PhD projects
Part of the GREEiNSECT workpackages are carried out by PhD Candidates working in Kenya and Denmark.
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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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