Doctoral defense of Dr. Beatus John Temu – contribution to the WoodCluster Project Tanzania

On November 5th 2021, Dr. Beatus John Temu defended his doctoral thesis titled “Exploration of the Tanzanian forest sector contribution to national economy: Micro, meso and macro level analysis”. His doctoral thesis contributes significantly to the on-going WoodCluster project, particularly in enhancing the understanding of Tanzania’s forest and wood cluster. He sought to understand the

My internship experience at the FAO

Last year, I (Sherry Kyamagero) had an incredible opportunity to work as a paid intern for the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. My internship lasted four months, and I had the privilege of working from July to October 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, my internship was entirely home-based. I supported

Alumni success story: Japhet Noah Mwambusi and his passion in silviculture

Japhet Noah Mwambusi was a DAAD scholarship holder in our MSc course “Tropical Forestry” batch of 2017-2019. He did his master’s thesis research on “Silvicultural Treatments of Woodlots of Smallholder Forest Producers and their Relation to the Timber Market in Mufindi District, Tanzania”, which contributed to the WoodCluster project. Recently in November, one part of

Successful hybrid doctoral defense of Busha Teshome on cluster analysis for forest and wood-processing industry sector development in Ethiopia

On September 29th 2021, Busha Teshome Tolera from Ethiopia successfully defended his doctoral defense. Busha conducted his research on “Cluster analysis for forest and wood-processing industry sector development in Ethiopia“, which contributed to the WoodCluster project.

Adventure in Tanzania: Fieldwork amid the pandemic

Mambo (what’s up in Swahili)! I’m Kendisha, a doctoral student from Indonesia under the WoodCluster project. This year, amid the pandemic, I was finally able to undertake fieldwork in Tanzania, from March 8th (which is women’s day) until June 5th (environment day). My topic is about the potential role of forest farmers’ organizations in linking

Tanzania National Scenario Workshop within the WoodCluster Project

A scenario workshop involving national-level stakeholders is a vital research activity within the WoodCluster project that tackles the decision-making level. In this unprecedented year of 2020, we are happy that this activity has been successfully implemented. On November 27th 2020, our project partner in Tanzania, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), conducted the National Scenario Workshop in