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Partnership between the

International Center for

Development and Decent Work,

University of Kassel, Germany, and

the Universidad Autónoma de

Yucatán, Mexico (2009-2016)

Kassel, September 2016

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List of Contents

1. About UADY ..................................................................................................................................... 2

1.1 Historical Background ...................................................................................................2

1.2 Faculties and Institutes .................................................................................................2

1.2.1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine .............................................................................................. 2

2. ICDD and UADY Partnership ................................................................................................................ 3

2.1 The DAAD exceed Program ..........................................................................................3

2.2 Study Programs ............................................................................................................4

2.2.1 PhD program .......................................................................................................................... 4

2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships ..........................................................5

3. Research ............................................................................................................................................. 7

3.1 Joint Research Projects ................................................................................................7

3.1.1 Research Projects ................................................................................................................... 7

3.1.2 Research Clusters ................................................................................................................... 9

3.2 Publications ............................................................................................................... 10

3.3 Cooperation with other Partner universities in the ICDD Network ................................ 12

4. Conferences and Workshops............................................................................................................. 13

5. Professors and Scholars ..................................................................................................................... 17

• Dr. Carlos Sandoval Castro ....................................................................................... 17

• Dr. Luis Sarmiento Franco ......................................................................................... 17

• Dr. Javier Becerril García ........................................................................................... 17

• Dr. Wilbert Trejo Lizama ............................................................................................ 17

• Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio .............................................................................. 17

• Dr. Andres Aluja Schunemann ................................................................................... 17

• Prof. Dr. José de Jesús Williams ............................................................................... 17

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1. About UADY

1.1 Historical Background

The Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico (UADY) was established 1922 as the

Universidad Nacional del Sureste, but its history can be traced back to the 17th century and

the creation of the Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Mérida. In 1984, the University got its

current name and status as an “autonomous” university.

UADY offers an ample range of fields of study. The university runs programs leading to 46

different Bachelor courses, 23 Master courses and 7 PhD courses.

1.2 Faculties and Institutes

The university is organized into campuses: Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering

and Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Economical and Administrative Studies, Humanities,

Architecture, Art and Design and Regional Research Center.

1.2.1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

This faculty was founded in 1970. It offers Bachelor courses in: Agroecology, Biology, Marine

Biology and Veterinary Medicine. There are two Master courses offered: the Master in Tropical

Sheep Production, and the Master in Management of Tropical Natural Resources.

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2. ICDD and UADY Partnership

The ICDD and UADY have been successfully working together since 2009. The ICDD and

UADY partnership involves various types of activities including study programs, exchange of

students and faculties, research, conferences, and workshops, among others.

Organogram ICDD-UADY - 2016

2.1 The DAAD exceed Program

The ICDD has been conducting different research projects with UADY within the DAAD exceed

(Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation) program.

The program aims at supporting German Higher Education Institutions (HEI) together with their

partners in developing countries. Support is given to those institutions that contribute to the

realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other goals of development

cooperation policy in an innovative manner. The aim is to strengthen the HEIs in the domains

of education, research and consultancy. The major concerns of the program are:

• bringing together working units in the HEIs with a direct linkage to the MDGs;

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• expanding education and research on issues of relevance to the cooperation in

development policies in German and the partner country HEIs;

• increasing the visibility of activities related to the MDGs in the general public in Germany

and DCs;

• constructing Competence Centers for development cooperation by developing excellent

research that can serve as a scientific "lighthouse”, is internationally attractive and

competitive;

• strengthening north-south as well as south-south cooperation in higher education and

research; and

• expanding policy analysis and consultancy on issues in development cooperation in

developing countries and Germany.

By these activities, researchers and institutes are encouraged to continue and expand their

commitment in development cooperation. The competence centers are meant to become think

tanks for development co-operation that develop approaches for the solution of global

challenges and transfer them to policy makers, donors and practitioners.

2.2 Study Programs

2.2.1 PhD program

The ICDD's objective is to generate and transfer knowledge on how to create and improve

work and income opportunities in rural and urban regions in developing countries in light of

globalization, climate change and urbanization processes. PhD projects are rooted either in

the natural or social sciences and focus primarily on actor- and problem-oriented research on

sustainable human-environmental relationships and decent livelihoods. Currently (2016),

about 25 doctoral candidates within the graduate school are pursuing PhDs at the seven ICDD

partner universities.

PhD Alumni/Fellows

• Lopez Barreto, Mauricio (2016- )/Associated PhD Fellow: Local Human Development

Agencies and the Biocultural Heritage in Yucatan: a Political Ecology Analysis.

