ZEF Working Papers
Gulati, A., Rana, A., Juneja, R.. 2025. Enhancing Agricultural Sustainability through Micro-Irrigation. (ZEF Working Paper 243)
Anaafo, D., Asare-Nuamah, P., Beuchelt, T.. 2025. Assessment of the levels of synergies in the land policies of Ghana, Benin and Senegal. (ZEF Working Paper 240)
Asare-Nuamah, P., Anaafo, D., Akurugu, C., Beuchelt, T.. 2025. Integrating gender in social learning approaches for agriculture and land management research and implementation projects. (ZEF Working Paper 239)
Kubik, Z., Getahun,T. D., Adegbolda,P. Y., Beye, A. and A. A. Mbaye. 2024. Opportunity or necessity? Youth agripreneurs in Benin, Ethiopia and Senegal. (ZEF Working Paper 238)
Mensah, K. 2024. The World Trade Organization at a crossroad: Agricultural negotiations and what it means for developing countries. (ZEF Working Paper 237)
Julika Holdmann, Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola, Katharina Löhr. 2024. Women negotiating peace: A step toward durable peace?. (ZEF Working Paper 236)
Glatzel, K., Ameye, H., Hülsen, V. and M. Qaim. 2024. Changing Food Environments in Africa’s Urban and Peri-Urban Areas: Implications for Diets, Nutrition, and Policy. (ZEF Working Paper 235)
Rabia Chaudhry and Eva Youkhana. 2024. Deconstructing the climate migration myth: Assessing the impact of the 2022 floods on the movement of local populations in rural Punjab. (ZEF Working Paper 234)
Sangare, Saadatou A., Beke, Ehuitché, T. and M. Tankari. 2024. Assessing employment and labour market effects of rural infrastructure investments in the Sahel region: Cases of Niger and Côte d‘Ivoire. (ZEF Working Paper 233)
Nyangau, P., Abro, Z., Ecuru, J., Kassie, M., Mukiibi, S., Baumüller, H. and J. von Braun. 2024. Strengthening Start-Up Ecosystems for Bio-Based Innovations in the Food Sector: Lessons from East Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 232)
Asante, F.A., Awo, M.A., Bonzo, B.B., Sam, R. and S. Saleemi. 2024. Innovations, Technology and Time Allocation: Implications for Labour Productivity and Welfare in Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 231)
Isoto, R.E., Nakamatte, I., Bashaasha, B. and S. Saleemi. 2024. Gendered Patterns of Adults’ and Children’s Time and Access to Technology and Infrastructure in Rural Uganda. (ZEF Working Paper 230)
Getahun, T.G. and J.L. Mekonnen. 2024. Time Use among Rural Households in Ethiopia: Implications for Household Welfare and Productivity. (ZEF Working Paper 229)
Avilés-Irahola, D. and E. Youkhana. 2024. The links between the Buen Vivir and Decolonial Feminism: an approach drawn from experiences in Bolivia and Ecuador. (ZEF Working Paper 228)
Avilés-Irahola, D. and E. Youkhana. 2024. Gender studies in development research: a neocolonial agenda?. (ZEF Working Paper 227)
Habert, G.P., Mora-Motta, A., Stellmacher, T. and F. Ther-Ríos. 2023. Participation and forest protected areas in Chile: Insights from Mapuche and peasant communities. (ZEF Working Paper 226)
Gulati, A. and R. Juneja. 2023. Poultry Revolution in India: Lessons for smallholder production systems. (ZEF Working Paper 225)
Gulati, A. and R. Juneja. 2023. White Revolution in India: What smallholders can do given the right ecosystem. (ZEF Working Paper 224)
Walakira, J.K., Hinrichsen, E., Tarus, V., Langi, S., Ibrahim, N.A., Badmus, O., Aziz, A. and H. Baumüller. 2023. Scaling aquaculture for food security and employment in Africa: Insights from Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria. (ZEF Working Paper 223)
Baumüller, H., Kubik, Z. and T. D. Getahun. 2023. Mechanization and automation in Africa’s agroprocessing sector: Implications for employment and skill needs. (ZEF Working Paper 222)
Schilling, F., Baumüller, H., Ecuru, J. and J. von Braun. 2023. Carbon farming in Africa: Opportunities and challenges for engaging smallholder farmers. (ZEF Working Paper 221)
Usman, M.A., Adong, A., Injete, E., Dzudzor, M., Getahun, T.G., Lulie, J. and L. Kornher. 2022. The Effect of COVID-19 and Associated Lockdown Measures on Household Consumption, Income, and Employment: Evidence from sub-Saharan African Countries. (ZEF Working Paper 218)
