Global Partnerships: ACES grad students work towards food security through fellowship program
Four exceptional graduate students from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) have received funding to conduct doctoral research related to food security in a developing country, in collaboration with an International Agricultural Research Center, as part of the ACES Global Food Security Fellowship program.
Congratulations to the 2024 ACES International Food Security Fellows, whose projects, partners, and mentors are listed below:
Madison Levine, “Enhancing Agricultural Resilience: Financial Tools and Risk Preferences Among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya”
Levine, a PhD student in agriculture and applied economics advised by Sarah Janzen, will work with the International Livestock Research Institute and the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Christopher Mujjabi, “Leveraging Spontaneous Haploid Genome Doubling for Accelerated Development of Doubled-Haploid Lines and Hybrid Maize in Uganda”
Mujjabi, a PhD student in crop sciences advised by Martin Bohn, will work with the National Agricultural Research Organization in Uganda.
Haribansha Timalsina “Enhancing food security, safety, and public health in Nepal through affordable local water treatment technology”
Timalsina, a PhD student in soil and water resources advised by Rabin Bhattarai, will work with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Tribhuvan University, and the International Water Management Institute.
Ikechukwu (Iyke) Nnaji “Integration of photosynthetic traits for more climate resilient soybean production in Africa”
Nnaji, a PhD student in crop sciences advised by Lisa Ainsworth, will work with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria.
The fellowships, which fund visits of 8 weeks to 3 months abroad, are made possible by a generous donation from the Arlys Conrad Endowment Fund.
Previous awardees and many of their project recaps are listed here.