Supervisors: Prof. Javier Becerril García

• Peniche González, Irina (2012-2016) Creole pig integration with the Milpa system as a

strategy to improve the standard of living and family income in southern Yucatán,

Mexico. Supervisors: Prof. Luis Sarmiento and Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht.

• El-Kashef, Ola Mamdouh Salah Fathalla (2012-2015) Integrating ethno-veterinary

practices into animal production for empowering rural women in Chacsinkin, Yucatán,

Mexico. Supervisors: Prof. Luis Sarmiento and Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht.

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2.3 Ela-Bhatt Professorship and Guest Lectureships

Ela-Bhatt Visiting Professors

1 Prof. Dr. Juan José Jimenez Osornio: He was honored as

ICDD Ela Bhatt Visiting Professor in 2011. His research and

teaching stay at the ICDD was between 01.04.2011-30.09.2011.

At the ICDD he held a joint seminar on tropical and subtropical

agriculture, forestry, and development and decent work:

“Developing community forest gardens for conservation in situ of

agrodiversity in Yucatan, Mexico”. He participated in the ICDD

Workshop “Research Network Global Agricultural Production

Systems” with the Agrodiversity, agricultural value chains and

decent work in rural areas of Yucatan project.

More information in: https://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-

development-and-decent-work-icdd/research/research-2015-2019/1-global-agricultural-

production-systems-gaps.html

Visiting Professors

Dr. Juan Carlos Mijangos Noh (2010) 2: From 1 June to 9

July 2010, Dr. Noh from the Universidad Autónoma de

Yucatán in Mexico stayed as a guest lecturer at the

Professional Training Institute at the University of Kassel.

Dr. Noh worked jointly with Prof. Clement, along with whom

he participated as a guest lecturer at the seminar entitled

“Education for Formal and Informal Work in Developing

Countries: the Example of Mexico.” He also conducted the

conference “Meanings of Education and Community

Development from the Yucatecan-Mayan Perspective” at

the ICDD. As a result of the collaboration, Dr. Noh and Prof.

1Dr. Juan Jimenez Osornio. Available in: http://www.ccba.uady.mx/CA/CAMCRNT/pdf/JuanJoseM.pdf, used

with permission. 2 Dr. Juan Carlos Mijangos Noh. Available in: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juan_Mijangos-Noh, used

with permission.

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Clement are presently developing an article on the importance of trust in learning processes.

Dr. Noh, in cooperation with Dr. Frank Bünning and Dr. Clement, is also in the process of

seeking financing alternatives for the realization of joint research and educational and

community development in the Mayan region of Yucatán, México.

3 Prof. Dr. Wilbert Trejo Lizama (2009) - Dr. Lizama spent six

weeks starting from 26th October to 6th December 2009 as a

guest lecturer in the research group Animal Husbandry in the

Tropics and Subtropics, at the Department of Organic

Agricultural Science in the framework of the International

Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD). During his

stay in Germany, Dr. Lizama lectured extensively in MSc. and

BSc. courses and gave scientific talks in the framework of the

Joint Seminar on Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and

Forestry, organized by the Tropical Centre of the University of Kassel and Goettingen, and in

the framework of the series of the Department of Animal Science at Goettingen University. Dr.

Lizama participated in numerous meetings with ICDD members in Witzenhausen and Kassel,

and, he took part in the ICDD Journalists’ Seminar and Kick Off Conference in Witzenhausen

during November 25-27, 2009. Last but not least, he has participated in a workshop on

“Regulation of soil organic matter and nutrient turnover in agriculture” organized at

Witzenhausen during November 12-13, 2009.

Prof. Dr. Béatrice Knerr (2016)4 – Prof. Knerr research

focuses on the smallholder survival in Yucatan udner

conditions of global competition on commodity and labour

markets. As such, she was a visiting professor at UADY from

the 24th of February until the 30th March 2016. Over that

period, she gave a PhD course on “Ecological Economics”

in the Social Sciences PhD Program at UADY. She also

contributed to the joint edition of a book publication on the

topic “Perspectives of Smallholder Farming. Evidence from

Yucatan”. She also gave a public lecture on “Migration, rural

y su relacion con el desarrollo sustentable”. Recently, she is

coordinating a book in which Prof. Dr. Javier Becerril has contributed.

