Hycenth Tim Ndah

• Is exploring systemic factors, policies and innovation support affecting agroecological transitions in Rwanda, Cameron, Burundi, and DRC Congo (CANALLS Project)
• Leading a osubproject on Assessing implications for targeted sustainable land management approaches and the role of advisory services: a socio-psychological perspective in Ghana and Senegal (COINS Project)
• Assessing adoption potential of agroecological practices revealing drivers and barriers for scaling up Rwanda, Cameron, Burundi, and DRC Congo (CANALLS Project)

Training Experience

• Trainer, GIZ-Feldafing Online Seminar on AKIS for innovation facilitators from African agricultural ministries (English), 16–20 Nov 2020.
• Team-building trainer, HU Berlin, LGF Extension and Subject-Related Didactics Group.
• Team-building trainer, Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research Course, University of Hohenheim.

Teaching experience

• Knowledge and Innovation Management (KIM), MSc, UHOH: 2013–2020.
• Agricultural Knowledge Systems & Advisory Services (AKS-AS), MSc, UHOH: 2013–2020.
• Inter- and Transdisciplinary Approaches in Bioeconomy (ITAB), MSc, UHOH: 2013–2019.
• Theory & Models of Integrated Evaluation of Land Use, PhD Module, ZALF (2012).
• Participatory Action Research Methods, MSc Module, HU Berlin / ZALF.

Supervision & Examination (over 08 PhD and MSc thesis)

• Mentor, PhD – Dr. Pride Ebile (nutrition-sensitive agriculture, completed), University of Hohenheim.
• Co-supervisor, PhD – José V. C. do Rosário (AKIS & agroecology in Angola/Zambia, ongoing), UTAD & Évora University.
• Opponent, PhD Defence – Lisa Blix Germundsson (innovation systems in horticulture, completed), SLU Alnarp.
• Co-supervisor, MSc – C. Siddappa (innovation support services, completed), University of Hohenheim.
• Supervisor, MSc – N. Rocha Barradas (conservation agriculture adoption, completed), University of Hohenheim.
• Supervisor, MSc – H. Amankwa (climate change & social cohesion, completed), University of Hohenheim.

Reviewer for over 05 leading journals, including:

• JARTS – Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
• JAEE – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
• IJAS – International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
• LDD – Land Degradation & Development
• Editorial Board Member (journal/series as applicable)
• Guest Editor, Food Security (Special Issue: Regional Food and Nutritional Security in Tanzania: Methods, Tools and Applications for Participatory Impact Assessment).

Other scientific experience

• Annual reviewer & selection committee member: DAAD Postdoc (climapAfrica) and DAAD Leadership for Africa programs.
• Session Convenor: Tropentag 2015, Tropentag 2016, ESEE 2025.
  Scientific Committee Member, European Seminar on Extension & Education (ESEE)
• Yearly Expert Monitor for many multi-stakeholder innovation projects, particularly in the Global South

• Served as a keynote Speaker, DAAD climapAfrica Conference (2020, online): Regional approaches to sustainable agriculture and climate change in Southern Africa.
• Served as a keynote Speaker, DAAD climapAfrica Expert Meeting (2023, Cape Town): Bringing research into action—NGO–research collaboration on climate change; best practices and challenges.

• Managed a team of over 15 employees taking care of all personnel and administrative related matters
• Managed all internal and external related financial matters
• Facilitated networking within and beyond the University
• Contributed to dissemination, networking, and policy dialogue process within projects, University and at EU level
• Contributed in projects application (proposals) and all related funding acquisition

• Co-led a one work package on designing conceptual and analytical frameworks, on role of innovation support services on innovation processes in Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and Cameroon (SERVInov project)
• Developed, tested an Organisational Capacity Assessment Tool for Innovations support (OCATI) (SERVInnov Project)
• Investigated factors influencing farmers behavioural change process towards the adoption and scaling of the Seedball technology in Niger (Seedball Project)

• Co-led a work package and assessed factors that promoted and inhibit the adoption and scaling of agro-ecological innovative practices in Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso (FAIR Sahel Project)
• Co-led a work package and analysing adoption potential of small-scale irrigation practices and recommending targeted support functions for further promotion and scaling in Burkina Faso (IRRINE Project

• Co-coordinated Project and led a work package on role of institutional influence on adoption and scaling of Conservation agriculture (CA) innovation in Kenya and Burkina Faso (INCAA-Project)
• Designed and tested an improved Version of the Qualitative Expert Assessment Tool for Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption (QAToCA)
• Planned and implemented trainings with local partners on how to the QAToCA approach
• Led a study on investigating factors influencing adoption and upscaling of CA and other Sustainability orientated innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Led a work package Potential farm to landscape impact and adoption of forage technologies in Tanzania (GIZ small grant project)
• Designed a tool and implemented trainings on a decision support approach (e.g., QATo-FT - Qualitative Assessment Tool for adoption potential of Forage Technologies (Small-Grant GIZ funded project)
• Assessed the adoption potential of forage technologies for smallholder dairy farmers in Lushoto (Small-Grant GIZ funded project)

• Served as project manager and co-led a work packed on frameworks and methods for mapping AKIS (Pro AKIS project: http://www.proakis.eu/)
• Designed a joint learning framework for the analysis of AKIS in Europe within the PRO AKIS project
• Co-led a work package on designing conceptual and analytical frameworks for selecting and analysing agricultural innovations across the EU with a focus on role of innovation support services (ISS) (AgriSpin project https://agrispin.eu/)
• Applied innovation systems frameworks and ISS typology for mapping and characterising support services around selected innovations in 12 EU countries

• Co-led a package on reviewing modelling approaches for assessing conservation Agriculture (CA) within the CA2Africa Project (http://www.ca2africa.eu/)
• Developed and applied a Qualitative Assessment Tool for adoption Potential of Conservation Agriculture in Africa (QAToCA) in over 10 Countries across Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern in Africa

• Contributed in writing of over 4 project proposals
• Proofread over 3 books and
• Edited numerous draft articles for peer review journal publishing

• Contributed in setting up field sites for field trials
• Contributed in carrying out field sampling with different sampling methods e.g., earthworm sampling for residue analysis in tissues, Soil sampling for residue analysis in soil