People
Current PhD's
Derebe Ermias Chefebo
Starting year: 2024
Country: Ethiopia
Regional context: Central Ethiopia
Research topics: Climate Smart Agricultural Technology, Food security.
Competencies: Quantitative and qualitative research, impact evaluation
E-mail: derebe.ermias.chefebo
Room: 125
Thanh Dam
Starting year: 2024
Country: Vietnam
Regional context: Southeast Asia, Vietnam
Research topics: Climate Smart Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder's welfare, Natural resource management.
Competencies: Quantitative and qualitative research, monitoring and evaluation
E-mail: ha.luong.thanh.dam
Room: 125
Cynthia Onyangore
Starting year: 2024
Country: Kenya
Regional context: Kenya
Research topics: True cost pricing, consumer perceptions, consumer preferences, fresh produce value chains.
Competencies: Food systems anaylsis, consumer behaviour, agricultural value chain development, multi-stakeholder partnerships, project management
E-mail: cynthia.onyangore
Room: 301
David Singaña Tapia
Starting year: 2023
Country: Ecuador
Regional context: Ecuador
Research topics: Food sovereignty, Family Farming, food trade flows.
Competencies: Quantitative and qualitative research, monitoring and evaluation.
E-mail: david.alejandro.singana.tapia
Room: 329
Sarah Robi Wambura
Starting year: 2023
Country: Kenya
Regional context: East Africa; Kenya
Research topics: Pastoral Rangeland Management; SDG Interlinkages; Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development.
Competencies: Agricultural and Applied Economics; Project Management; Research Methods.
E-mail: sarah.robi.wambura
Room: 132
Akonkwa Nyamuhirwa Dieu-Merci
Starting year: 2023
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Regional context: National
Research topics: Essays on Gender, Contract Farming, and Women’s Nutrition in the Center-south DR Congo.
Competencies: Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics.
E-mail: dieu-merci.akonkwa.nyamuhirwa
Room: 304
Charity Masole
Starting year: 2022
Country: Botswana
Regional context: Nationally
Research topics: Assessment of the drought relief programme on the livestock sub-sector in Botswana: A process evaluation approach.
Competencies: Agricultural policy analysis, quantitative research, econometrics.
E-mail: gabanthate.charity.masole
Room: 329
Ifeoluwa Abulude
Starting year: 2022
Country: Nigeria
Regional context: West Africa (South-West Nigeria)
Research topics: Food loss and waste amongst arable crop farmers in Nigeria.
Competencies: Agricultural extension education, rural development, programme design and evaluation.
E-mail: ifeoluwa.ayodeji.abulude
Room: 304
Rovshen Ishangulyyev
Starting year: 2022
Country: Turkmenistan
Regional context: Turkmenistan
Research topics: Analysis of Agricultural Reforms and Cotton Sector Restructuring in Turkmenistan: Application of the Turkmen Agricultural Sector Model (TASM).
Competencies: Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Econometrics, Statistical analysis, Stata, R studio, International Agricultural Trade
E-mail: rovshen.ishangulyyev
Room: 132
Akansha Mishra
Starting year: 2022
Country: India
Regional context: India
Research topics: The role of citizen-consumers in making Pune, India a food smart city, challenges, barriers and opportunities.
Competencies: Food System Analysis, Food Safety, Consumer Behaviour, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Management and Reporting
E-mail: akansha.mishra
Room: 301
Felix Ndayisaba
Starting year: 2022
Country: Rwanda
Regional context: Nationwide
Research topics: Mushroom production and marketing potential for improved food security in Rwanda.
Competencies: Rural Development policy, sustainable agriculture, food security, poverty analysis, climate change & Geospatial analysis.
E-mail: Felix.Ndayisaba
Room: 357
Alexander Cano
Country: Colombia
Regional context: Colombian coffee producing region.
Research topics: Change in agricultural land, climate change, and production economics.
Competencies: agricultural economics, environmental economics, agricultural production functions.
E-mail: alexander.cano
Room: 132
Manale Andargie Embiyale
Starting year: 2021
Country: Ethiopia
Regional context: Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
Research topics: Intra-household Gender Relation and Its Implication for Family Income in Rural Ethiopia.
