Professor for Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Economics and Management at NGU and study Dean for the BSc. in agriculture, member of the German Association of Agricultural Economists and European Association of Agricultural Economists Member of the Institute of Applied Agricultural Research (IAAF), coordinating several third party funded projects, among those Erasmus CBHE projects in Balkan Region, Russia and Kazakhstan, as well cooperation projects of the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture with partners in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. As Former Head of the Section for Food and Agriculture in Transition Countries, Eastern Europe Centre, at the University of Hohenheim with more than 20 Tempus, Erasmus Mundus Action2 and other EU projects in the Balkan Region and in other countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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Academic staff at the Faculty of Agriculture, Economics and Management and at the Institute of Applied Agricultural Research (IAAF). PhD in agriculture. Focus on education and advisory work. Teaching assignment in ‘knowledge transfer and advisory work’ and ‘Education and Advisory Work’. Angelika Thomas is involved in national and international projects, e.g. on Vocational Education at Agricultural Colleges in Ukraine and the Erasmus KA2 project SAGRIS (Enhancement of postgraduate studies on sustainable agriculture and future farming systems). Previous project experiences at the former Eastern Europe Center of the University of Hohenheim (2011‐2017) in the field of food and agriculture in transition countries in Tempus, Erasmus. DAAD project ‘MOEL’ for PhD students from Eastern European Countries

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Christian Hülsebusch is the managing director (CEO) of DITSL since 2005 and responsible for day to-day management (finances, human resource planning) and conceptual work and development of DITSL. He holds a doctoral degree in agriculture from the University of Hohenheim and specialization in livestock sciences with emphasis on tropical livestock systems. Experience covers i) research and education and the organization of large collaborative projects and research teams, ii) research on livestock-based land use systems and their interactions with the environment; iii) lectures on pastoral livestock production systems, management and utilization of wildlife and unconventional livestock, and on tropical animal health at the Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences of the University of Kassel at Witzenhausen.

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Senior academic staff at the Department of Economics and Development, the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA, CZU) and Vice-dean for International Relations). Since 2007, she has been responsible for project management (Erasmus , Erasmus Mundus, development cooperation etc.) and international cooperation. She was the main coordinator of Erasmus Mundus/Erasmus projects (EURASIA2, ALFABET, ASK Asia and SIMPLE) and a project expert in Erasmus projects (PISAI, ESCAPAdE). She has long-term experience as the project manager of development projects implemented in Angola, Cambodia and Vietnam. Her both pedagogical and research activities focus on international cooperation, management in international development, project monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, agricultural development, consumer behaviour, particularly in the tropical and subtropical countries. She supervised more than 40 master’s and bachelor’s degree theses (mostly focusing on consumer behaviour, impact assessment, socio-economic evaluations). She is a member of Czech Evaluation Society (CES) - independent association of professional evaluators and AGRINATURA association Vice-president.

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Academic background in tropical agriculture, agroforestry and ethnobotany, with a particular interest in discovering creative solutions to bridge the gap between science and development. At SLU, am bound to project and networks coordination research network in plant science in the south of Sweden and SLU Breeding Network.

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John RS Tabuti has a Ph.D. Ethnobotany, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; M.Sc. in Botany, Makerere University; and a B.Sc. (BOT/ZOO), Makerere University. He is an experienced educator, ethnobotanist and researcher. He is pedagogically proficient and has designed and delivered many university courses. He has supervised 48 graduate students including PhD and MSC students He possesses technical skills in proposal writing; managing research projects; conducting research, analysing research data and scientific writing; designing of training courses and pedagogy; and organising dissemination and awareness seminars and workshops. His research interests are aimed at identifying, promoting and conserving useful plant species. He has conducted research covering plant ecology (floristic studies), tree propagation and seedling establishment or tree establishment studies, as well as ethnobotanical studies particularly the identification of priority species for management and promotion. He is also interested in involving stakeholders in climate change mitigation. He has also undertaken consultancies in areas of medicinal plants and climate change. He is also a Reviewer of many scientific journals

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Senior Lecturer and Head of Department (Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences). His research interests include flavour chemistry, baking technologies, food security and value addition to local Ugandan staples. He has taught courses in sensory evaluation, statistics and human nutrition. He has supervised multiple graduate students and published in international journals.

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Prof. Oliver Vivian Wasonga is a Dryland Ecologist with specialisation in Range Management and Pastoral Production Systems, and over 20 years’ experience in work related to Sustainable Dryland Resource Management, Climate Change Adaptation and Pastoral Livelihoods. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) at the University of Nairobi.

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Dr. Elisha Gogo works at the Department of Crop Sciences, Pwani University, Kenya. Dr. Gogo has experience of over 10 years being involved in various projects involving training and community engagement especially in areas of entrepreneurship and value addition. He does research in Horticulture, Crop Growth, Yield and Quality Dynamics, and Postharvest Science and Technology, with a special interest in African indigenous crops and knowledge

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She holds a PhD in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Makerere University, 2014), Post graduate Diploma-Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology (Ghent University, Belgium, 2010), MSc. Crop Science majoring in Biotechnology (Makerere University, 2008) and BSc. in Agriculture (Hons) (University of Zimbabwe, 2005). Runyararo started her career as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Zimbabwe (2007) before joining the International Potato Centre in Uganda in 2013 and later served as a part time Lecturer at Kyambogo University (2015) and a visiting Lecturer at the Makerere University Centre for Crop Improvement in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES). She also served as a Programme Management Assistant for an international programme entitled Agricultural Investors as Development Actors (AIDA). Runyararo has extensive experience in research in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, but has also obtained a wealth of experience in administration and coordination of research projects.

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