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MEKARN Programme 2001-2012. Achievements in Master and PhD training . Objectives with the training.
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MEKARN Programme 2001-2012 Achievements in Master and PhD training
Objectives with the training Create a critical mass of young teachers and researchers at collaborating institutions dedicated to developing integrated, livestock-based smallholder systems focused on sustainable use of renewable natural resources Improve research and teaching facilities at the collaborating institutions
Why is it important? Need professionals founded on science-based knowledge to; - transfer advice to extension workers and/or farmers - provide information to decision makers - solve local and/regional problems - take part in the international discussions
Regional Master of Science course 4 MSc Courses 2001-2010 (regional, 2 years) Lectures around 30 credits, research project 30 credits (14 months) Courses given at 6 centres in each of the 4 countries (students travel!) Emphasis on problem based teaching (practical and theoretical)
Students selected from: NongLam University, Ho Chi Minh City National Institute of Animal Husbandry, Hanoi, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry Can Tho University, Mekong Delta An Giang University, Mekong Delta Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia CelAgrid Cambodia Kampong Cham University, Cambodia National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Laos National University of Laos Champasak University, Laos Souphanouvong University, Laos
Topics Biometrics / Mini-projects Participatory Rural Appraisal Methodologies Biological Basis of Biomass Production and Utilization by Livestock Farming Systems Research Methodology Upland Farming Systems Agro-forestry Animal Traction Small Ruminant Production Systems Range Management Large Ruminant Production Systems Pig and Poultry Systems Aquaculture Systems Soil-Plant-Animal Interactions Renewable Energy
PhD students and masterstudents workingwithprojectswithinaquaculture, Vietnam
PhD training All research done in home country on practical, farmer-related issues Thesis(130 credits) normally includes 4 published or submitted articles
Achievements? 61 students from the 4 countries received MSc degree from SLU! 32% Cambodia 24% Lao PDR 34% Vietnam 11% Thailand
International MSc program of Animal Production at Cantho University started 2010 with 11 students
On average 36% of the students were female Many of the 61 MSc graduates between 2003-2010 were/are registered as PhD students in Europe or in south east Asia
23 doctors graduated 2001-2011 at SLU (sandwich model, with research done at home institution) 9 PhD students are now registered at SLU (Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management) AND all of them will defend in 2012
Many qualified scientists at PhD and Associate Professor level in the region!
Supervisors for SLU students doing their bachelor or master thesis
Associate partner in an Erasmus-Mundus application to EU (2012) together with SLU, Ghent Univ. (main applicant) and Göttingen Univ. -CelAgrid -NIAS -Cantho University And univ in Uganda, Kenya, Burkina Faso
“Congratulations! Your article “Effect of feeding cassava and/or Stylosanthes foliage on the performance of crossbred growing cattle”, published in Tropical Animal Health and Production, Volume 42, Issue Number 1, 2010, was one of the 10 most downloaded articles of this journal in 2010“
Final MEKARN students… Four of these persons willdefendtheirdoctoralthesis in December 2012. The othertwo has already got theirPhD´s…
MEKARN Programme 2001-2012 The end...