Competencies: Gender and Family Studies, Rural Development and Family Science
E-mail: manale.embiyale
Room: 304
Andres Suarez
Starting year: 2021
Country: Colombia
Regional context: Colombian coffee axis, northern Caldas
Research topics: Ecosystem services valuation, large scale avocado production, social perceptions, environmental justice
Competencies: ecosystem services valuation, sustainable rural development
E-mail: andres.suarez-agudelo
Room: 301
Denis Soldera
Starting year: 2020
Country: Brazil
Regional context: Southern Brazil
Research topics: Socioeconomic metabolism and energy analysis of agroecosystems in Brazil
Competencies: rural development theories, agricultural economics, statistical data analysis, R, MS-Excel, Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM)
E-mail: denis.soldera
Room: 302
Evi Mariana
Starting year: 2020
Country: Indonesia
Regional context: South East Asia
Research topics: Smallholders' Integration in the Indonesian Coffee Value Chains
Competencies: Value Chains, Community Development, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
E-mail: evi.mariana
Room: 125
Titilayo Oyeronke Akinwehinmi
Starting year: 2020
Country: Nigeria
Regional context: Sub-Saharan Africa
Research topics: Understanding Consumers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Biofortification Attributes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Rice and Cassava.
Competencies: Choice Modelling, Price transmission analysis, proficient in the use of SPSS, STATA, R, E-Views and MS Excel
E-mail: titilayo.akinwehinmi
Room: 301
Alisher Kosimov
Starting year: 2019
Country: Tajikistan
Regional context: North Tajikistan
Research topics: Sustainable Livestock Sector Development in Tajikistan
Competencies: Inclusive market systems approach, vertical integration, value chain analysis, collective action studies, sustainable livestock and pasture management
E-mail: Alisher.Kosimov
Phone: +49 641 / 99 37310
Room: 301
Nixon Murathi Kiratu
Starting year: 2019
Country: Kenya
Regional context: East Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa
Research topics: Food and Nutrition Security, Water Resources, Irrigation, Markets
Competencies: Agricultural Policy Analysis; Marketing and Price Analysis; Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis (Stata and SPSS statistical software); Food Policy Analysis; Econometrics
E-mail: nixon.kiratu
Room: 329
Mustafa Nasiri
Starting year: 2019
Country: Afghanistan
Regional context: Central Afghanistan
Research topics: Consumers' Perception of Food Safety and the Role of Time and Risk Preferences in Food Safety Demand: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan
Competencies: Experimental Auction Methods, Consumer Behavior, Risk and Time Preferences, Experimental Economics, Quantitative Research Method, and Statistical software of R and RStudio.
E-mail: mustafa.nasiri
Room: 329
Miriam Kasebele
Starting year: 2018
Country: Tanzania
Regional context: Kenya
Research topics: Understanding the fluxes of Nitrogen and Hydrology in Mau catchment, Kenya. The model approach.
