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Irrigated Rice Research Consortium

Student projects

Potential Post-graduate projects

Response of rodent populations to changes in rice-based cropping systems
Management of rodents in plateaus and valley floors of upland agricultural systems (Lao PDR, Philippines, or Vietnam)
Cultural and social factors that influence community adoption of ecologically based management of rodent pests
Rodent-disease dynamics of diseases that affect humans in rural agricultural regions in Asia
Quantitative studies to validate whether selected mammals or bird species are robust indicators of healthy agricultural ecosystems
Experimental studies of the efficacy of fertility control of rodents
Predator-prey relationships

See topics of theses below to obtain an idea of other areas of interest.

Contact Grant Singleton (g.singleton@cgiar.org) if you are interested in a PhD or MSc studies in Asia. You must have a scholarship or are about to apply for a scholarship.

Post-graduate projects co-supervised by Dr. Grant Singleton since 2003

Current Post-Graduate studies

Alex Stuart (PhD Degree), University of Reading, UK. Balancing rodent pest management and conservation in the Philippines – Field study in NE Luzon

Submitted PhD and MSc

Richard Williams (PhD Degree), University of Sydney, Australia. Title to come

Daw Yee Yee Lwin (PhD Degree), Yangon University, Myanmar. Breeding ecology, population dynamics and habitat use of rodents in rural villages. Source of funding: Stipend and operating supported through the Rodent Ecology Work Group of the International Rice Research Institute.

Daw Aye Myint Thwe (PhD Degree), Yangon University, Myanmar. Breeding ecology, population dynamics and habitat use of rodents in rainfed agricultural systems. Source of funding: Stipend supported by CSIRO.

Rachel Miller, (MSc Degree), University of New South Wales, Australia. The breeding ecology and damage phenology of Rattus spp in the Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines.

Completed PhD projects

Peter Brown (2005), University of New South Wales, Australia. Compensation by populations of rodent pests to applied control measures in intensive cropping systems.

Completed Masters

Daw Moe Thida (2006). Yezin Agriculture University, Myanmar. The impact of rodents on post-harvest storage of rice.

Daw Nyo Me Htwe (2006). Yezin Agriculture University, Myanmar. Relationship between rodent abundance, damage and yield loss in Myanmar.

Alex Stuart (2004). University of Reading, UK. The habitat use (and feeding ecology) of Chrotomys whiteheadii and Rattus everetti in the Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines.

Rachel Green (2003). Imperial College, University of London, UK. Trap efficacy and rodent biology in the Trap Barrier System in Lowland, Irrigated rice at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines.

Rats in rice—ecological solutions show potential

Rats and ecologically based management

Rats and disease