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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Ressourcenökonomie

Atoho Jakhalu

PhD student

 

 

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Address

 

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture
Department of Agricultural Economics
Division of Resource Economics
Invalidenstraße 42

D-10099 Berlin

Germany

Phone

+49-30-2093-6305

Fax

+49-30-2093-6497

Email

a.jakhalu.04 (at) cantab.net

Research Interests

Agriculture (urban, peri-urban food production), globalisation and climate change: The interlinkages
 

Academic Career (Professional)

02/2009 -08/2009

Govt. of India- United Nations Development Program Project Human Development Report- ‘Strengthening of State Plans for Human Development’ Nagaland 2009 Consultant/Co-Author: Thematic Report on Livelihood and Employment

05/2008 - 11/2008

Pragya-India (Recipient of the Whitley Fund for Nature Award UK 2000, Energy Globe Award for Sustainable Development 2005) Senior Team Member: research & advocacy, designing & facilitating of programs and projects towards socio-economic development, conservation, poverty alleviation and sustainable development in the Himalayan region.

04/2006 - 10/2007

Greenpeace UK, London, United Kingdom Research Assistant: A part of team working towards a proposal for setting up 'Sustainable Agriculture' division across Greenpeace's European operations. Research and advocacy on nuclear disarmament to promote global peace and security by reducing oil dependence from areas of conflict and thereby tackling climate change.

09/2005-04/2006

Sustain UK - The Mayor’s London Food Strategy - London Development Agency, United Kingdom Research Assistant to the London Food Link Officer, for draft consultation of the food strategy, focusing on a stronger and sustainable London food economy, producing a credible report for the London Government.

03/2004- 10/2004

Government of Nagaland, India, Department of Land Resources (Integrated Wastelands Development Programme). Member (IWDP) Assigned to the Department Headquarter, to provide efficient research and administrative support to the Deputy Director to support and implement projects under this program.

Academic Background

Ph.D. candidate

HumboldtUniversity of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
Division of Resource Economics
Doctoral dissertation: 2010 - “The sustainable Food Strategy for Hyderabad - Emerging Challenges for Climate Change”

M.Phil

University of Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Geography (Environment, Society and Development Studies) 2004-2005

M.Sc (Agri)

Nagaland University, India School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development
(Agriculture and Rural Development Studies) 2000-2003

B.Sc (Agri)

Assam Agricultural University, India College of Agriculture (Agriculture and Rural Development Studies) 1996-2000

Teaching

 


Other Activities (key Conferences and Workshops)

 
  • Speaker/Facilitator (Pragya-India) National Seminar on Land and Water Management in high altitude Himalayas, 19th June 2008 New Delhi, India
  • Co-ordinator (Greenpeace UK)‘Trident replacement: The tipping point’ Seminar, 12th Dec 2006 House of Commons, London UK.
  • Speaker (Tearfund UK) 'London Climate Conference' 3rd June 2006. London School of Economics.U.K.
  • Representative (Greenpeace UK) Chatham House Pugwash ‘Trident’ Conference 10th May 2006. London, UK
  • Participant 'Energy for… future' Conference. 1st April 2006. The Royal Society, London. , UK.
  • Facilitator (Tearfund UK) ‘Stop Climate Chaos Conference’ 1st March 2006, Central Hall, Westminster, London,UK.


Awards and Memberships

  • DAAD Scholarship Award for PhD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst)
  • The Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award
  • The Philip Lake Fund Award, Dept. of Geography, Cambridge University, U.K.
  • The Nagaland Government Scholarships Award, India
  • The Avenue Trust, U.K.
  • Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society, U.K.
  • Member, Cambridge University Indian Society
  • Member, Fitzwilliam Society, Cambridge, U.K.
  • Member, Intellectual Network for the South, Geneva, Switzerland

Journal Referee and Scientific Committee

 

Publications

Others (Research output)

a)   Co- Author: UNDP-Nagaland State Human Development Report 2009

b)   Independent Researcher. ‘Recipe for a Greener Curry’: How London’s Ethnic business can celebrate sustainable food. In A Sustain publication 2007. (Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK.)

c)   Independent Researcher (The London Food Commission) ‘Greening Retailers’ published by the National consumer Council, UK. 29th September 2006 (Dept. of Trade and Industry, UK.)

d)   Sustain quarterly publication: The Jellied eel. Spring 2006, Issue 13

e)   Jakhalu, A., Nizamuddin and Sharma, A. (2004) Affect of magacal: A herbal growth promoter on economics of broiler production. Round table on Nutraceutical and pet nutrition. 5th Biennial Conference of Animal Nutrition Association, Bangalore from 24th Nov. to 26th Nov.

f)     Jakhalu, A. (2003) Effect of feeding herbal growth promoter to enhance broiler production in Nagaland. Research thesis, Nagaland University, India.

g)   Jakhalu, A. (2005) Local perception of Agro-forestry to control ‘slash and burn’ cultivation in Nagaland, India. Research thesis, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 

Selected Publications