2014 PhD Program started on October 14th, 2014

The FSC would like to welcome five new candidates:

• Catherine Coronado; Peru; Inst. of Plant Production & Agroecology in the Tropics & Subtropics (380a)
• Saima Jabeen; Pakistan; Inst. of Agricultural Economics & Social Sciences in the Tropics & Subtropics (490c)
• Julian Wald; Germany; Inst. of Biological Chemistry & Nutrition (140a)
• Johanes Agbahey; Benin; Inst. of Agricultural Policy & Markets (420a)
• Samir Elagra; Sudan; Inst. of Agricultural Policy & Markets (420a)

This year there are no FSC scholars because application for extension of FSC is currently underway.

In addition to other activities, these candidates will participate in the program of the module Interdisciplinary Aspects of Food Security (WS 2014/2015), which comprises a range of interdisciplinary topics surrounding food security including institutional policy, qualitative methods, agricultural crop production, and the assessment of case studies.