Competencies: Hydrology, Water engineering, Natural Resources Management, Carbon stock assessments
E-mail: miriam.kasebele
Room: 305
Azim Baibagyssov
Starting year: 2018
Country: Kazakhstan
Regional context: Kazakhstan: semi-desert and desert zones
Research topics: Resource Potential and Economic Value of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
Competencies: Natural resource management, Ecosystems conservation, Plant biomass assessments, Remote Sensing and GIS
E-mail: Azim.Baibagyssov
Room: 329
Alumni
Alumni
- Chukwuma Ume (Nigeria): Agroecology as a political concept: A case study of the Southeast geopolitical region of Nigeria (2024)
- Fitsum Assefa Adela (Ethiopia): Optimum Use of Irrigation Water: Bio-economic household modeling of small-scale irrigation scheme in South Central Ethiopia (2023)
- Surajit Haldar (India): Institutional innovation in groundwater governance in Odisha (India): A numerical simulation in water use association (2023)
- Simon Kariuki Gicheha (Kenya): Camel milk marketing in Kenya: Institutional arrangement and performance (2022)
- Bashiru Haruna (Ghana): Towards improved nutrition: Strategies to change labour effort among smallholder farmers in northern Ghana (2022)
- Adriana Marcela Gomez Mateus (Colombia): Analyzing the inclusion of nature in an oil palm plantation: a landscape ecological case study in Mapiripán, Meta, Colombia (2021)
- Emily Nyanyukweni Mutota (Namibia): Integrated Valuation of Environmental Goods and Services in North-Eastern Namibia (2021)
- Christine Alum Arwata (Uganda): Farm Resource Allocation Decisions in smallholder Farming Systems in the Mount Elgon Region of Uganda (2021)
- Gabriel Specht (Brazil): Different tools for different tasks: the economy-wide impacts of agricultural development and social protection programmes implemented concomitantly in a Brazilian rural village (2021)
- Shimelis Araya Geda (Ethiopia): Seed Innovations Adoption Processes in Ethiopia: A Case Study from the Farmers’ Preferences and Supply Chain Performance (2020)
- Hussein Mohamed Luswaga (Tanzania): Non-Timber Forest Products Utilisation Income Benefits and Villagers’ Forest Management Participation in West Usambara-Tanzania, Farming & Rural Systems Economics (2019)
- Archana Raghavan Sathyan (India): Climate change vulnerability assessment among rainfed smallholder farmers: a case analysis from Indian watersheds (2019)
- Nonjabuliso Simelane (Eswatini): The Impact of the SACU Agricultural Policy on the Maize Market and Food Prices in Swaziland (2018)
- Harriet Kyomugisha (Uganda): Competitiveness of Organic Pineapple Marketing in Uganda: Successes and Failures in Compliance with Quality Standards (2018)
- Aye Moe San (Myanmar): Rice Contract Farming System and its Impact on Smallholder Livelihood in Myanmar (2017)
- Mahmuda Nasrin (Bangladesh): Fertilizer Subsidy Policy in Bangladesh: Impact on Rice Production and Policy Consequences (2017)
- Freddy Noma (Benin): Assessment of Food Reserve Policies in West-Africa: Case Study of Benin Grain Reserve Policy Design and Impacts (2017)
- Scholastica Leah Musyimi (Kenya): Agricultural Market Integration in Kenya: Impact of Transaction Costs on Regional Maize Markets (2017)
- Shakila Salam (Bangladesh): Economic Consequences of Structural Change and Farm Development Strategies in Bangladesh (2017)
- Sonam Wangchuck (Bhutan): Socioeconomics and Resource Allocation decision among Farm households in the Context of Crop –Livestock Farming System in Bhutan: A Farm Household Modelling Approach (2017)
- Kelemework Geleta Gebeyehu (Ethiopia): Impact of productive safety program (PSNP) on household poverty and asset accumulation in south wollo: the case of Kalu and Tehulederi districts (2016)
- Thanh Vu Nguyen (Vietnam): Structural Change in Agriculture and its Impact on Rural Household Income: Case Study In Ha Tay, Vietnam (2016)
- Thi Hong Mai Nguyen (Vietnam): Forest and Forestland Use Rights: An Institutional and Economic Analysis of Forest Devolution in Upland Central Vietnam (2015)
- Solomon Tsehay Feleke (Ethiopia): Trade Liberalization, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia (2015)
