Master deegree
Natural resources management for tropical rural development
Available theses
Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development - List of
Course
Land and Water
Contact person
Water Harvesting Lab (Elena Bresci, Giulio Castelli)
https://www.dagri.unifi.it/vp-261-wh-lab.html
Possible location
Home country of the candidate
Possible selection among Angola, Mozambique, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Somaliland, Ethiopia, Nepal, Myanmar, Bolivia
Indicative subject
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
Course
Land and Water
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Indicative subject
Understanding water sources for vines tranpiration through isotopic approach in hilly Tuscany wineyards (Montepaldi)
Remarks
Significant field and lab work required
Course
Tropical Tree Crops
Contact person
Possible location
Home.
Home country of the candidate (Afghanistan preferred).
Laboratory of Pomology - DAGRI-UNIFI
Indicative subject
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
Remarks
Some activties can be arried on in Firenze
Course
Laboratory_Aquaculture
Contact person
Possible location
Home
Indicative subject
The perspectives of the insects as food and as feed in developing countries
Course
Tropical plant ecology
Contact person
Possible location
Home country of the candididate
Indicative subject
Traditional uses of plants (food, medicinal and others).
Remarks
Some
Course
Livestock Production Systems
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Indicative subject
THI effect on beef cattle performance
Remarks
Computer programming skills required
Course
Livestock Production Systems
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Indicative subject
Tools to monitor and to manage relatedness and inbreeding in small populations
Remarks
Computer programming skills required
Course
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Laboratory - DAGRI-UNIFI
Indicative subject
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)
Remarks
Significant field and lab work required
Computer programming skills required
Course
Livestock Production Systems
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Indicative subject
A review on meat and milk quality characteristics of the one-humped camel (Camelus dromedaries) and two-humped camel (Camelus bacterianus).
Course
Livestock Production Systems
Contact person
Possible location
Any
Indicative subject
Assessment of small ruminants value chain: breeds, farming systems, production and commercialization (milk, meat, wool ..) in an area of your interest
Course
Crop Protection - Entomology
Contact person
Possible location
Entomology laboratories - DAGRI-Unifi
Indicative subject
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
Remarks
Only lab work will be carried on
Course
Crop Protection - Entomology
Contact person
Possible location
Home country of the student, after agreement with local scientists (if available)
Indicative subject
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)
Remarks
Field work combined to lab observations is required
Course
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Contact person
Possible location
Home country of the candidate
Indicative subject
An overview of the use of light agricultural machinery in a region of the country
Remarks
Field survey based activity
Course
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Contact person
Possible location
Ethiopia
Indicative subject
Tools for coffee cultivation in Ethiopia
Remarks
Bibliographic investigation and field survey based activity
Course
Machinery systems in the tropical agri-food chain
Contact person
Possible location
Ethiopia
Indicative subject
Coffee processing in Ethiopia
Remarks
Bibliographic investigation and field survey based activity
Last
update
21.07.2023