News from Montpellier

So it is time for some news from Montpellier! At the moment the sun is returning in the South of France, and people are spending more time outside their house again.At the moment we are quite busy here with the last courses and preparations for the thesis research. Most people found a country and organization now and are working on their proposals.

In November we could choose which specialization we wanted to do: ECODEV (public policies, institutions and markets) or agricultural production and development. About half of the group choose ECODEV and joined the French students which are in the second year of SAT (Systèmes Agraires Tropicaux).

Every specialization includes 3 collective internships in the field, ranging from 2 weeks to 3 days. The ECODEV people will finish the courses on the 3rd of april, after a collective internship of 10 days in Senegal (!) I am also studying in ECODEV, and I will write about our experiences in Senegal in april! Because our courses will finish that late, we can also do our thesis defense one month later, so in the end of October. The people in the agricultural production and development specialization will finish courses in a week time.
We often have some nice parties and common meals here, hereby some pictures.

Greetings from the sunny south!!!!

Berdi