Tag Archives: WoodCluster

WoodCluster Research Kick-Off in Uganda

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Uganda is one of the project countries of our project on wood-based bio-economy focusing on small-scale farm production. In March, a TUD delegation with two staff members, Prof. Gerald Kapp and Maxi Domke, and three students (MSc and BSc level) … Continue reading →

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Field Work Training for Africa at TU Dresden Campus

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Research work needs to be well prepared and trained in advance to ensure methodological transparency and reliability. But what to do when the research area is thousands of kilometers away in Africa, and the data collection time is limited? The … Continue reading →

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WoodCluster: Behind the Scene

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

The WoodCluster project is entering its second year! Carrying out an international, multi-stakeholder project not only requires rigorous research, but also a lot of coordination and management. On January 17th 2018, the WoodCluster team at the Chair of Tropical Forestry … Continue reading →

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WoodCluster project steps forward – Identification of the study village in Ethiopia

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

For advancing the WoodCluster research and higher education cooperation, two scientists from our institute, Prof. Pretzsch and Dr. Auch, met with the Ethiopian partner team from the Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources (Hawasa University) end of November … Continue reading →

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Successful MSc defense of the role of on-farm trees in Ethiopia

Posted on December 14, 2017 by

On 1st December, Ysabel Perdomo from Paraguay, she successfully completed her MSc studies with the defense of her research topic “The role of on-farm trees in Sidama Zone, Southern Region, Ethiopia”. This study of smallholder farms with the special focus … Continue reading →

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Completion of MSc research with a financial analysis of woodlots in Ethiopia

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

Shibire Bekele, MSc student of the Tropical Forestry studies, successfully defended her MSc research. She did a “financial analysis of smallholder farmers’ woodlot and homestead agroforestry systems and its implications for household income improvement” for a local case study in … Continue reading →

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Open Position in WoodCluster project

Posted on October 4, 2017 by

Within the new project WoodCluster, we are offering  a research assistant position with the possibility to qualify for PhD. Application deadline is 5 May 2017. More details are available on the website of TUD.

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