Dr. Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst 

 
 
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Area of Specialization
Agricultural Economics
Department ZEFb - Economic and Technological Change (Prof. Frohberg)
Current Research Topics

Economic Analysis of Technical and Institutional Innovations for Small-Scale Farmers in the Eastern Amazon;

Water Management and Land Use in Smallholder Irrigation in Southern Africa
Further Research Topics Food Security, Poverty
Sustainable Resource Management
Contacts / Partners / Funding Institutions

German Ministry for Education and Science

Núcleo De Altos Estudos Amazônicos (Belém, Brazil);
University of Maryland and University of California (USA)
University of the North and University of Pretoria (South Africa)
International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka and South Africa)
Publications

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Hedden-Dunkhorst, B, Machethe, CL and Mollel, NM (2002). Smallholder water management and land use in transition: A case study from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, Special Issue on Land Use and Water Security.

Hedden-Dunkhorst, B (2002). Institutional change in smallholder irrigated agriculture: A case study from South Africa. In: Neubert, S, Scheunemann, W and van Edig, A (eds), Reforming Institutions for Sustainable Water. Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn (forthcoming).

Hedden-Dunkhorst, B, Mathonzi, T.M. and Mphahlele, RE (2001). Institutional transformation of small-scale irrigation farming in South Africa: An Application of the new institutional economics theory. Agrekon Vol 40, No.1.

Hedden-Dunkhorst, B and Mollel, MN (1999). Small-scale farming and extension in South Africa's Northern Province. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension Vol 28.

Hedden-Dunkhorst, B. (1997). Estimating smallholder's risk aversion: A method to improve impact-analyses of potential innovations. In: Food Security and Innovations: Successes and Lessons Learned. F. Heidhues and A. Fadani (eds.) Peter Lang, Europaeischer Verlag der Wissenschaften.

Hedden-Dunkhorst, B. (1993). The contribution of sorghum and millet versus maize to food-security in semi-arid Zimbabwe. Farming Systems and Resource Economics, Vol. 15. Wissenschaftsverlag Vauk Kiel KG.

  
   
Curriculum Vitae
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  Winner of Josef G. Knoll Science Award 1994 
 
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