Congratulations to Ing. Jackline Phiona Mukisa, Ing. Sheriff Noi and Ing. Ana del Carmen Sanjur Garavito, who succesfully defended their thesis!

Jackline Phiona Mukisa was master student at the Biogas Research Team under the supervision of Associate Professor Hynek Roubík and co-supervision of Dr. Jana Mazancová with her research focused on “Biogas in Uganda and the SDGs: A comparative cross-sectional fuel analysis of wood and biogas on case of Iganga district”.

Her topic was aiming to investigate the use of small scale biogas technology and its implementation benefits in terms of the socio-economic, environmental, health and climate impacts in relation to the SDGs among households in the rural areas of Iganga district in the Eastern part of Uganda.

Thanks goes also to prof. Simon Savio Kizito from Makerere University (Uganda), who was reviewer and opponent of this thesis.

Sheriff Noi was master student at the Biogas Research Team under the supervision of Associate Professor Hynek Roubík with his research focused on “Small-scale biogas plants in Vietnam: How are affected by policy issues?”.

His topic was aiming to investigate answer, How are small-scale biogas plants affected by arising policy issues? To answer this question, an intensive literature review and in-depth interviews with biogas experts with a focus on Vietnam was done. Gathered data were analysed using the policy cycle analytical approach. The results showed that several policy instruments like price of other conventional fuels and feed-in-tariffs affect small-scale biogas plants.

Thanks goes also to prof. Le Dinh Phung from Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (Vietnam), who was reviewer and opponent of this thesis.

And finally, Ana del Carmen Sanjur Garavito was master student at the Biogas Research Team under the supervision of Associate Professor Hynek Roubík with her research focused on “Estimation of biogas potential from livestock manure and its climate value for Cambodia”.

Her topic was aiming to estimate the greenhouse gases emissions (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane), from livestock manure from enteric fermentation and manure  management when is handle without any treatment and the biogas potential of Cambodia, which could generate from livestock manure.

Thanks goes also to Dr. Rob Bailis from Stockholm Environment Institute (Somerville, United States), who was reviewer and opponent of this thesis.

Congratulations to all of you!