Once again the fiat panis award winners were felicitated during the Tropentag 2012 conference. There were two awards in total, the Hans H. Ruthenberg Award for Graduates 2012 for master level students and the Josef G. Knoll European Science Award 2012 for PhD students. The following are the winners of the Hans H. Ruthenberg Award for Graduates 2012: Lilli Scheiterle from University of Hohenheim spoke about her research work in Ghana. She carried out research on the topic “Opportunities and Challenges in the Production of Maize in Northern Ghana”. Lilli Scheiterle Reginald Tang Guuroh from Ghana, doing his PhD in University of Bonn at present spoke on his research topic “Contribution of Home Gardens to Household Income Generation in Burkina Faso- A Case study of Bieha District”. Reginald Tang Guuroh Athena Birkenberg from University of Hohenheim has received the award for her master’s thesis work on “Forest Access and Governance: A Case Study on Karen Community Forestry in Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand”. Athena Birkenberg The awardees were awarded Euro 2500 in cash for further research activities and a medal by Dr. Andreas Fadani from Fiat Panis Foundation