Wassie, M.A., Kornher, L. and J. von Braun. 2022. African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A Review of Analyses of Likely Impacts and Challenges of Implementation. (ZEF Working Paper 217)
Mashingaidze, M. and E. Youkhana. 2022. The multi-situatedness of biographical narratives: contributions to critical migration research. (ZEF Working Paper 216)
Kubik Z., Getahun T., Omari R. and M. Oueslati Zlaoui. 2022. Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. (ZEF Working Paper 215)
Baumüller H., Ikpi U., Tetteh Jumpah E., Kamau G. M., Kergna A. O., Mose L., Nientao A., Omari R., Phillip D., Salasya B. D.. 2022. Documenting the digital transformation of African agriculture: Use and impact of digital technologies among agricultural intermediaries. (ZEF Working Paper 214)
Callo-Concha D., Lagneaux E., Zenteno R. and O. Frör. 2022. Assessing householder social-ecological resilience in transboundary conditions: The case of the MAP region in southwestern Amazonia. (ZEF Working Paper 213)
Kubik, Z. 2022. The challenges of rural youth employment in Africa: a literature review. (ZEF Working Paper 212)
Hinrichsen, E., Walakira, J.K., Langi, S., Ibrahim, N.A., Tarus, V., Badmus, O. and H. Baumüller. 2022. Prospects for Aquaculture Development in Africa: A review of past performance to assess future potential. (ZEF Working Paper 211)
Tobón, C., Zamora, D., Ángel, M. and E. Youkhana. 2021. Deforestation in Tinigua National Natural Park: Socio-environmental consequences of the Peace Agreement in Colombia. (ZEF Working Paper 210)
von Bismarck-Osten, M. 2021. Understanding Strategic Decisions of Digital Agricultural Platform Companies. Six Case Studies of Sub-Saharan African Platforms. (ZEF Working Paper 209)
Diaby-Pentzlin, F. 2021. Entwicklungspolitische Rechtsförderung, Außenwirtschaftspolitik und Gefahren für kleinbäuerliche Landwirtschaft in afrikanischen Ländern. (ZEF Working Paper 208)
Gulati, A., Jose, S. & B.B. Singh. 2021. COVID-19: Emergence, spread and its impact on the Indian economy and migrant workers. (ZEF Working Paper 207)
Waithaka, M, Mugoya, M., Mabaya, E. and K. Tihanyi. 2021. Decentralized Seed Services in Africa: An Assessment of Tanzania and Uganda. (ZEF Working Paper 206)
Kampmann, W. and O.K. Kirui. 2021. Role of Farmers’ Organizations in Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Overview of Continental, Regional, and Selected National Level Organizations. (ZEF Working Paper 205)
Mirzabaev A. et al. 2021. Land, Climate, Energy, Agriculture and Development in the Sahel. Synthesis paper of case studies under the Sudano-Sahelian Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 204)
Osman, A. K. and A.M. Ali. 2021. Sudan - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 203)
Faye, A., Dièye, M., Diakhaté, P.B., Bèye, A., Sall, M. and M. Diop. 2021. Senegal - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 202)
Olayide, O.E. 2021. Nigeria - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 201)
Adamou, R., Ibrahim, B., Bonkaney, A.L., Seyni, A.A., Idrissa, M. and N. Bellos. 2021. Niger - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 200)
Coulibaly, O. 2021. Mali - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 199)
Admassie, A. and D. Abebaw. 2021. Ethiopia - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 198)
Sylla, M.B., Dimobe, K. and S. Sanfo. 2021. Burkina Faso - Land, climate, energy, agriculture and development. A study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for Regional Development, Jobs, and Food Security. (ZEF Working Paper 197)
Scheiterle, L. and R. Birner. 2020. Considerations on the role of institutions and networks in the bioeconomy: three case studies from Ghana and Brazil. (ZEF Working Paper 196)
Gulati, A. and S. Das. 2020. India-Africa Partnership in Trade and Investment: With focus on the Agriculture and Food Sector. (ZEF Working Paper 195)
Seré, C. 2020. Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Trade-Offs. (ZEF Working Paper 194)
Purwaningrum, F., Tayeb, A., Rahmat, S.R. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2020. Orientation shift? Understanding the 'Third Mission' of the University in Malaysia's Science System. (ZEF Working Paper 193)