3 Prof. Dr. Wilbert Trejo Lizama. Available in: http://bit.ly/2e20TGO 4 Prof. Dr. Beatrice Knerr, ICDD Files.

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3. Research

3.1 Joint Research Projects

The ICDD network worked along 3 main research clusters in the first phase of cooperation

(2009-2014), responding to (1) Sustainable Value Creation for Decent Work, (2) Instruments

for Promoting Decent Work, and (3) Strategies for Empowerment for Decent Work.

In the second phase (2015-2019), there is a shift towards an enhanced cooperation between

agricultural and social disciplines/sciences within the network, implementing 5 new research

lines in the agenda:(1) Decent work along agricultural value chains, (2) Organizing the informal

economy, (3) Extractivism and rural welfare, (4) Rural-urban linkages: transformation

processes, livelihoods, and social protection, (5) Rethinking development cooperation.

3.1.1 Research Projects

• Analysis of the effect of socio-productive development programs on the local

biocultural heritage and its implications on decent work through a political

ecology perspective (2016-2017 )

Project leaders: Dr. Javier Becerril García (UADY), Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Tuider (University of

Kassel)

Centuries of interconnectedness with a territory has rooted rural communities around the

world, making them dependent of the sustainable management of their local environments.

This relationship is composed by elements comprised in the communities’ biocultural heritage

– its traditional knowledge, practices and Cosmo vision – which provide a holistic alternative

to cope with climate change. On the other hand, socio-productive development programs are

often implemented as public policy in order to assist rural communities’ weather disruptions in

their lifestyles, mainly due to structural reforms. Although these programs are often framed

within a sustainable development framework, they rarely embrace the communities’ biocultural

heritage. As a result, these programs fail to meet their development goals of enhancing the

communities’ quality of life. In this context, the research project seeks to recognize and analyze

the different actors involved in the socio-productive development programs, their interests and

their political conflicts with regards to their biocultural heritage, and devise strategies of

empowerment for weaker political groups. The proposed methodology to achieve this objective

is through a political discourse analysis. An expected product from this analysis is an

evaluation guide to measure the impact of socio-productive development programs on the

biocultural heritage.

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• Agrodiversity, agricultural value chains and decent work in rural areas of

Yucatan (within Global Agricultural Production Systems Project) (2015- )

Project leaders: Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio (UADY), Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

(University of Kassel)

In 2014 the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan and the Ministry of Social Development of the

State Government established the Program of Local Agencies for Human Development with

participation of locals, NGOs, the academia and other governmental agencies. Its goal is to

contribute to decrease rural poverty in the 20 poorest municipalities through coordinated

actions of organizations working in the area and the active participation of the communities in

order to warranty human rights in these localities.

Agrodiversity must be seeing as an integral part of landscapes, which must contribute to

achieve food security, nutrition and family income in rural communities of Yucatan, as well as

to the conservation and sustainable use of the genetic diversity of cultivated plants,

domesticated animals, of their wild relatives. A strategy to commercialize in Mérida the surplus

agricultural products from participating communities is being developed with Puntos Verdes, a

local NGO.

New policies are required to implement and grant decent work criteria along the agricultural

value chains and provide secured and regular access of smallholder producers. This

represents an opportunity and a challenge to develop local strategies that revalue agriculture

as a job-creating activity for policymakers.

The project also contemplates the strengthening pf social capital to contribute to food security

and sovereignty in 8 municipalities of Yucatan. Thus, it has an interdisciplinary character,

coordinated by researchers of UADY in collaboration with different NGOs and the government

to achieve food security and sovereignty through the strengthening of social capital. The

specific objectives are: to promote collaboration strategies between stakeholders in the region

related to food security and sovereignty; to establish a collaborative network for production

and commercialization through the implementation of solidarity market; to contribute in training

and education on human nutrition and agro ecological technologies to rural inhabitants in

Southern Yucatan. Expected results from the project are that after three years there will bases

for regional sustainable development of the Southern region of Yucatan through the

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collaboration and coordination of all institutions involved having as a major component

agricultural products that will contribute to improve food security of rural communities. In all the

process graduate and undergraduate students from UADY will be involved.


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3.1.2 Research Clusters

• Agrodiversity, labour migration, decent work, and agricultural development in

Yucatan (2011-2014)

Within the framework of exceed, ICDD and UADY conducted one research cluster:

Agrodiversity, labour migration, decent work, and agricultural development in Yucatan, Mexico,

which was developed along 2011-2014, and was conducted by Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert, Prof.

Dr. Beatrice Knerr from University Kassel and Prof. Dr. Juan Jose Jimenez Osornio from

UADY.