- Diep Thanh Tung (Vietnam): Structural Changes in Agricultural Land Use in Mekong Delta, Vietnam (2015)
- Md. Salauddin Palash (Bangladesh): Econometric Analysis of Sutchi Catfish (Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus) Aquaculture in Bangladesh (2015)
- Shamima Akhter (Bangladesh): Internal Migration and Its Impact on Farm Production and Food Security: The Case of Bangladesh (2015)
- Anteneh Girma Haile (Ethiopia): Integrated Rainwater Harvesting Practices: Smallholder Farmers´ Decisions, Impact on Livelihood and Environmental Services in Azgo Watershed, Ethiopia (2015)
- Xuan Luan Do (Vietnam): Access to Credit and Household Income in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam (2015)
- Rosaine Nérice Yegbemey (Benin): Adaptation to climate change and sustainable agriculture in West Africa: A case study of maize farming in Benin (2014)
- Madu Ali Bwala (Nigeria): Resource Allocation and Consumption pattern of Farm Households in Nigeria: A Price Policy Analysis (2014)
- Tsegaye Tagesse Gatiso (Ethiopia): The Nexues between Irrigation, Environmental Goods and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: The Case of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (2014)
- Collins Richard Kaweesi (Uganda): Vegetable Export Sector Competitiveness and Its Implications on the Rural Poor in Uganda: An Integrated Value Chain Analysis of Hot Peppers (2014)
- Semistatus Mashimba (Tanzania): Estimating and Comparing Transaction Costs in Formal and Informal Small-Scale Enterprises: Fruits Processing Enterprises in Tanga and Dar es salaam Cities in Tanzania (2014)
- Ujjal Tiwari (Nepal): Socio-economic Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Nepalese Agriculture (2014)
- Fengli Xiu (China): Chinese Foreign Trade of Agricultural Commodities: Analysis and Modelling (2014)
- Huong Kieu Thi Thu (Vietnam): The Impact of Linkages among major actors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) on Tea Farming in Vietnam (2014)
- Humayun Kabir (Bangladesh): Analysis of Biogas Technology in Bangladesh: Toward Sustainable Renewable Energy (2013)
- Philliph Musyoka Michael (Kenya): Food Consumption Patterns Welfare and Food Security: An Analysis of the Impacts of Urbanization, Economic Reforms and Rising Food Prices in Kenya (2013)
- Xiaohuan Yan (China): Land Tenure Arrangements Factor Market Development and Agricultural Production in China: Evidence from Henan Province (2013)
- Immaculate Omondi (Kenya): Dairy Marketing Hubs in East Africa: Economic Analysis of Farmer Preferences for Services (2013)
- Abdelateif Hassan Ibrahim (Sudan): Impacts of Culture on Agricultural Production Efficiency of Women Farmers in North Kordofan State (Sudan) (2013)
- Manjunatha Arahalli Venkataronappa (India): Dynamics of Agricultural Groundwater Use in Presence of Water Markets in India (2012)
- Izhar Gouzhary (Indonesia): Analysis of Regional Cluster Development in Indonesia: An Empirical Study on Leather Industry (2012)
- Puran Mal (India): Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact of Bt Cotton in Northern India (2012)
- Samar Shams Elddin M. Abdalla (Sudan): Food and Nutrition Security among the Rural Farm Households in the Dry Land Sector of Sudan (2012)
- Asif Reza Anik (Bangladesh): Farm Level Corruption and Its Impact on Farm Production and food Security in Bangladesh (2011)
- Cui Yu (China): Urbanization in China: Driving forces and impacts on rural areas (2011)
- Nilhari Neupane (Nepal): Political Economy of Water Distribution on the Trans-Himalayan Region of Nepal (2011)
- Jumba Idalinya (Kenya): Food Security, Income Generation and Expenditure of Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya: A Socio-Economic Analysis (2011)
- Evelina Budjurova (Uzbekistan): Agriculture in a Transition Economy: Analysis of Productivity and Profitability of Private Farms in Tashkent Region, Usbekistan (2011)
- Sadika Haque (Bangladesh): Efficiency and Institutional Issues of Shrimp Farming in Bangladesh (2011)
- Mengistu Ketema Aredo (Ethiopia): Land Management Decisions, Agricultural Productivity, and Rural Income: The Case of Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia (2010)
