Land and Water
Water Harvesting Lab (Elena Bresci, Giulio Castelli)
https://www.dagri.unifi.it/vp-261-wh-lab.html
Home country of the candidate
Possible selection among Angola, Mozambique, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Nepal, Myanmar, Bolivia
Modelling of African river basins with the new QSWAT+ model (https://swat.tamu.edu/software/plus/)
Land suitability for Road Water Harvesting structures with GIS and remote sensing
Water Harvesting suitability analysis and siting with GIS and remote sensing
Use of WaPOR software for water productivity and water scarcity analysis (http://www.fao.org/in-action/remote-sensing-for-water-productivity/en/)
Drought assessment with rainfall data analysis and drought indices calculation with GIS and remote sensing
Land and Water
Any
Understanding water sources for vines tranpiration through isotopic approach in hilly Tuscany wineyards (Montepaldi)
Significant field and lab work required
Tropical Tree Crops
Home.
Home country of the candidate (Afghanistan preferred).
Laboratory of Pomology - DAGRI-UNIFI
Production of fruits in home country.
Evaluating the quality of tropical fruits available in Florence.
Review on specific topics of perennial horticulture.
Applying multivariate analysis on the nutritional properties of tropical fruits.
Applying Multi Criteria Decision Analysis on fruit value chains
Some activties can be arried on in Firenze
Laboratory_Aquaculture
Home
The perspectives of the insects as food and as feed in developing countries
Tropical plant ecology
Home country of the candididate
Traditional uses of plants (food, medicinal and others).
Some
Livestock Production Systems
Any
THI effect on beef cattle performance
Computer programming skills required
Livestock Production Systems
Any
Tools to monitor and to manage relatedness and inbreeding in small populations
Computer programming skills required
Any
Laboratory - DAGRI-UNIFI
Biofortification of cereals and legumes
Crop suitability assessment in remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil
Soil-based fertilizer recommendations for precision farming
Statistical Modeling of Crop-Weather Relationship in Pakistan (cotton, sugar cane, wheat)
Significant field and lab work required
Computer programming skills required
Livestock Production Systems
Any
A review on meat and milk quality characteristics of the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedaries) and two-humped camel (Camelus bacterianus).
Livestock Production Systems
Any
Assessment of small ruminants value chain: breeds, farming systems, production and commercialization (milk, meat, wool ..) in an area of your interest
Crop Protection - Entomology
Entomology laboratories - DAGRI-Unifi
Investigations on the host-parasitoid system Ceratitis capitata - Diachasmimorpha longicaudata aimed at improving biological control of fruit flies: experiments on host-recognition, parasitization rate and response to semiochemicals.
Repellency and toxicity evaluation of different origin compounds on Ceratitis capitata
Only lab work will be carried on
Crop Protection - Entomology
Home country of the student, after agreement with local scientists (if available)
Survey, monitoring and damage assessment of fruit flies in pomegranate (Afghanistan)
Survey, monitoring and IPM of fruit flies of different fruit trees (depending on crops cultivated in the country)
Biological control against different insect pests (depending on crops cultivated in the country)
Field work combined to lab observations is required
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Home country of the candidate
An overview of the use of light agricultural machinery in a region of the country
Field survey based activity
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Ethiopia
Tools for coffee cultivation in Ethiopia
Bibliographic investigation and field survey based activity
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Ethiopia
Coffee processing in Ethiopia
Bibliographic investigation and field survey based activity
Last
update
21.07.2023