Ten students from three different partner institutions initiate WAC-SRT Alumni network

Interview with Professor Tomás León Sicard, project leader of the German-Colombian Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) at the National Universiity of Colombia (UNAL)

Everyday-urban life in precarious settlements in Liberia's capital Monrovia, West Africa, is characterized by risks.

As part of the BMBF-funded WESA project (2016-2021), ZEF has been working with partners such as the Pan African University Insitute for Water and Energy Sciences (PAUWES) in Niger and with the University of Tlemcen in Algeria. ZEF’s task was to provide strong support for PhD research, especially on topics related to water within the water, energy, food, and climate nexus.

Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa often live in poverty and are food insecure. This is caused by high dependence on subsistence farming, low agricultural productivity, and the lack of off-farm job opportunities.

The differences in the time men and women spend on various types of activities are often underpinned by gender and social norms. In turn, these differences have implications for men’s and women’s life outcomes such as incomes, wealth and well-being.

Rosario, February 2023.

Agriculture: a global driver of biodiversity decline

Colleagues from ZEF and UBIDS (Ghana) gave an introduction to gender issues

In Memorian: Professor Hans van Ginkel

PD Dr Youkhana is hosted by the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS)

edited by Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Joachim von Braun

ZEF researchers blog about research trip to Japan

ZEF-colleagues and ZEF-UTokyo-partner IPADS attend meetings and discuss with high-level NRW-delegation.

Four regional transdisciplinary research projects and the accompanying project INTERFACES met for their first Status Seminar in Bonn on April 26-28, 2023.

Volkswagen Foundation funds four-year project on “Local Dynamics and Integration of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value: Evidence from Cultural Landscapes in Ethiopia and Kenya”.

Three ZEF researchers were among the 30 international experts discussing issues of food security and humanitarian crises.

BMBF supports research for resource-efficient cultivation at the Klein-Altendorf campus of the University of Bonn.