Wissen schafft Entwicklung: WASCAL/ZEF berichtet über Forschung und wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit in West Afrika

The global SDSN was founded in 2012 under the patronage of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Right Livelihood Campus Bonn at ZEF extends capacities and becomes RLC Global Secretariat

Read more about this topic in an excerpt from the lead article by ZEF's directors in the ZEF Annual Report 2012/2013.

Vincent Kyere, ZEF junior researcher reports about his doctoral research on e-waste in Ghana.

ZEF doctoral research comes up with a critical balance of the value of Jatropa as a source of renewable energy.

ZEF investigates the correlation between water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition, and agriculture

ZEF junior researcher José Jara Alvear conducts research in his home country Ecuador on the challenges and successes of rural electrification programs.

ZEF researchers gain insights in the impact of rural transformation processes in the region from farmers' diaries.

Do women take more sustainable decisions for land use? ZEF research conducted in Indonesia found out that this is not the case per sé.

ZEF researchers investigate the role of gender with regard to decisions about household assets in rural Bangladesh.

ZEF research reveals differences and similarities in farmer-managed irrigation systems between regions and investigates causes and transformation processes.

The rapid increase in residential and other fresh water uses has led to an overexploitation of water resouces in China.

The ZEF-led project "BiomassWeb" aims at improving food security in Africa by focusing on biomass-based value webs.

ZEF news no. 29 focuses on bio-energy

Valuing and accounting natural capital for the Green Economy (VANTAGE) was discussed at a conference at UNEP in Kenya, December 2013. ZEF senior researcher Franz Gatzweiler reports.

With a workshop held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 3-4, 2014, ZEF launched its project "HEALTHCAP" in Uzbekistan.

One of the research initiatives related to food and nutrition security which ZEF is involved in is FOODSECURE.

ZEF-researchers Oliver Kirui and Alisher Mirzabaev give an overview of the state of affairs regarding land degradation in the region, its causes as well as its effects in case of inaction. This refers especially to the people in Eastern Africa, whose livelihoods largely depend on their soils.

Conrad Schetter, former ZEF-director and Katja Mielke, ZEF senior researcher, write about the histrory, politics and culture of Pakistan.