PhD projects
Part of the GREEiNSECT workpackages are carried out by PhD Candidates working in Kenya and Denmark.
Dr. Afton Halloran (PhD completed) MSc. Agricultural Development, University of Copenhagen, Denmark PhD project: The impact if cricket farming on rural livelihoods, nutrition and the environment in Thailand and Kenya
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Dr. Mohammed H. Alemu (PhD completed) MSc. Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark PhD project: Consumer preferences and demand for insect-based food products in developing countries: Emperical perspectives on consumer heterogeneity, tasting experience, peer influence and value elicitation methods
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Dr. Pambo Kennedy Otieno (PhD completed) MSc. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya PhD Project: Assessment of consumer attitudes and motivation to consume foods from edible insects: The case of cricket-flour buns
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Dr. Mary A. Orinda (PhD completed) MSc. Agricultural & Applied Economics PhD Project: Effects of housing and feed on growth and efficiency of production of Acheta domesticus (L) and Gryllus bimaculatus for sustainable commercial cricket production in the lake Victoria region, Kenya
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Dr. Nyakeri Evans Manyara (PhD completed) MSc. Biotechnology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya PhD Project: Identification of feeding substrates and optimization of production of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens, L) for fish feed formulation
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Mr. Henlay Juma Otieno Magara MSc. Agricultural Entomology, Kenya PhD Project: Cricket farming for Food and Feed: Assessment of Cricket species Composition, Genetic Diversity and Development of Rearing Procedures for some Key species in Kenya
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Ms. Carolyne Kipkoech MSc. Immunology, Moi University, School of medicine, Kenya PhD project: Use of edible cricket to improve nutrition and health in Kenya
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