Agriculture, forestry, water and climate science sit at the centre of what many funders want to change, which is why this field punches above its size. Several of the most generous awards are built around a simple question: how will your degree help your country's development?
Two schemes ask that question most directly. The Swedish Institute scholarships want you to explain how your master's will contribute to sustainable development at home, and DAAD's EPOS courses, part of the DAAD scholarships, fund development-related master's degrees for graduates from eligible developing countries. Both favour applicants with professional experience, so they suit agronomists, engineers and planners a few years into their careers.
For a doctorate, look at Ghent University's sandwich PhDs, which keep you connected to a university at home, and at salaried PhD posts in Scandinavia, where projects on lakes, soils and forests recruit internationally. Our funded positions page lists current openings.
Each of these schemes publishes its own list of eligible countries, and the lists change from year to year. Use the nationality filter on the scholarship board to see which routes are open to you before you start writing.