Publications
The Institute, as a competence centre, brings together the international work of staff and students working across BFH-HAFL Divisions with numerous external partners from the private sector, public institutions and NGO’s.
Over the years, our researchers and students have produced a wealth of scientific publications, book and conference contributions, project reports, policy briefs and more. As a university of applied sciences, BFH-HAFL not only contributes to peer-reviewed journals, but also provides core project documents and sources of knowledge for our clients and partners. The Institute, as a competence centre, brings together the international work of staff and students working across BFH-HAFL Divisions with numerous external partners from the private sector, public institutions and NGO’s. We pride ourselves on our applied research publications and information management products. Here you will find a selection of our staff and student products that focus on BFH-HAFL research in non-OECD countries.
For access to the complete publication please contact the relevant authors or in the case of student work principal advisors.
Publications MSc students
Here we feature the work of the students in MSc in Life Sciences programme: Food, Nutrition and Health (in collaboration with BFH Health Professions), Agricultural Science and Forest Science.
Applied Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
| Author | Title | Year of completion | Principal advisor | Country | ||
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| International Management of Forest Industries | ||||||
| Nicolas Zürcher |
Gestion de la faune au sein d’une concession forestière africaine certifiée | 2020 | Jürgen Blaser | Gabon | ||
| Christian Aeschlimann |
Regeneration behaviour of Okoumé in canopy gaps of a forest concession in Gabon | 2018 | Jürgen Blaser | Gabon | ||
| Mulumba Matia Agaba |
Assessment of land use and carbon stock changes and developinq a pilot REDD+ strateqy for mabira CFR, Uganda | 2017 | Jürgen Blaser | Uganda | ||
| Felix Bierling |
Functional forests for the future?Silvicultural and socio-economic analysis of industrial forest plantations in Liberia | 2016 | Jürgen Blaser | Liberia | ||
| Steven Ebinger |
Les expériences de foresterie communautaire au service du développement de la REDD+ au Burkina Faso | 2018 | Jürgen Blaser | Burkina Faso |
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| Regional Management in Mountain Areas | ||||||
| Marija Sterjovska |
Stand structure and dynamics of oak coppice forests in Bregalnica region, Eastern Macedonia | 2017 | Jürgen Blaser Nicolco Velkovski |
Macedonia | ||
| Sustainable Production Systems | ||||||
| Timon Bässler |
Interactions between the invasive fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) and important maize and sorghum pests in eastern Uganda | 2018 | Christoph Studer | Uganda | ||
| Mélanie Feurer |
The role of mangrove community forests for climate change adaption in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar | 2016 | Jürgen Blaser | Myanmar | ||
| Value Chains and Rural Development | ||||||
| Annina Böhlen |
Organic rice-based farming systems in Thailand: What drives adoption of recommended practices? | 2018 | Dominique Guenat |
Thailand | ||
| José Tomás Undurraga |
Analysis of the Thanakha’s market potential through the implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and BioTrade principles in Myanmar | 2018 | Alessandra Giuliani | Myanmar | ||
| Leone Ferrari |
Formal or Informal? Analysis of the Potato Seed System in Rwanda | 2017 | Ingrid Fromm, Urs Scheidegger, Katharina Jenny |
Rwanda | ||
| Noémie Schaad |
Sustainable Cocoa Production Program (SCPP): Analysis of cocoa beans processing and quality in post-harvest in South East Sulawesi in Indonesia | 2017 | Ingrid Fromm, Manfred Borer (Swisscontact Indonesia) |
Indonesia | ||
| Chantal Broccard |
Shifts in farming knowledge and practice – the case of beans in Rwanda | 2016 | Dominic Blättler | Rwanda | ||
| Karent Kupferschmied |
Socio-Economic Study of an Implemented Agroforestry Project with Small Scale Cocoa Producers in Honduras Ceiba | 2016 | Ingrid Fromm | Honduras | ||
Agricultural Science
Food, Nutrition and Health
| Author | Title | Year of completion | Principal advisor | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Ribeli* |
Just Too Small? - The Heavy Toll of a Low Dietary Diversity in Children: Exploration of Cultural Influencing Factors in Madagascar’s Central Highland | 2020 | Franziska Pfister | Madagascar | ||
| Andrew Tony-Odigie |
Development of High-protein | 2018 | Daniel Heine | India | ||
| Carole Liechti |
Influences, Barriers and Possible Improvements regarding Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices among Women from Northern Shan, Myanmar | 2018 | Alessandra Giuliani | Myanmar |
* written at BFH-Department of Health Professions – Nutrition and Dietetics; Supervisor Franziska Pfister.
Forest Science
| Author | Title | Year of completion | Principal advisor | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Management of Forest Industries | ||||||
| Kilian Müller |
Forest assessment in Upper Bregalnica region regarding silvicultural aspects | 2019 | Jürgen Blaser | North Macedonia | ||
| Regional Management in Mountain Areas | ||||||
| Simone Gottardi |
Forest cover change between 1991 and 2017 and forest carbon storage in the Mancomunidad Saywite - Choquequirao - Ampay, Peru | 2019 | Jürgen Blaser | Peru | ||