Tegegne, A. and G. Legese Feye. 2020. Study of Selected Livestock Innovations in Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 192)
Youkhana, E. 2020. Actors networks in critical urban studies - protest against the subprime crisis in Madrid. (ZEF Working Paper 191)
Eguavoen, I., Attemene, P., Kouame, F., Konan, E.K., Madhy, C.A. and K. Gleisberg-Gerber. 2020. Dernier refuge ou presqu’île d’opportunités? Démographie et conditions de vie à Adjahui-Coubé, un habitat spontané à Abidjan. (ZEF Working Paper 187)
Wortmann-Kolundzija, E. 2019. Empowering Smallholder Farmers through Farmer Organizations: Insights from Kenya and Burkina Faso. (ZEF Working Paper 190)
Daum, T. and R. Birner. 2019. African agricultural mechanization. Myths, realities and an emerging research agenda. (ZEF Working Paper 189)
von Braun, J. 2019. AI and Robotics: Implications for Poverty and Marginalization. (ZEF Working Paper 188)
Le, Q.M. and G. Kelboro. 2019. WHEN HERITAGE GOES WAYS APART: Heritagization and local involvement at the Complex of Monuments in Hue, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 186)
Chaudhry, R. 2019. "An island of excellence"? How the Pakistan military reflects on its presence in the development sector. (ZEF Working Paper 185)
Gulati, A. and R. Juneja. 2019. Agricultural Credit System in India: Evolution, Effectiveness and Innovations. (ZEF Working Paper 184)
Ganguly, K., Gulati, A. and J. von Braun. 2019. Skill Development in Indian Agriculture and Food Processing Sectors: A Scoping Exercise. (ZEF Working Paper 183)
Daum, T., Capezzone, F. and R. Birner. 2019. The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia. (ZEF Working Paper 182)
Legesse, E.E., Srivastava, A., Kuhn A. and T. Gaiser. 2019. Household income implications of improved fertilizer accessibility and lower use inefficiency: Long-term scenarios for Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 181)
T. G. Sakketa and J. von Braun. 2019. Labor-intensive public works programs in sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and implications for employment policies. (ZEF Working Paper 180)
Kabran, E.G. and I. Eguavoen. 2019. Ferry transportation in Abidjan: Establishment, operation and sustainability of a paratransit system. (ZEF Working Paper 179)
Gupta, A., Shinde, C., Dey, A., Patel, R., Patel, C., Kumar, V. and M. Patel. 2019. Honey Bee Network in Africa: Co-creating a Grassroots Innovation Ecosystem in Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 178)
Mirzabaev, A., Wambui Njiraini, G., Gebremariam, G., Jourdain, D., Magaia, E., Julio, F., Mosse, G., Mutondo, J. and E. Mungata. 2019. Transboundary Water Resources for People and Nature: Challenges and Opportunities in the Olifants River Basin. (ZEF Working Paper 177)
Bekchanov, M., Evia, P., Hasan, M.M., Adhikari, N. and D. Gondhalekar. 2018. Institutional framework and financial arrangements for supporting the adoption of Resource Recovery Reuse technologies in South Asia. (ZEF Working Paper 176)
Njiraini, G., Ngigi, M. and E. Baraké. 2018. Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector. (ZEF Working Paper 175)
Muli, C., Gerber, N., Sakketa, T.G. and A. Mirzabaev. 2018. Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 174)
G. Desalegn and S.N. Ali. 2018. Review of the Impact of Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on Rural Welfare in Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 173)
Salvatierra Rojas, A., Torres Toledo, V., Mrabet, F. and J. Müller. 2018. Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling. (ZEF Working Paper 172)
Daum, T. 2018. Of Bulls and Bulbs - Aspirations and perceptions of rural youth in Zambia. (ZEF Working Paper 171)
Beuchelt, T. and S. Nischalke. 2018. Adding a gender lens in quantitative development research on food and non-food biomass production: A guide for sex-disaggregated data collection. (ZEF Working Paper 170)
Kirui, O.K. and J. von Braun. 2018. Mechanization in African Agriculture A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics. (ZEF Working Paper 169)
