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The second round of successful candidates of the GRA and CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change (CCAFS) joint CLIFF-GRADS initiative for 2019 have been announced.

CLIFF-GRADS is an international doctorate scholarship programme designed to support budding agricultural scientists.

Some 212 applicants from more than 50 developing countries applied to this latest round of the programme, as compared to 65 applicants from 23 countries in the first round earlier this year.

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Name	Nationality	University	Research Project	Host Institution	Host Country
Abmiael Ortiz-Chura	Peru	University of Buenos Aires	Effect of modulating interspecies electron transfer exchanges on methane production and rumen microbiota composition	INRA – National Institute for Agricultural Research, ARA Centre	France
Adnan Zahid	Pakistan	University of the Punjab	Using a Tier II Model (CQESTR) to Predict SOC Storage and CO2 Emissions	USDA -ARS, Soil and Water Conservation Research Unit	USA
Bertin Takoutsing	Cameroon	Wageningen University	Accounting for errors in SOC estimates introduced by proximal sensing methods	ISRIC – World Soil Information	Netherlands
Bo-Wen Zhang	China	Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS	Modeling pH effects on direct N2O from agricultural soils through complex stable isotope labelling	Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries	Germany
Camila Almeida dos Santos	Brazil	Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro	Targeting N2O emission hot-spots in intensive dairy pastures for mitigation action	The University of Melbourne	Australia
Deysi Ruiz Llontop	Peru	National Agrarian University La Molina	Quantification of carbon footprints in livestock production systems under contrasting management of Argentina	National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)	Argentina
Hilaire Sanni Worogo	Benin	University of Parakou	Effects of rangeland management on soil carbon sequestration	USDA -ARS, Fort Keogh Livestock & Range Research Laboratory	USA
Kofi Boateng	Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Nitrogen fertilizer rate, crop residue amount and soil water content influence on N2O emissions	USDA -ARS, Soil and Water Conservation Research Unit	USA
Lai Lai	Myanmar	University of Putra Malaysia	Compiling a structured Rice Policy Information Portal and demonstrating its potential use in mitigation projects	International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)	Philippines
Lamfu Fabrice Yengong	Cameroon	University of Buea	Manure management interventions to mitigate GHG	International Livestock Research Institute, Mazingira Centre	Kenya
Lucélia de Cássia Rodrigues de Brito	Brazil	Federal University of Piauí	Cover crop and animal manure impacts on soil N2O emissions	USDA -ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory	USA
María Carolina Scorcione Turcato	Argentina	University of Buenos Aires	Directed evolution of rumen microbial cultures towards the identification and stimulation of electron sinks alternative to methanogenesis	National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA)	Chile
Mariana Eloisa Garcia Ascolani	Paraguay	University of Florida	RumenPredict: Predicting appropriate GHG mitigation strategies based on modelling variables that contribute to ruminant environmental impact	Queens University	UK
Mónica Gabriela Perez	Argentina	University of Buenos Aires	Understanding the controls of N2O in grazed upland and lowland systems	Bangor University	UK
Noriel Angeles	Philippines	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Toward low methane-emitting rice varieties	International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)	Philippines
Ntwanano Moirah Malepfane	South Africa	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Comparing deep soil carbon stocks under kiwifruit and pasture land use	Plant & Food Research	New Zealand
Paul Soremi	Nigeria	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Turning to rice cultivars for solving the CH4 puzzle in irrigated rice systems	International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), FLAR	Colombia
Pierre Eke	Cameroon	University of Yaounde	Soil organic matter sensitivity to land management impact on grasslands and croplands	Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries	Germany
Rangarirayi Lucia Mhindu	Zimbabwe	Chinhoyi University of Technology	GHG emissions from adequately managed rangelands in Kenya	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mazingira Centre	Kenya
Ricardo González Quintero	Colombia	Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín	Measuring ammonia emissions and collecting farm data from Costa Rican dairies	Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)	Costa Rica
Samuel Anuga	Ghana	University of Ghana	Just how smart are the climate smart options promoted in the Climate Smart Villages of Nicaragua?	International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), FLAR	Colombia
Sebastian Bedoya Mazo	Colombia	University of Antioquia	Quantifying Hydrogen fluxes and their impact on methane production equations	National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), ARA Centre	France
Sikiru Yusuf Alasinrin	Nigeria	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Net GHG and soil carbon sequestration in response to tillage systems and cropping sequences	USDA -ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory	USA
Thi Thanh Ha Do	Vietnam	Southern Cross University	Assessing (agro)forestry landscape restoration options in livestock-degraded regions of montane Kenya and Tanzania	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)	Kenya
Titis Apdini	Indonesia	Wageningen University	Economic implications of GHG mitigation from dairy and beef systems	Bangor University	UK
Victor Ilich Alvarado Bolovich	Peru	National Agrarian University La Molina	GHG mitigation strategies on cow/calf production systems	National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)	Argentina
Yuri Gelsleichter	Brazil	Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro	Assessing the impact of land use change scenarios on soil organic carbon stocks	ISRIC – World Soil Information	Netherlands

CLIFF-GRADS Call: Greenhouse gas emission and emission reduction from reduced food loss and waste

Name	Nationality	University	Research Project	Host Institution	Host Country
Daniele Eckert Matzembacher	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Measure FLW reduction and associated emission reductions of Brazilian entrepreneurship initiatives in fruits and vegetables that do not meet retail aesthetic standards	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Sweden and Brazil
Laura Holguin	Colombian	Technical University of Dresden	Characterize digestate option with different combinations of available waste, including yield impacts, methane, and soil-based emissions	International Centre of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)	Colombia
Li Xue	China	Chinese Academy of Sciences	Quantifying GHG emissions of agrifood chain and associated food loss and food waste in China: an input-output analysis.	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark and China
Norah Titiya Machinjiri	Malawi	Haramaya University	Effects of organic matter soil amendments on population dynamics of Aspergillus flavus and its natural antagonists; and on groundnut aflatoxin contamination in Malawi.	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)	Malawi
Tabitha Nindi	Malawi	Purdue University	Understanding smallholder farmers’ storage habits in Malawi.	Malawi University of Science and Technology	Malawi
Xia Liang	China	The University of Melbourne	Evidence base for the mitigation of N2O  emission from reduced food loss and waste in China and Myanmar	Hokkaido University	China and Myanmar

These awards included funding from the New Zealand government and via support to CCAFS from CGIAR Trust Fund Donors and through bilateral funding agreements. The United States government, through the USAID Sustainable Landscapes program, also funds and supports food loss and waste research.For information regarding the last round of CLIFF-GRAD recipients -click here. Alternatively, click here for more information about the CLIFF-GRADS programme.