- Panchit Pornpratansombat (Thailand): Socio-economic Analysis of Organic and Conventional Agriculture in Thailand: An Empirical Study on Rice Sector (2010)
- Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu (Ethiopia): Rural Poverty, Land Management Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia (2010)
- Getachew Abebe Woldie (Ethiopia): Econometric Analyses of Small-Scale Banana Markets in Southern Ethiopia: A New Institutional Economics Perspective (2010)
- Amina Maharjan (Nepal): Labour out Migration and Its Impact on Farm Families in the Mid Hills of Nepal (2010)
- Romy Das (Nepal): Bio-Economic Modeling of Soil Resource Conservation in Mid Hill Region of Nepal (2009)
- Yotsawin Kukeawkasem (Thailand): Risk Attitudes and Risk Management Strategies of Swine Producers in Thailand (2009)
- Khalid Hassan Ali Siddig (Sudan): Macroeconomy and Agriculture in Sudan: Analysis of Trade Policies, External Shocks, and Economic Bans in a Computable General Equilibrium Approach (2009)
- Sirak Teclemariam Bahta (Eritrea): Agricultural Market Participation of Small Holder Farmers in South Africa: A Case of Free State Province (2009)
- Fazli Rabbi (Pakistan): The Economic Reliance and Degradation of Forests in Northern Pakistan: A Socio-economic Analysis (2009)
- Immaculate Nujthe Maina (Kenya): Research-Extension-Farmer Linkages and the Gender Factor: Perspectives on the demand-driven Agricultural Technology and Information Response Initiative (ATIRI) in Nakuru District, Kenya (2008)
- Krishna Reddy Kakumanu (India): Economic Analysis and Management of Irrigation Systems under Subsidized Electricity Regime in Semi-arid Region of Andhra Pradesh, India (2008)
- Tarig Mohammed Gibreel (Sudan): Impact of Agricultural Policy on Resource Allocation in the Gum Belt of Sudan: A Farm Household Modelling Approach (2008)
- Amjath Babu Tharayil Shereef (India): Economic and Environmental impacts of political non-cooperative strategies in water management: An analysis of prospective unilateral state policies in Cauvery Basin of India (2008)
- Hanan Mohamed Elhadi (Sudan): Evaluation of Measures to Combat Desertification in the Farm sector in North Kodofan State, Sudan (2008)
- Norma Ely Silva (Brazil): Impact of different land use options on carbon sequestration: Implications and development perspective for smallholders in Brazilian Amazon (2008)
- Trung Thanh Nguyen (Vietnam): The Impact of Land Reform on Farm Households' in Northern Uplands of Vietnam (2008)
- Sirirat Kiatpathomchai (Thailand): Assessing the Economic and Environmental Efficiency of Rice Production Systems in Southern Thailand: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (2008)
- Vitaliy Dvornik (Ukraine): Consequences of foreign direct investments on the economic development in the Ukraine. A theoretical and empirical analysis of the agrarian and food sector (2007)
- Rajaa Hassan Mustafa (Sudan): Risk Management in the Rain-fed Sector of Sudan: Case Study, Gedaref Area Eastern Sudan (2006)
- Guanghua Lin (China): Development and Application of an Economic Model for Agricultural Policy Simulation in China (2006)
- Victor Afari-Sefa (Ghana): Agricultural Export Diversification, Food Security and Living Conditions of Farmers in Southern Ghana: A Microeconomic and Household Modelling Approach (2006)
- Richard Mbithi Mulwa (Kenia): Economic and Environmental Performance of Sugarcane Production in Kenya: Non-Parametric Frontier Approaches (2006)
- Dansinou Silvère Tovignan (Benin): Gender Perspectives in the Adoption of Organic Cotton in Benin: A Farm Household Modelling Approach (2005)
- Lucia Ravalison (Madagascar): Natural resource protection and sustainable production in the Highlands of Madagascar (2005)
- Xiaodong Mei (China): Soil Conservation and Sustainable Land Use in Inner Mongolia, China (2005)
- Wasanthi Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka): Development of a Sector Model for Agricultural Policy Analysis in Sri Lanka (SLASM) (2005)
- Shahnaj Parveen (Bangladesh): Empowerment of Rural Women in Bangladesh: A Household Level Analysis (2005)