Bekchanov M. and P. Evia. 2018. Resources Recovery and Reuse in Sanitation and Wastewater Systems: Options and Investment Climate in South and Southeast Asian Countries. (ZEF Working Paper 168)
von Braun, J. 2018. Innovations to Overcome the Increasingly Complex Problems of Hunger. (ZEF Working Paper 167)
Tambo, J.A. 2018. Recognizing and rewarding farmers’ creativity through contests: experiences and insights from four African countries. (ZEF Working Paper 166)
Christinck, A., Rattunde, F., Kergna, A., Mulinge, W. and E. Weltzien. 2018. Identifying Options for the Development of Sustainable Seed Systems - Insights from Kenya and Mali. (ZEF Working Paper 165)
Kirui. O.K. and M. Kozicka. 2018. Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 164)
Bekchanov, M. 2017. Enabling Environment for Waste and Wastewater Recycling and Reuse Options in South Asia: the case of Sri Lanka. (ZEF Working Paper 163)
Berga, H., Ringler, C., Bryan, E., El Didi, H. & S. Elnasikh. 2017. Addressing Transboundary Cooperation in the Eastern Nile through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. (ZEF Working Paper 162)
Jemal, O.M. and D. Callo-Concha. 2017. Potential of Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security of Small-scale Farming Households. (ZEF Working Paper 161)
Gebreselassie, S., Haile, M.G. and M. Kalkuhl. 2017. The Wheat Sector in Ethiopia: Current Status and Key Challenges for Future Value Chain Development. (ZEF Working Paper 160)
Ganguly, K., Gulati, A. and J. von Braun. 2017. Innovations spearheading the next transformations in India‘s agriculture. (ZEF Working Paper 159)
Leta, G., Kelboro, G., Stellmacher, T. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2017. The agricultural extension system in Ethiopia: operational setup, challenges and opportunities. (ZEF Working Paper 158)
Bekchanov, M. 2017. Potentials of Waste and Wastewater Resources Recovery and Re-use (RRR) Options for Improving Water, Energy and Nutrition Security. (ZEF Working Paper 157)
Beuchelt, T. 2017. Buying green and social from abroad: Are biomass-focused voluntary sustainability standards useful for European public procurement?. (ZEF Working Paper 156)
von Braun, J. and C. Kofol. 2017. Expanding Youth Employment in the Arab Region and Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 155)
Attemene, P. & I. Eguavoen. 2017. Coastal ecotourism in The Gambia. Effects of sustainability communication on environments and rural livelihoods. (ZEF Working Paper 154)
Laube, W., Awo, M. & E. Derbile. 2017. Smallholder Integration into the Global Shea Nut Commodity Chain in Northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 153)
Gulati, A., Manchanda, S. and R. Kacker. 2016. Harvesting Solar Power in India. (ZEF Working Paper 152)
Mbaye, L.M. and K.F. Zimmermann. 2016. Natural Disasters and Human Mobility. (ZEF Working Paper 151)
Kavegue, A. and I. Eguavoen. 2016. The experience and impact of urban floods and pollution in Ebo Town, Greater Banjul Area, in The Gambia. (ZEF Working Paper 150)
Sharma, R., Nguyen, T.T., Grote, U. and T.T. Nguyen. 2016. Changing Livelihoods in Rural Cambodia: Evidence from panel household data in Stung Treng. (ZEF Working Paper 149)
Grote, U. and F. Neubacher. 2016. Rural Crime in Developing Countries: Theoretical Framework, Empirical Findings, Research Needs. (ZEF Working Paper 148)
Youkhana, E. 2016. Migrants’ religious spaces and the power of Christian Saints – the Latin American Virgin of Cisne in Spain. (ZEF Working Paper 147)
Narayanan, S. and N. Gerber. 2016. Social Safety Nets for Food and Nutritional Security in India. (ZEF Working Paper 146)
Laube, W. 2015. Changing Aspirations, Cultural Models of Success, and Social Mobility in Northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 145)
Husmann, C., von Braun, J., Badiane, O., Akinbamijo, Y., Abiodun, F.O. and D. Virchow. 2015. Tapping Potentials of Innovation for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth: An Africa-Wide Perspective. (ZEF Working Paper 144)
Mohr, A., Beuchelt, T., Schneider, R. and D. Virchow. 2015. A rights-based food security principle for biomass sustainability standards and certification systems. (ZEF Working Paper 143)
