Janine Steinmann wins SFIAR-Award 2019

  • D-USYS
  • Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Janine Steinmann, former student of environmental sciences at D-USYS, has won the SFIAR Master's thesis Award for her thesis "Effect of Natural and Mucuna pruriens fallow on soil properties and crop performance in Dioscorea alata (water yam) based systems in Liliyo and Tieningboué (Côte d’Ivoire) and Léo (Burkina Faso)".

by Sophie Graf
Enlarged view: Janine Steinmann (left) and Angela Deppeler, president of SFIAR. Foto: Felix Hintermann / SFIAR
Janine Steinmann (left) and Angela Deppeler, president of SFIAR. Foto: Felix Hintermann / SFIAR

The objective of the thesis was to evaluate the effect of no fallow, natural fallow and man-made legume fallows such as mucuna pruriens on soil properties and crop performance in Dioscorea alata (water yam) based systems within the mother trials of the YAMSYS project in West Afrika.

The Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research (SFIAR) offers an annual award for graduates and scientists of a Swiss institution who work in agricultural research for development.

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