Brief description of the project:

The dynamic relation of migration flows and decrease of agricultural diversity (agro/diversity)

in Yucatan is among the most pressing long-term problems for food security in the region. The

proposed project addressed these relationships with a special emphasis on the impact of

migration, the influence of off-farm wage labor jobs on agrodiversity, how youth and elderly

people perceive farming as a livelihood, and identify ecological and socioeconomic indicators

to assess the sustainability of agroecosystems. Based on these results, alternatives for making

agriculture a viable option with decent work conditions for rural communities were assessed

and policies towards the contribution to strategies for enhancing sustainable development,

decent work, livelihood security for the rural population and conservation of agrodiversity of

Yucatán have been developed.

More information in: http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/international-center-for-

development-and-decent-work-icdd/research/research-2009-2014/sustainable-value-

creation-for-dw/agrodiversity-labour-migration-decent-work-and-agricultural-development-in-

yucatan-mexico.html

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3.2 Publications 5

Jiménez Osornio, J. J., Zarco Salgado, M., Lendechy Grajales, A. and Becerril, J. (2015)

Solares seguridad alimentaria adaptación y mitigación de cambio climátco. Ediciones de la

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico. (10): 237-266.

Jiménez Osornio, J. J. (2014). Análisis de la situación actual de las reservas comunitarias de

los municipios de Chankom y Hocabá, Yucatán. In: Sociedad y Ambiente en México: áreas

naturales protegidas y sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ISBN: 978-

607-02-5574-8.

Becerril, J., Jiménez Osornio, J. J., and Burgos, O. A. (2014). La incidencia del trabajo no

agrícola y los programas de política publica sobre la conservación in situ de la

agrobiodiversidad en Yucataán: un atisbo al 2010. In: Miradas al Desarrollo Sustentable en

Yucatán, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán ISBN: 978-607-8191-49-9.

Aguilar, C.W., Ruenes, M.R. and Torres, M. (2013). La diferencias de género en la Facultad

de medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Una mirada en números. In: Paredes L. (Ed.). Hombres

y Mujeres en la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Un análisis Descriptivo con Perspectiva

de género. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán: 61-74.

Becerril, J., J. Jiménez y O.A. Burgos. (2013). La incidencia del trabajo no agrícola y los

programas de política pública sobre la conservación in situ de la agrobiodiversidad en

Yucatán: un atisbo al 2010. In: Becerril García y A.Quintal Palomo (Eds). Miradas al Desarrollo

Sustentable en Yucatán: 99-129. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. ISBN 978-607-8191-49-

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Castilla Martínez, M., et al. (2013). Estudio de mercado de frutales nativos de Yucatán, Mexico.

AgroCiencias.

Castilla Martínez, M. (2013). Estudio Integral para la Conservación y aprovechamiento

Sostenible de Frutales Nativos en Yucatán, Mexico. AgroCiencias.

Estrada-Medina, H., et al. (2013). Maya and WRB soil Classification in Yucatán, México:

differences and similarities. ISRN Soil Science Journal. ISSN: 2090-875X (Online)

http://www.hindawi.com/isrn/soil.science/aip/634260/

5 Note that these are exemplary of the work developed. Not all publications are listed in this section.

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Estrada-Medina, H., Graham, R., Allen, M., Jimenez-Osornio, J.J. (2013). The importance of

limestone bedrock and dissolution karst features on tree root distribution in northern Yucatán,

México. Plant & soil, 362:37-50.

Gutiérrez Barrera, E., Flores, G., and Ruenes Morales, M.R. (2012). Los huertos familiares y

las flores en los ritos religiosos de las principales iglesias de Mérida, Yucatán: 566-583. In:

Flores Guido José S (Ed.). Los huertos familiares de la península de Yucatán. Etnoflora

Yucatanense No. 30. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. ISBN: 978-607-00-6014-4. Edición

especial. Yucatán, México.

Jiménez-Osornio, J.J., et al. (2012). Estrategias de capacitación para la conservación de los

recursos naturales en Yucatán: la experiencia de PROTROPICO. En: Evodia Silva R., Vergara

Tenorio del C., y Rodríguez-Luna, E. (Coordinadores). Casos Exitosos en la Construcción de

Sociedades Sustentables. Editorial: Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México.

