54 The members of the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> are involved in numerous activities with partners in developing countries, of which the <strong>Centre</strong> formally manages only a fraction. Notably, several projects of the Competence Center Environment and Sustainability (CCES) of the <strong>ETH</strong> Domain cover topics related to developing countries with about one third of our members being involved in these projects. Research collaboration Research projects The list on the following pages provides a flavour of the breadth of <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> related activities conducted by the members of the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>.
Research projects related to developing countries Project leader(s) Project title Project partner(s) Countries Funding source(s) Duration Agricultural and Food Sciences (D-AGRL) Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Bernard Analysis of socio-economic D. Daouda, <strong>Centre</strong> Côte d’Ivoire Scholarship 09/08 – 06/09 Lehmann, determinants of the sale of Suisse de Recherches <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich Michel Dumondel, bovines in northern Côte d’Ivoire Scientifiques (CSRS), Hermann Comoé Côte d’Ivoire Bernard Analysis of the SADP (Sustainable Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka Internal funding 09/07 – 02/09 Lehmann, Agricultural Development Program) Sri Lanka Martijn and its influence on the sustainable Sonnevelt, development in the region of Bojan Scheurer Meegahakivula regarding value added chains Agronomy and Plant Breeding Peter Stamp The dynamics of female flowering S. Jampatong, Kasetsart Thailand Internal funding 10/06 – 12/09 and grain set in sweet corn University, Thailand Peter Stamp Protein quality improvement of S. Jampatong, Kasetsart Thailand, Internal funding 10/07 – 12/10 waxy maize by incorporation University, Thailand; Vietnam of QPM in <strong>South</strong> East Asia Ham Le Huy, Institute for Agricultural Biotechnology, Vietnam Animal Nutrition Svenja Activity and plant selection H. Alzérreca, S. Beck, Bolivia VELUX 10/04 – 03/09 Marquardt, patterns of free-ranging cattle Herbario Foundation Michael Kreuzer in <strong>South</strong>ern Bolivian mountain Nacional de Bolivia forests, and the impact of cattle stocking density on the woody vegetation Michael Kreuzer Development of a fertility- C. Clément, <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich; Peru Public institutions 12/07 – 11/10 enhancing supplement for I. Manrique, T. Bernet, breeding bulls and cows International Potato based on the Andean plant Center (CIP), Lima, Peru; species Maca (Lepidium D.D. Ponce Aguirre, National meyenii Walp.) University Daniel Alcides Carrion, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; I.A. Khan, B. Avula, University of Mississippi, USA; U. Witschi, Swissgenetics, Mülligen, Switzerland 55 Florian Leiber Impact of increasing the A. Jayanegara, Switzerland, DIKTI scholarships 12/08 – 11/11 complexity of forage composition S. Marquardt, C.S. Soliva, Indonesia for Indonesian in ruminant feed on ruminal <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich; E. Wina, Lecturers biohydrogenation and Indonesian Research of the Indonesian methanogenesis Institute for Animal Government Production, Bogor, Indonesia Frigga Dohme, Renaissance of a neglected B. Azuhnwi, H.D. Hess, Switzerland Public institutions 06/08 – 05/11 Michael Kreuzer forage plant: Nutritional and ALP, Switzerland; anthelmintic potential of sainfoin Beat Boller, ART, Switzerland; M. Martens, Eric Schweizer AG, Switzerland; I. Mueller-Harvey, University of Reading, UK Research collaboration Research projects
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