Von Braun, J. and M. Kalkuhl. 2015. International Science and Policy Interaction for Improved Food and Nutrition Security: Toward an International Panel on Food and Nutrition (IPFN). (ZEF Working Paper 142)
Eguavoen, I. and J. Wahren. 2015. Climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso: aid dependency and obstacles to political participation. (ZEF Working Paper 140)
Wiesmann, D., Biesalski, H. K., von Grebmer, K. and J. Bernstein. 2015. Methodological Review and Revision of the Global Hunger Index. (ZEF Working Paper 139)
Amankwah, K., Shtaltovna, A., Kelboro, G. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2015. A Critical Review of the Follow-the-Innovation Approach: Stakeholder collaboration and agricultural innovation development. (ZEF Working Paper 138)
Bühler, D., Grote, U., Hartje, R., Ker, B., Lam, D.T., Nguyen, L.D., Nguyen, T.T. and K. Tong. 2015. Rural Livelihood Strategies in Cambodia: Evidence from a household survey in Stung Treng. (ZEF Working Paper 137)
Iskandar, D.D. and F. Gatzweiler. 2014. An optimization model for technology adoption of marginalized smallholders: Theoretical support for matching technological and institutional innovations. (ZEF Working Paper 136)
Mirzabaev, A., Guta, D., Goedecke, J., Gaur, V., Börner, J., Virchow, D., Denich, M. and J. von Braun. 2014. Bioenergy, Food Security and Poverty Reduction: Mitigating tradeoffs and promoting synergies along the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus. (ZEF Working Paper 135)
Mc Bain, F. 2014. Health insurance and health environment: India’s subsidized health insurance in a context of limited water and sanitation services. (ZEF Working Paper 134)
Callo-Concha, D. 2014. Approaches to managing disturbance and change: Resilience, vulnerability and adaptability. (ZEF Working Paper 133)
Schwachula, A., Vila Seoane, M. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2014. Science, technology and innovation in the context of development. An overview of concepts and corresponding policies recommended by international organisations. (ZEF Working Paper 132)
Zulfiqar, A., Mujeri, M.K., Badrun Nessa, A. 2014. Extreme Poverty and Marginality in Bangladesh: Review of Extreme Poverty Focused Innovative Programmes. (ZEF Working Paper 131)
Saravanan, V.S., Mavalankar, D., Kulkarni, S., Nussbaum, S. and M. Weigelt. 2014. Metabolized-water breeding diseases in urban India: Socio-spatiality of water problems and health burden in Ahmedabad. (ZEF Working Paper 130)
Evers, H.D. 2014. Governing Maritime Space: The South China Sea as a Mediterranean Cultural Area. (ZEF Working Paper 129)
Kirui, O. and A. Mirzabaev. 2014. Economics of Land Degradation in Eastern Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 128)
Siriwardane, R. 2014. War, Migration and Modernity: The Micro-politics of the Hijab in Northeastern Sri Lanka. (ZEF Working Paper 127)
Jia, L. and C. Bao. 2014. Residential fresh water demand in China: A panel data analysis. (ZEF Working Paper 126)
Ariff, S., Evers, H.D., Ndah, A.B. and F. Purwaningrum. 2014. Governing Knowledge for Development: Knowledge Clusters in Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia. (ZEF Working Paper 125)
Saravanan, V.S. 2013. Blame it on the community, immunize the state and the international agencies. (ZEF Working Paper 124)
Baumüller, H. 2013. Mobile Technology Trends and their Potential for Agricultural Development. (ZEF Working Paper 123)
Dörendahl, E.I. 2013. Boundary Work and Water Resources: Towards Improved Management and Research Practice?. (ZEF Working Paper 122)
Feuer, H.N., Hornidge, A.-K. and C. Schetter. 2013. Rebuilding Knowledge: Opportunities and Risks for Higher Education in Post-Conflict Regions. (ZEF Working Paper 121)
Eguavoen, I., Schulz, K., de Wit, S., Weisser, F. and D. Müller-Mahn. 2013. Political dimensions of climate change adaptation. Conceptual reflections and African examples. (ZEF Working Paper 120)
Schädler, M. and F.W. Gatzweiler. 2013. Institutional environments for enabling agricultural technology innovations: The role of land rights in Ethiopia, Ghana, India and Bangladesh. (ZEF Working Paper 119)
