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 author or, in the case of student works, the principal advisor.
Institute Publications
A complete list of publications from the institute’s staff and students can be accessed on the BFH ARBOR website. This list is automatically updated.
Master’s Theses
Below, we feature work from the past five years of students in the MSc in Life Sciences programme: Food, Nutrition and Health (in collaboration with BFH Health Professions), Agricultural Science and Forest Science. Journal articles and other publications by master’s students can be accessed on the BFH ARBOR website linked above. Some abstracts are not available as a single digital file, but the whole thesis can be sent on request.
Applied Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
International Management of Forest Industries
- Nicolas Zürcher, Gestion de la faune au sein d’une concession forestière africaine certifiée, 2020
- Christian Aeschlimann, Regeneration behaviour of Okoumé in canopy gaps of a forest concession in Gabon, 2018
- Steven Ebinger, Les expériences de foresterie communautaire au service du développement de la REDD+ au Burkina Faso, 2018
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
- Nathalie Oberson, Sélection variétale répondant aux besoins des productrices et producteurs du Tchad, 2018
Value Chains and Rural Development
Agricultural Science
Sustainable Production Systems
- Sara Imbach, Assessing the potential of the mud crab value chain as a sustainable livelihood option in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar, 2022
- Logan Lehmann, Specificity of the parasitoid wasp Chelonus insulans as a potential biological control agent against Spodoptera spp., 2022
- Tabea Allen, First assessment of suitability of parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae as classical biocontrol agent of Spodoptera frugiperda, 2021
- Matthias Baumann, High diversity agroforestry model for coffee in Nicaragua, 2021
- Stefan Graf, Participatory breeding of organic cotton in India, 2021
- Laura Jakobeit, Cadmium in cocoa from Colombia: Assessment of challenges and mitigation strategies to support smallholder farmers, 2021
- Kevin Piato, Organic or conventional robusta coffee, grown with or without shade trees? A view from Amazonia, 2021
- Kadar Ismail, Soil condition and vegetation cover of human-affected rangelands in western Somalia, 2021
- Theresa Dunkel, Identification and piloting of agroforestry practices in PweHla's watershed area to support small-scale farmers and to conserve the Inle lake ecosystem in Myanmar, 2020
- Mariia Kryzska, Sustainable development of small farms in Ukraine: challenges and approaches, 2020
- Laura Kuonen, How mulch impacts crop yield in the tropics: a case study from Bolivia, 2020
- No No Aung, Rice production and use among beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the Gulf of Mottama Project, Myanmar, 2019
- Ata Davatgar, Reassessing the role of remnant trees in shifting cultivation system and pasture in the tropics, 2019
- Solomon Araya, Assessment of Wastewater-irrigated Urban Vegetable Production and Market Systems in Ethiopia: The case of Akaki River in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019
- Tamina Felder, Preventing migration through improved agriculture? Farming systems and options for improvement in Cusco, Peru, 2019
- Joshua Scott Witsoe, Nomadic and Sedentary Pastoralist Systems in the Eastern High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, 2019
- Joep van der Poel, Taking stock of carbon along a land-use gradient in the highlands of Java, Indonesia, 2019
Value Chains and Rural Development
- Melina Griffin, Scarce land equitably distributed: An analysis of land tenure systems that favour the youth and case study in Uruguay, 2022
- Lucille Gallifa, Identifying farm-level pathways to household food security in West Africa: a qualitative case study in Côte d’Ivoire, 2021
- Laila Grillo, Environmental governance analysis of the palm oil sector in Malaysia, 2021
- Soe Khaing, Using the Greenway app in farm management in Gulf of Mottama (GoM) Region, Myanmar: effect on socio-economic situation of farmers, 2021
- Djodji Tsotso Mathe, From living wage to living income: Economic analysis of the cocoa value chain in Ghana, 2021
- Nathalie Walker, Developing an online platform with key quality metrics to enhance direct trade in Costa Rica cocoa beans, 2021
- Simeon Human, Analysis of transport inefficiencies in the cocoa value chains in Ivory Coast from farm gate to export harbour: is sustainability possible?, 2019
Food, Nutrition and Health
- Jana Ade, Determinants of stunting in rural Zambian children, 2022
- Lisa Andrighetto, Sustainable food service providers in Thailand: Motivation, challenges, strategies, and the predicted impact of COVID-19 on the current food system, 2021
- 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
- Sonja Schönberg, Validity and interrater reliability of the Home-Cooking EnviRonment and Equipment Inventory Observation Form (Home-CookERITM), 2020
- Andrew Tony-Odigie, Development of High-protein, 2018
- Carole Liechti, Influences, Barriers and Possible Improvements regarding Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices among Women from Northern Shan, Myanmar, 2018
Forest Science
International Management of Forest Industries
- Yann Langwieser, Identification of forest hotspots in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2022
- Melody Makumborenga, Effects of firewood extraction on miombo woodlands in Zimbabwe and potentials for restoration: the case of Hwedza Communal area, 2021
- Bhoke Masisi, Bamboo: A resilient strategy to climate change mitigation and adaptation, A case of Tanzania, 2021
- Joris Weber, Carbon sequestration potential of cocoa agroforestry systems in Antioquia and Caldas, Colombia, 2021
- Oliver Wolf, Feasibility study for the incorporation of the forestry sector into the Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA tool), 2021
- Isaac Youb, Comparison of Bioacoustic recorder and Camera trap technologies for wildlife monitoring, 2021
- Kilian Müller, Forest assessment in Upper Bregalnica region regarding silvicultural aspects, 2019
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