Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management (SAIWAM)
Tuition feeInternational students fee 75,000 THB per semester (75,000 x 4 semesters = 300,000 THB) Thai students fee 55,000 THB per semester (55,000 x 4 semesters = 220,000 THB) AdmissionApplication deadline for the 2011 Academic Year is 15 November 2010! Application by post: your application must arrive by 31 October 2010. CurriculumThe two-year Joint-Degree M.Sc. programme consists of four semesters, during which fifteen thematic modules and the Master Thesis have to be completed. The first two semesters, offering a broad interdisciplinary training, are to be completed at Chiang Mai University. The third semester offered at Universität Hohenheim leads to a specialization in one of three fields, namely About UsJoint degree Master of Science Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management-SAIWAM The Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Hohenheim and the Faculty of Agriculture at Chiang Mai University have the pleasure to announce the new International Master Program, “Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management (SAIWAM).” |
Contact UsSAIWAM Coordination Office Tel: +66-(0)87-900-6826 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Homepage: www.agri.cmu.ac.th | www.agrar.uni-hohenheim.de
Teaching StaffThe modules offered are jointly organized and taught by Thai and German professors. Guest speakers from various Asian partner universities, international research centres and development organizations enrich the curriculum with special field of expertise. BackgroundWatersheds are of significant importance for the global ecosystem and are characterized by a high degree of ethnic, cultural and ecological diversity. However, high population growth, insecurity of resource rights, and extraction of natural resources by a variety of actors have increased the pressure on fragile watershed areas. Political, economic and social marginalization of people living in these areas – often belonging to ethnic minority groups – have resulted in widespread poverty and food shortages. In order to stop the downward spiral of resource degradation, landscape instability, reduced biodiversity, rural poverty and food insecurity, integrated scientific analysis and new approaches to sustainable agriculture and integrated watershed management are needed that identify sustainable land use practices, strengthen local institutions and knowledge systems, and increase the resilience of both mountain ecosystems and rural livelihoods. |