van Assche, K., Hornidge, A.-K., Shtaltovna, A. and H. Boboyorov. 2013. Epistemic cultures, knowledge cultures and the transition of agricultural expertise: Rural development in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Georgia. (ZEF Working Paper 118)
Shtaltovna, A. 2013. Knowledge gaps and rural development in Tajikistan: Agricultural advisory services as a panacea?. (ZEF Working Paper 117)
Loan, N.T.P. 2013. The Legal Framework of Vietnam’s Water Sector: Update 2013. (ZEF Working Paper 116)
Siriwardane, R. and S. Winands. 2013. Between hope and hype: Traditional knowledge(s) held by marginal communities. (ZEF Working Paper 115)
Malek, M.A., Hossain, Md. A., Saha, R. and F.W. Gatzweiler. 2013. Mapping marginality hotspots and agricultural potentials in Bangladesh. (ZEF Working Paper 114)
Akudugu, J.A. and W. Laube. 2013. Implementing local economic development in Ghana: Multiple actors and rationalities. (ZEF Working Paper 113)
Benedikter, S. and G. Waibel. 2013. The formation of water user groups in a nexus of central directives and local administration in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 112)
Evers, H.-D. and F. Purwaningrum. 2013. Japanese automobile conglomerates in Indonesia: Knowledge transfer within an industrial cluster in the Jakarta metropolitan area. (ZEF Working Paper 111)
Stellmacher, T. 2013. Local forest governance in Ethiopia: Between legal pluralism and livelihood realities. (ZEF Working Paper 110)
von Braun, J., Gerber, N., Mirzabaev, A. and E. Nkonya. 2013. The economics of land degradation. (ZEF Working Paper 109)
Pangaribowo, E.H., Gerber, N. and M. Torero. 2013. Food and nutrition security indicators: A review. (ZEF Working Paper 108)
Tsegai, D., McBain, F. and B. Tischbein. 2013. Water, sanitation and hygiene: The missing link with agriculture. (ZEF Working Paper 107)
Mandler, A. 2013. Knowledge and Governance Arrangements in Agricultural Production: Negotiating Access to Arable Land in Zarafshan Valley, Tajikistan. (ZEF Working Paper 106)
Kotsila, P. 2012. “Health is gold”: Institutional structures and the realities of health access in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 105)
Kelboro, G. and T. Stellmacher. 2012. Contesting the National Park theorem? Governance and land use in Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 104)
Ziai, A. 2012. Postcolonial perspectives on ‘development’. (ZEF Working Paper 103)
Tan, S. 2012. Reconsidering the Vietnamese development vision of “industrialisation and modernisation by 2020”. (ZEF Working Paper 102)
Sow, P. 2012. Uncertainties and conflicting environmental adaptation strategies in the region of the Pink Lake, Senegal. (ZEF Working Paper 101)
Callo-Concha, D., Gaiser, T. and F. Ewert. 2012. Farming and cropping systems in the West African Sudanian Savanna - WASCAL research area: Northern Ghana, Southwest Burkina Faso and Northern Benin. (ZEF Working Paper 100)
Eguavoen, I. 2012. Blessing and destruction - Climate change and trajectories of blame in Northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 99)
van Assche, K. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2012. Knowledge in rural transitions - Formal and informal underpinnings of land governance in Khorezm. (ZEF Working Paper 98)
Boboyorov, H. 2012. Masters and Networks of Knowledge Production and Transfer in the Cotton Sector of Southern Tajikistan. (ZEF Working Paper 97)
Akpabio, E.M. 2012. Water Supply and Sanitation Services Sector in Nigeria: The Policy Trend and Practice Constraint. (ZEF Working Paper 96)
Evers, H.-D. and R. Nordin. 2012. The Symbolic Universe of Cyberjaya, Malaysia. (ZEF Working Paper 95)
Akpabio, E.M. and S.V. Subramanian. 2012. Water Supply and Sanitation Practices in Nigeria: Applying Local Ecological Knowledge to Understand Complexity. (ZEF Working Paper 94)
Baumüller, H. 2012. Facilitating agricultural technology adoption among the poor: The role of service delivery through mobile phones. (ZEF Working Paper 93)
Hiemenz, U. 2012. The Politics of the Fight Against Food Price Volatility - Where do we stand and where are we heading?. (ZEF Working Paper 92)
