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Engineering in Agronomy
E-mail: wiamdiani@yahoo.fr
Messenger: wika84@hotmail.com

Telephone: 003455966206

Name: FRANCISCO Valero Belda (Borja)
Country: Spain
Study track: Madrid/Cork or Montpellier
AM position: regional representative Madrid (2008-2009)
Background: Financial and Administrative Management
E-mail: borjavalerobelda@hotmail.com
Skype: borjavalerobelda
Telephone: 0034 6 86180622






Name: GIRI Sabita
Country: Nepal
Study track: Wageningen/Copenhagen
E-mail: sabbunar@yahoo.com





Name: GOBINDRAM Noor-Ehsan
Country: Mauritius
Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Bachelor in Agriculture
Occupation: Research scientist
E-mail: Gobindram@intnet.mu and Gobindram@hotmail.it








Name: HUYNH Thi Phuong Linh
Country: Vietnam
Study track: Wageningen/Catania
Background: Bachelor in Agronomy
E-mail: huynhtpinh@gmail.com
Messenger: linh.3022748
Skype: huynhlinh_vn
Telephone: +31 68 182 2751




Name: JINAGOOL Wanploy
Country: Thailand
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Horticulture (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
E-mail: wanploy@yahoo.com
Skype: jinagoolw
Messenger: wanploy@yahoo.com, wanployku62@hotmail.com
Telephone: +45 50 33 44 00

Name: JOHNSON Levi Everlove
Country: USA
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agriculture and Biosystems Engineer
E-mail: dukasity@gmail.com

Name: KENMOGNE Naomie
Country: Cameroon Study track: Catania/Montpellier
Background: Veterinary Doctor
E-mail: nkenmogne@yahoo.fr and mailto:naken2008@gmail.comil.com
Telephone: 0039 3275421876

Name: KONG Rada
Country: Cambodia
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: BSc. Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, MSc. Integrated Management of Agriculture and Rural Development
E-mail: radakong@yahoo.com and kongrada@gmail.com
Skype: rada.kong
Messenger: radakong@yahoo.com

Name: MENDEZ Linda Esteli
Country: Nicaragua
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
AM position: Global representative Batch 1 (2008-2009)
Background: BSc. Environment and Socioeconomic Development. Professional experiences in development projects management in Honduras (Microenterprises, Rural Tourism) and Nicaragua (Sustainable Management of natural resources, Drip Irrigation with small-scale farmers).
E-mail: linda.esteli.mendez@gmail.com
Skype: linda.esteli





Name: MEYNARD VIVAR M. Francisca
Country: Chile
Background: Geographer
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
E-mail: franciscameynard@gmail.com
Skype: francisca.meynard.vivar
Telephone: 0034 622 668 640

Name: PARRILLA Liliana
Country: Peru
Study track: Madrid/Cork
Background: Administration
E-mail: lilianalyly@hotmail.com
Messenger/skype: lilianalyly@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0034686510976

Name: RASHID Md. Harun Ar
Country: Bangladesh
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
Background: BSc. in Agriculture Honours, MSc in Horticulture
E-mail: mharashids@yahoo.com
Messenger: mharashids@yahoo.com
Telephone: +4531852298




Name: SEFERA TAJEBE Lensa
Country: Ethiopia
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
Background: Horticulture
E-mail: lensa_s@yahoo.com
Messenger: lensa_s@yahoo.com
Telephone: 0045 60907680

Name: SULEMANA Nuhu
Country: Ghana
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: BA Integrated Development Studies, worked as Development Practioner (Enterprise Development Officer).
E-mail: sulemanan@yahoo.com
Skype: nuhu.sulemana
Messenger: sulemanan@yahoo.com
Telephone: +45 50357822

Name: TAMBO Justice Akpene
Country: Ghana
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural economics
E-mail: tambojustice@yahoo.com
Messenger: tambojustice@yahoo.com
Skype: jatambo
Telephone: +45 50 33 76 78
Area of interest: Production Economics, Environmental Economics, Agricultural and Rural Development, Econometric Modelling and Analysis, Development Economics, Agricultural Marketing & Trade and Cost Benefit Analysis.

Name: TONGOLA Hassan Isaac
Country: Kenya
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: BSc. in Agriculture. Worked in Community development mitigation in the USAID-sponsored Kenya Maize Development Program(KMDP) and as Agribusiness sales-and-marketing specialist with SEAL.
E-mail: hopeissac2002@yahoo.com
Messenger: hopeissac2002@yahoo.com
Skype: isaac200836
Telephone: +45 60 90 95 41

Name: TOPI Mirjan
Country: Albania
Study track: Copenhagen/Montpellier
Background: Agri-Environment & Ecology ( Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania)
E-mail: mirjantopi@yahoo.com
Messenger: mir_alb_85@hotmail.com
Skype: miri.topi
Telephone: 004531676338

Name: TREFFNER Jens
Country: Germany
Study track: Wageningen/Montpellier
Background: Professional in organic farming in temperate zones,BSc in Agricultural Sciences with major in Soil Science,Hohenheim University, Germany.
E-mail: jenstreffner@gmx.de
Skype: jenstreffnix79
Telephone: 0031681843888 and +4971150876973 (Skype)

Name: VALDÉS Alejandra
Country: Chile
Study track: Madrid/Montpellier
Background: Agricultural engineering
E-mail: asvaldesp@gmail.com

Name: ZINTL Maria
Country: Germany/Denmark
Study track: Copenhagen/Catania
AM position: regional representative Copenhagen (2008-2009)
Background: BA International Relations
E-mail: maria_zintl@hotmail.com
Skype: maria.zintl
Telephone: 0045 50433229