Welcome to the Research Program on
Marginality. Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
The research program on marginality comprises two research projects: MARGIP and TIGA.
The purpose of MARGIP is to analyze the nature and drivers of marginality and reveal the hidden potentials of the marginalized poor in order to match them with suitable investment and development opportunities.
After the preparatory phase from 2010-2012 the TIGA project now assesses cropping technology innovations for their potential to increase productivity and close yield gaps and thereby improve the lives of the rural poor.
MARGIP focuses on Bangladesh and Ethiopia. The TIGA project extends this focus and comprises also India (Odisha, Bihar) and Ghana.
Data
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Latest events
ZEF host an international conference on Agricultural Technology Innovations for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Productivity Growth, November 6-8, 2013
News
Miscellaneous
Christine Husmann was accepted at the IABS conference to present a paper on "Business opportunities versus socialist heritage: the role that business can play in reducing poverty in rural Ethiopia".
Mrs. Husmann participated at the
oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy 2013
Heike Baumüller and Prof. Joachim von Braun host a workshop on the "Potential uses of mobile telephony and mobile Internet in the agricultural sector in industrial and developing countries" at the at the Informatik 2013 conference in Koblenz, Germany, September 16-20, 2013.
Related publications
Institutional environments for enabling agricultural technology innovations: The role of land rights in Ethiopia, Ghana, India and Bangladesh by Manuel Schädler and Franz W. Gatzweiler (ZEF Working Paper Series No. 119)
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Mapping marginality hotspots and agricultural potentials in Bangladesh by Mohammad Abdul Malek, Md. Amzad Hossain, Ratnajit Saha and Franz W. Gatzweiler (ZEF Working Paper Series No. 114)
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