List of Current Master`s Thesis Projects

Bern University of Applied Sciences
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food
Sciences HAFL
List of Current Master’s Thesis Projects
Working Title
Student
Principal Advisor(s)
Major Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Production Systems SPS
Control of the blossom rape beetle (Meligethes
aeneus, Meligethes viridescens) in organic
farming systems
Clay Humphrys
Hans Ramseier
Einfluss von “once-a-day-milking” auf das
Tierwohl im Verhältnis zu zweimal täglichem
Melken
Pilzwiderstandsfähige Rebsorten in der
Schweiz – ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz zur
Eruierung des agronomischen sowie
marktbezogenen Potentials
Generación de stocks de semilla sana de papa
por selección positiva y
multiplicación por brotes
Biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum by
different antagonistic fungi
George Blunier
Dr. Beat Reidy
Lena Holzwarth
Hans Ramseier
Karin Ruchti
Dr. Urs Scheidegger,
Esther Lehmann
Dr. Andreas Keiser,
Susanne Vogelgsang
(Agroscope
Reckenholz)
Biodiversity balance – Development of a new
method to evaluate biodiversity in agricultural
production
Sustainable milk production – Animal welfare
on Mexican dairy farms
Effects of passage rate on magnesium
absorption by lactating dairy cows
Marianne
Honsperger
Christian Thalmann,
Andreas Stampfli
Rahel Ziegler
Dr. Jan Grenz
Jean-Luc Oberson
Stefan Probst,
Community-based climate change adaptation
in Myanmar
Ricardo Vera
Patrick Schlegel (
Agroscope INT,
Posieux)
Mélanie Feurer
Dr. Jürgen Blaser,
RECOFTC (The
Centre for People
and Forests):
Dr David Gritten,
Dr Maung Maung
Than,
Recreational forest management in
Switzerland: a tool-kit
Iris Caillard
Dr. Christian Rosset,
Yves Kazemi (DCE)
Effect of timing and sowing density of cover
crops on weed regulation and nitrogen supply
under direct seeding system in Switzerland.
Mariana Carolina
Pereira Vieira
Devault
Dr. Bernhard Streit,
Fabienne Bauer,
Claire Meugnier
Mixtures of legume cover crops for Swiss
organic field crop production
André Stucki
Hans Ramseier,
Raphael Charles
(ACW), Hansueli
Häberli (Farmland
owner)
Participatory variety development in Chad
Nathalie Oberson
Dr. Urs Scheidegger,
Eva Weltzien
(ICRISAT)
Soif infestation and disease development
study of Coiletovichum coccodes in potatoes
by qPCR analys¡s
Amélioration des méthodes de lutte contre
Drosophila suzukii dans les
baies et cerises en Valais (Suisse)
Gabrielle Chevalley
Dr. Andreas Keiser
Mélanie Dorsaz
Dr. Bettina Stäubli
Dreyer,
Catherine Baroffio
and Serge Fischer,
(Agroscope)
Einfluss der Fütterungsstrategie auf die
Milchzusammensetzung
Swiss chicken breeds- a genetic analysis and
performance of dual-purpose chicken in praxis
Michael Sutter
Dr. Beat Reidy
Flurina
Bertschinger
Dr. Christine Flury
Entwicklung und Anwendung eines
Berechnungstools zur Beurteilung der Effizienz
von Milchproduktionssystemen in der Schweiz
Biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum by
different antagonistic fungi
Lukas Kneubühler
Dr. Beat Reidy
Esther Lehmann
Dr. Andreas Keiser,
Dr. Susanne
Vogelgsang
(Agroscope)
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Working Title
Student
Principal Advisor(s)
Major Management of Value Chains in A&F and rural development VCR
Einfluss von Gerätebreiten und
Maschinenkonzepten auf die Arbeits- und
Energieeffizienz bei der Bestellung von
Ackerkulturen
Roadmap through the label jungle
Florian Thüer
Dr. Bernhard Streit
Nadine
Schalbetter
Dr. Urs Egger
Socio-economical study of implemented
agroforestry project on small scale coca
producers in Honduras
Karent Paola
Bermudez Valdes
Dr. Ingrid Fromm,
Pierre Bloch (Pure
Project)
Identification of Peripartum MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus
Aureus (MRSA) Transmission Pathways in Sows
and Their Offspring
Alexandra Rigby
Dr. Danja Wiederkehr,
Xaver Sidler
(University of Zurich,
Vetsuisse Faculty)
Shifts in farming knowledge and practice in
the context of displacement – the case of
beans in Rwanda
Ex-ante Assessment of Innovations in Finger
Millet and Pigeon Pea Cropping in Southern
India
Chantal Broccard
Dr. Dominic Blaettler
Pia Fehle
Dr. Alessandra
Giuliani,
Dr. Rengalakshmi Raj,
(MSSRF)
Manjula Menon,
(MSSRF)
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Working Title
Student
Principal Advisor(s)
Major International Management of Forest Industries IMF
Effectiveness of the ALB (Anoplophora
glabripennis) and CLB (Anoplophora chinensis)
detection dog performance in field situations.
Supply chain management technologies for
the forest sector - obstacles and opportunities
for wide-scale implementation
Tamara Herzig
Maren Kern,
Dr. Christoph Kopp
Tobias Stäuble
Dr. Astrid Mirjam
Zabel von Felten,
Research staff at
World Resource
Institute, possibly
Tina Schneider
Ökonomische Vergleichsanalyse von grossen
Holz-Heizkraftwerken in der Schweiz und in
Deutschland
Claude Chautems
Oliver Gardi,
Florian Lüthy (Leiter
Produktion Energie
bei IWB Basel)
Emanuele Dazio
Dr. Massimiliano
Schwarz, Expert: Dr.
Jörg Ewald (HSWT,
Weihenstephan DE)
lnfluence of different types of selvicoltural
management on root distribution
and effect on shallow landslides
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