- Herbert Hot Ojahan Siagian (Indonesia): Strategic Factors for Cooperative Organizations in Encountering Liberalized Market - A Case of Rural Indonesia (2005)
- Achille Jean Jaza Folefack (Cameroon): The Use of Compost from Household Waste in Agriculture: Economic and Environmental Analysis in Cameroon (2005)
- Sen Thi Hoa Le (Vietnam): Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study of the Coastal Region Quangtri Province, Vietnam (2005)
- Lila Bahadur Karki (Nepal): Impact of Project Intervention on Rural Household in Nepal: "Assessment of Socio-economic and Environmental Implications" (2004)
- Edwin Waldemar Ac Bol (Guatemala / Honduras): Interrelation of Education and Living Conditions in Farm Households: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Findings in Honduras (2004)
- Rija Ranaivoarison (Madagascar): Land Property Rights and Agricultural Development in the Highlands of Madagascar: Economic and Environmental Implications (2004)
- Afouda Jacob Yabi (Benin): Agricultural Projects and Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Benin: Impacts Assessmentand Modelling Participation and Adoption Decisions (2004)
- Khin Mar Cho (Myanmar): Guidelines for the Implementation of a Participatory Extension Approach in Myanmar: An Empirical Study of Training Needs of Extension Agents (2003)
- Lan Fang (China): A Spatial Model (SWAM) for Water Efficiency and Irrigation Technology Choices: A case study from Northwestern China (2003)
- Getenesh Sintayehu Tekle (Ethiopia): Extension Organisation, Field Extension Activity and Extension Training in coffee improvement projects of Ethiopia (2002)
- Khandaker Md. Mostafizur Rahman (Bangladesh): Measuring the Efficiency of Producing Rice in Bangladesh: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis (2002)
- A.N.K. Noman (Bangladesh): The Impact of Foreign Trade Policies and External Shocks on the Agricultural Sector of Bangladesh (2002)
- Mohammed Riaz (Pakistan): Optimal Agricultural Land Use Systems for Northern Pakistan (2001)
- Tamas Giorgadse (Georgia): Intraregionaler Handel in der GUS Bestimmungsfaktoren und Auswirkung auf den Transformationsprozess Georgiens (2001)
- Julio Martinez Guzman (Costa Rica): Incorporation of Environmental Sustainability in Cost Benefit Analysis for Development Projects (2001)
- Erick Herman Abiassi (Benin): Exchange Rate Adjustment, Food Security and Welfare of Small-Scale Farmers in Southern Benin: A Computable Household Model Analysis (2001)
- Hammadur Rahman Bangladesh The Influence of Extension on the Introduction of Organic Farming in Bangladesh (2000)
- Jia Jinrong (China): Landwirtschaftliche Einstellung der Kleinbauern Chinas im marktwirtschaftlichen Anpassungsprozess (2000)
- Milan Adhikary (Nepal): Resource Allocation in the Agricultural Sector Model in Nepal: Analysis and Impact of Policies (2000)
- Jianchun Guo (China): A Regional Non-Linear Agricultural Sector Model for the Hainan Province/PR China (2000)
- Johnny Mugisha (Uganda): The Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies and External Market Effects on Uganda Agricultural Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis (1999)
- Abdul Qayyum Mohsin (Pakistan): The impact of Irrigation and Agriculture Policy Measure on the Socio-economic Situation of Farmers in the Rice Zone of the Punjab Province (Pakistan) (1999)
- Zhou Shudong (China): Regional Model for Agricultural Policy Analysis in Jiangsu/China (1999)
- Magdi Edward Tawadrous (Sudan): The Impact of Water Resource and Management on the Development of the Rahad Irrigation Project in Sudan (1998)
- Sang-Youp Lee (Korea): Sozioökonomische Auswirkungen von Klimaveränderungen auf die Landwirtschaft im Südkorea - Einfluss der Klimavariablen Temperatur, Niederschlag und Sonneneinstrahlung (1998)
- Aat Pisanwanich (Thailand): A Policy Simulation Model of the World Natural Rubber Market: An Econometric Approach for Thailand (1998)
- Ottowitz Taciana Valio (Brazil): Verbraucherverhalten bei fair gehandelten Kaffee (1997)
- Punitha (Narayanasamay) Cloud (India): Poverty and Food Security of Small Farm Households in South India: Impact of Various Policy Instruments (1997)
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