M.Sc. Shantonu Abe
Kontakt
Kontakt

Südbau, Raum 1.19
Otto-Fischer-Straße 4
50674 Köln
Telefon +49-(0)221-470-1947
E-Mail sabe(at)uni-koeln.de
Research Interests
- Organic agriculture production systems
- smallholder farming
- systems analysis in agriculture
- agricultural food chains
- ethnobotany
- 'forgotten' vegetables
Regional Focus
- India
- Japan
Professional Training
November 2016 until present
Research fellow and PhD candidate at the Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Working Group: Economic Geography, Prof. Dr. Boris Braun
Project: Standards 2.0? Livelihoods of Indian smallholder farmers between global and domestic value chains for organic and fair trade agri-food products (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2016-2019)
09/2014-08/2016
Master of Science, Organic Agriculture Program (specialization: Agroecology) at Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Major Thesis with Farming Systems Ecology Group
Topic: 'Choosing to Nourish: A Nutrition-sensitive Analysis of Case-studies in Vietnam'
Minor Thesis with Biosystematics Group
Topic: 'Crop Diversity in 19th Century Japan: An Analysis of the Seikei Zusetsu agricultural encyclopedia gifted to Philipp Franz von Siebold 04/2010-03/2014 International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan)
4/2010-3/2014
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, Majoring in Anthropology with a Minor in Development Studies at the International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan)
Thesis title: I am a Hyakusho: The Values and Ethics of Alternative Agriculture in Japan.