Juárez, L., Montaña, C., and Ferrer, M. M. (2011). Genetic structure at patch level of the

terrestrial orchid Cyclopogon luteoalbus (Orchidaceae) in a fragmented cloud forest. Plant

Systematics and Evolution. 297:237-251

González-Basulto, R., Jiménez Osornio, J.J., and Reyna Díaz, F.J. (2010). Manejo tradicional

y conservación de frutales nativos en solares del municipio de Tzucacab, Yucatán. In:

Etnobiología y Sistemas Biocognitivos Tradicionales: Paradigmas en la Conservación

Biológica y el Fortalecimiento Cultural. Mexico: 344-352.

Jiménez Osornio, J.J., et al. (2010). Uso del suelo y vegetación secundaria en el Estado de

Yucatán. In: Duran, R. y M. Méndez (eds.) Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Humano en Yucatán.

CICY, PPD-FMAM, CONABIO, SEDUMA.

Schwenken, H. (2010). Gender-sensitive migration policies”, Global Forum on Migration and

Development, expert meeting, Fundacion Bancomer, Mexico D.F.

Aguilar Cordero, W., et al. (2009). Experiencias, aprendizajes y diferencias en la toma de

decisions de dos grupos de Campesinos mayas en la adopción de tecnologías agrícolas en

Sahcaba, Hocaba, Yucatan, Mexico. Estudios de Antropología Biológica, 14, 629-747.

Aguilar-Perera, A., et al. (2009). Fishery Aspects of the Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus Itajara

Teleostei: Knowledge and Fishery Records. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 57, 557-566.

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3.3 Cooperation with other Partner universities in the ICDD Network

In the framework of one of the ICDD’s agenda research lines, UADY extends its cooperation

to the whole network, within the research project on “Decent work along agricultural value

chains”/Global Agricultural Production Systems.

This research area is embedded in the network’s second phase (2015-2019). Social and

political obstacles to innovations are studied, together with the value chain in the production

process with emphasis in small farmers/producers.

The cooperation and exchange is realized between the University of Kassel (including DTSL,

Witzenhausen), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai and Guwahati), the University

of Agriculture Faisalabad, the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Egerton University, and

University of Cape Coast.

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4. Conferences and Workshops

Within the framework of ICDD and UADY partnership different thematic conferences,

workshops, seminars have been organized.

• Summer Course at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán: Decent work and Value

Chains (4-8 July 2016)

Organized by Professor Dr. Beatriz Torres Góngora (UADY), Professor Dr. Javier Becerril,

PhD student Mauricio Lopez (UADY) and PhD student Iván Hernández (UADY).

Objectives

The decent work deficit is very much pronounced in agriculture: workers and smallholders lack

frequently sufficient income, social security, protection against occupational risks and a

collective voice vis-à-vis employers and the state. While this is generally known, little research

has been done to actually measure the decent work deficit in agriculture and to develop

strategies beyond increasing agricultural yields. The summer course shall bring together

students and experts of agriculture with experts on labour relations. Its objective is to familiarize

agricultural researchers with the decent work concept, to develop methods for identifying

decent work deficits, and to discuss strategies for implementing the decent work agenda.

Therefore, being famous for its agro-biodiversity and long-term agricultural history, Yucatan is

a perfect spot for the upcoming ICDD summer school.

Aimed at PhD students

Topics:

1. Decent work deficits: Problems and constraints

2. Origin and meaning of the concept of decent work

3. Measurement of decent work

4. Decent work in Mexico and its regions

5) Good practices of decent work in Yucatán:

- Excursion (“Decent work along and agriculture value chain”)

- Location: Huertos Magaña + Juguera Akil+ Agronegocios Sustentables

Scientific guidance and responsible person: Prof. Dr. Juan Jimenez

- Location: South Valley or Escuela Agricultura Ecológica de Maní

- Contact: Prof. Dr. Wilberth Trejo

- Scientific guidance and responsible person: Prof. Dr. Wilbert Trejo and Prof.

Dr. Juan Jimenez

Working questions

1. What are decent work deficits?

2. Where do we find decent work deficits in agriculture?

3. What are the reasons for indecent work conditions in agriculture?

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4. What kind of solutions do we know/are needed to avoid indecent working conditions?

• Seminario: Indicadores para evaluar la política Pública (Seminar on indicators

to evaluate public policy) at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (2015)

Organized by Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio (UADY)

Proposal of indicators considering different aspects: human nutrition, social, economic, health,

production, and biological elements to evaluate governmental policies in Yucatán.

The seminar was developed in the framework of the research project: “Analysis of the effect

of socio-productive development programs on the local biocultural heritage and its implications

on decent work through a political ecology perspective”.

