ZEF Research Projects
Governance
Water resources
- IWRM - Integrated Water Resources Management in South Africa
- Natural Resources in Central Asia
Economic and ecological restructuring of land- and water use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan) - WISDOM
Water related information system for the sustainable development of the Mekong
Land use and food security
- FoodSecure
Food and nutrition security - Food Price Volatility
Volatility in commodity markets, trade policy and the poor - MARGIP
Marginality reduction for enhanced investments for and with the poorest - Natural Resources in Central Asia
Economic and ecological restructuring of land and water use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan)
Environmental and climate change
- WASCAL
West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use - Afforestation in Central Asia
Opportunities for climate change mitigation and adaptation through afforestation of degraded lands in Central Asia - German-Pakistani DAAD collaboration program
After the flood is before the flood: vulnerabilities and coping capacities in flood affected communities of Punjab - Climate change in sub-Saharan Africa
Re-thinking water storage for climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa
Mobility and migration
- Crossroads Asia
Conflict, migration, development
Health and sanitation
- Health in Tibet
Health impact of water access in urban Tibet - Water and health in India
Water resources institutions and human health in a peri-urban region in Surat City, India
Knowledge
- Knowledge management in Tajikistan
Conversion of knowledge in post-Soviet agriculture: the impact of local governance on the knowledge management of agricultural actors in Tajikistan - Agricultural knowledge systems in Georgia and Tajikistan
Epistemic cultures and innovation diffusion in post-Soviet southern Caucasus and Central Asia - pilot study: agricultural knowledge systems in Georgia and Tajikistan - Knowledge governance
Economic change and vulnerability
- ELD - Economics of land degradation









