Amer Ibrahim Basha (Syria)

Focus of Fellowship: Genetic diversity of the Pistacia genepool in Syria.

The sponsoring Center is IPGRI.

Completion report

Tala Gueye (Senegal )

Focus of Fellowship: Development of improved inter-and intraspecific germplasm for irrigated and lowland rice-based systems in Senegal.

The sponsoring Center is the Africa Rice Center.

Completion report

Samuel Idrissa Kamara (Sierra Leone)

Focus of Fellowship: Role of natural enemies in regulating African rice gall midge, orseolia oryzivora populations in rainfed lowland rice fields associated with different cropping systems.

The sponsoring Center is the Africa Rice Center.

Completion report

Kouassi Koffi II Nazaire (Cote d'Ivoire)

Focus of Fellowship: Assessment of the distribution and pathogenicity of RYMV isolates in Gagnoa, the main rice producing zone in Cote d'Ivoire.

The sponsoring Center is the Africa Rice Center.

Completion report

Wael Mohamed Gamal Nouh (Egypt)

Focus of Fellowship: Detection of larval parasites among fish in Egyptian aquaculture and their relation to human health, in Abassa, Egypt.

The sponsoring Center is the WorldFish Center.

Completion report expected early June 2007

Flora Oluwafemi (Nigeria)

Focus of Fellowship: Contribution to food safety, food security and improvement of health of Nigerians by providing farmers and food processors with lyophilized and encapsulated LAB and yeast cells for use in detoxification of AFB1.

The sponsoring center is IITA.

Completion report

Hardi Prasetyo (Indonesia)

Focus of Fellowship: Supporting smallholder livestock options in post-Tsunami recovery in Aceh, Indonesia as part of iNRM, with World Agroforestry Centre.

The sponsoring Center is the World Agroforestry Centre.

Completion report

Mudhushree Sekher (India)

Focus of Fellowship: Multi-level environmental governance and sustainable local management of natural resources in India.

The sponsoring Center is IFPRI.

Namita Srivastava (India) - Ravi Tadvalkar Memorial Scholarship.

Focus of Fellowship: Identification and field testing of salinity tolerant groundnut in saline areas of India.

The sponsoring Center is ICRISAT.

Completion report

Ndungo Vigheri (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Focus of Fellowship: Generating knowledge for management of Banana Zanthomonas Wilt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The sponsoring Center is IITA.

Completion report

Anne M.T. Muigai (Kenya)

Focus of Fellowship: Characterisation of indigenous Kenyan sheep populations in Northern Kenya using DNA molecular markers.

The sponsoring Center is ILRI.

Completion report

Steve Yong-Sulem (Cameroon)

Focus of Fellowship: Developing protocols for the culture of endemic Clarias pachynema in rainforest econosystems in Cameroon.

The sponsoring Center is the WorldFish Center.

Completion report

2006 Thalwitz Scholarship Recipient: Odil Akbarov (Uzbekistan)

Focus of Fellowship: Impact of land reform on salinity in Uzbekistan.

The sponsoring Center is IWMI.

Completion report