• Determining information acquisition sources used by backyard chicken

owners in Yucatan, Mexico (July 2014)

Objectives of the workshop: Examine the socio-economic characteristics of participants;

describe information acquisition sources either used or preferred by respondents; examine

various areas of chicken practices regarding obtained information; identify constraints affecting

information acquisition of participants.

• PhD Workshop, Merida (2013)

The PhD Workshop “From Research to Reality: Prospects and Potentials of ICDD’s Doctoral

Research” was held from 16th to 23th March, 2013 at UADY.

Almost 50 ICDD PhD students, faculty and staff members as well as guest, who are focused

on the (potential) relationship of ICDD's doctoral research (and the PhD students themselves)

to the wider social, policy and academic environment, participated in it.

More specifically, firstly, the workshop aimed at reflecting on the current state, the future

prospects and limits of realizing MDG target 1.B, which underpins ICDD's problem-oriented

(doctoral) research.

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Secondly, workshop participants debated the (potential) contribution of ICDD research in this

context. After exploring ways to conceptualize the relationship between academic research (in

the ICDD) and its social context in broader terms, the PhD candidates thus discussed their

own research projects’ contribution to addressing these problems.

Fostering the development of specific capacities of PhD students in relation to the overall

workshop theme was the third part of this event. This included, for instance, sessions on

developing strategies for relating research to academic and policy debates or the preparation

for the post-PhD phase of starting a career in the realm of decent work and development.

• ICDD Steering Committee Meeting (2013)

UADY hosted the ICDD Steering Committee Meeting in the year of 2013, the members of

advisory board from ICDD and six partner universities discussed the following issues: financial

status 2011-2013, news and new developments at the ICDD member institutions, challenges

in the cooperation, Ela Bhatt Professor 2013/14, ICDD working papers and Publications,

Graduate School Activities, Research Clusters, 3rd party funding achievements and prospects,

ICDD activities.

PhD group at Merida Workshop 2013, ICDD files.

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• Workshop on Agrodiversity, labor migration, decent work and development in

Yucatan (15-17 February 2012)

Organized in cooperation with Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio, Prof. Dr. Knerr and Prof. Dr.

Bürkert (University of Kassel). Workshop objectives: Planning of activities within the research

cluster and products to be obtained in 2012, discemination of knowledge, and review of

graduate student projects related to the project.

• Seminar: Developing community forest gardens for conservation in situ of

agro-diversity in Yucatan (Witzenhause, 4 May 2011)

Organized in cooperation with Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio, at Witzenhausen.

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Juan José Jimenez Osorino, ICDD Ela-Bhatt Visiting Professor,

founder of the interdisciplinary research institute Protrópico, Autonomous University of

Yucatan, Mexico.

• Workshop on Agrodiversity, labour migration, decent work, and agricultural

development in Yucatan (February 2011)

Organized by Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio.

Workshop objectives:

• Planning of activities and products to be obtained within the research cluster in 2012

• Review of graduate student projects related to the project

The workshop was also supported by the Ford Foundation through the project Collaborative

interinstitutional and interdisciplinary strategies to promote sustainable development in the

Yucatán.

ICDD Steering Committee Meeting 2013, ICDD files.

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5. Professors and Scholars

• Dr. Carlos Sandoval Castro

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Comparative study on small-scale and large-scale livestock production systems from social,

economic, sanitation, ecological and cultural points of view, as well as the feasibility of creating

decent work opportunities in the tropical and subtropical regions of Central America.

• Dr. Luis Sarmiento Franco


Laboratory director and livestock nutrition. Comparative study on small-scale and large-scale

livestock production systems from social, economic, sanitation, ecological and cultural points

of view, as well as the feasibility of creating decent work opportunities in the tropical and

subtropical regions of Central America.

• Dr. Javier Becerril García

Faculty of Economics

Yucatan Economic Re-orientation – Political economy, local development, ethno-ecology and

bio-cultural heritage.

• Dr. Wilbert Trejo Lizama





• Prof. Juan José Jiménez Osornio

Biological and agricultural Sciences

Management and conservation of natural resources, ethno-ecology and bio-cultural heritage.

• Dr. Andres Aluja Schunemann

UADY Global: Coordinator, Cooperation and Internationalization at UADY

• Prof. Dr. José de Jesús Williams


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• PhD fellow Mauricio Lopez Barreto

• Dr. Ola El-Kashef

• Dr. Irina Peniche González

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Partnership between the International Center for Development and … · 2017-02-13 · ecology perspective (2016-2017 ) Project leaders: Dr. Javier Becerril García (UADY), Prof