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Project leader(s) Project title Project partner(s) Countries Funding source(s) Duration
Animal Nutrition, continued
Florian Leiber Assessment of natural pasture L. Angelov, Bulgaria SNF-SCOPES 01/06 – 03/09
resources (essential nutrients) in T. Nedelcheva,
endemic mountain regions with V. Kafedjiev, Institute of
respect to nutritional balance Cryobiology and Food
and quality of sheep milk and Technology, National
dairy products (white brine
Centre for Agricultural
cheese, yellow cheese, yogurt) Science, Sofia, Bulgaria
Carla S. Soliva Development and application of T. Seresinhe, B. Piya- Sri Lanka University of 02/08 – 12/09
molecular techniques to enhance digama, R.A.U.J. Marapana, Ruhuna,
the utilisation of tanniniferous Department of Animal Sri Lanka;
forages by ruminants Science, University of ETH Zurich
Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Svenja Testing the concept of diversity J. Meier, ETH Zurich; Syria, Brazil, Public institutions 09/09 – 08/12
Marquardt, in feeding in the tropics and B. Rischkowksy, Switzerland
Michael Kreuzer subtropics: Effect of experience, M. Louhaichi,
adaptation and choice on
International Centre
feed selection, intake and
for Agricultural Research
foraging behaviour in sheep in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),
Syria; A. Abdalla,
Centro de Energia Nuclear
na Agricultura, Brazil
Food Biotechnology
Leo Meile Pathogenic streptococci in J. Wangoh, University Kenya Private 09/09 – 07/10
East African milk products: of Nairobi; D. Mulwa, foundation
Prevalence, diversity and
M. Younan, Kenyan Agriculture
health hazards for children
Research Institute (KARI), Kenya
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Leo Meile, Diversity of microorganisms in Stephan Wullschleger, Mali ETH Zurich 10/05 – 03/09
Christophe Lacroix sourmilk products of Mali and ETH Zurich; Institut
development of standardized du Sahel, Bamako, Mali;
starter cultures
B. Bonfoh, LCV Bamako, Mali;
J. Zinsstag, Swiss Tropical
Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Grassland Science
Michael Biodiversity and ecosystem Several German and China DFG; 2008 – 2010
Scherer-Lorenzen functioning (BEF CHINA) Swiss partners; Chinese CAS
Academy of Sciences;
various Chinese universities
Research collaboration
Research projects
Michael FUN_DIV: Functional significance B. Turner, STRI, Panama; Panama SNF 03/06 – 03/09
Scherer-Lorenzen, of tree diversity for nutrient C. Potvin,
Jan Jansa dynamics in a tropical plantation Mc Gill University, Canada
Olga Mayol, Impact of African dust on clouds Partners in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico NSF ATM (USA) 2009 – 2012
Werner Eugster and precipitation in a Caribbean and the USA
tropical montane cloud forest
Human Nutrition
Richard Hurrell, Malaria and the safety G. Brittenham, Switzerland, National Institute 2009 – 2013
Ines Egli of iron interventions Columbia University, Thailand of Health (NIH),
USA
USA