Gleisberg-Gerber, K. 2012. Livelihoods and land management in the Ioba Province in south-western Burkina Faso. (ZEF Working Paper 91)
Turaeva, R. 2012. Innovation policies in Uzbekistan Path taken by ZEFa project on innovations in the sphere of agriculture. (ZEF Working Paper 90)
Gerke, S. and H.-D. Evers. 2012. Looking East, looking West - Penang as a Knowledge Hub. (ZEF Working Paper 89)
Graw, V. and C. Ladenburger. 2012. Mapping Marginality Hotspots - Geographical Targeting for Poverty Reduction. (ZEF Working Paper 88)
Poos, H. 2011. The local governance of social security in rural Surkhondarya, Uzbekistan - post-Soviet community, state and social order. (ZEF Working Paper 87)
Nguyen, Q.-H. and H.-D. Evers. 2011. Farmers as knowledge brokers: Analysing three cases from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. (ZEF Working Paper 86)
Genschick, S. 2011. Pangasius at risk - Governance in farming and processing, and the role of different capital. (ZEF Working Paper 85)
Eguavoen, I., Derib, S.D., Deneke, T.T., McCartney, M., Otto, B.A. and S.S. Billa. 2011. Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 84)
Eguavoen, I. and W. Tesfai. 2011. Rebuilding livelihoods after dam-induced relocation in Koga, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 83)
Saravanan V.S. and P.P. Mollinga. 2011. The Environment and Human Health - An Agenda for Research. (ZEF Working Paper 82)
Ziai, A. 2011. Some reflections on the concept of ‘development’. (ZEF Working Paper 81)
Baumüller, H., Ladenburger, C. and J. von Braun. 2011. Innovative business approaches for the reduction of extreme poverty and marginality?. (ZEF Working Paper 80)
Yarash, N. and K. Mielke. 2011. "The Social Order of the Bazaar: Socio-economic embedding of Retail and Trade in Kunduz and Imam Sahib". (ZEF Working Paper 79)
Mielke, K., Schetter, C. and A. Wilde. 2011. Dimensions of Social Order: Empirical Fact, Analytical Framework and Boundary Concept. (ZEF Working Paper 78)
Gatzweiler, F.W., Baumüller, H., Ladenburger, C. and J. von Braun. 2011. Marginality: Addressing the Root Causes of Extreme Poverty. (ZEF Working Paper 77)
Stellmacher, T. and U. Grote. 2011. Forest Coffee Certification in Ethiopia: Economic Boon or Ecological Bane?. (ZEF Working Paper 76)
Shtaltovna, A., Hornidge, A.-K. and P.P. Mollinga. 2011. The Reinvention of Agricultural Service Organisations in Uzbekistan - a Machine-Tractor Park in the Khorezm Region. (ZEF Working Paper 75)
Oberkircher, L. 2011. 'Stay - We Will Serve You Plov!'. Puzzles and pitfalls of water research in rural Uzbekistan. (ZEF Working Paper 74)
Yarash, N., Smith, P. and K. Mielke. 2010. The fuel economy of mountain villages in Ishkamish and Burka (Northeast Afghanistan). Rural subsistence and urban marketing patterns. (ZEF Working Paper 73)
2010. Amu Darya Project Working Papers No. 1 – 8 (see 2006 and 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 65-72)
Mollinga, P.P. 2010. Boundary concepts forinterdisciplinary analysis of irrigation water management in South Asia. (ZEF Working Paper 64)
Ul Hassan, M. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2010. ‘Follow the Innovation’ – The second year of a joint experimentation and learning approach to transdisciplinary research in Uzbekistan. (ZEF Working Paper 63)
Evers, H.-D., Nordin, R. and P. Nienkemper. 2010. Knowledge Cluster Formation in Peninsular Malaysia: The Emergence of an Epistemic Landscape. (ZEF Working Paper 62)
Naz, F. and S.V. Subramanian. 2010. Water Management across Space and Time in India. (ZEF Working Paper 61)
Youkhana, E. 2010. Gender and the development of handicraft production in rural Yucatán/Mexiko. (ZEF Working Paper 60)
Mollinga, P.P. 2010. Transdisciplinary Method for Water Pollution and Human Health Research. (ZEF Working Paper 59)
Hornidge, A.-K. and S. Kurfürst. 2010. Envisioning the Future, Conceptualising Public Space - Hanoi and Singapore Negotiating Spaces for Negotiation. (ZEF Working Paper 58)
Vormoor, K. 2010. Water Engineering, Agricultural Development and Socio-Economic Trends in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 57)
Saravanan V.S. and P.P. Mollinga. 2010. Water Pollution and Human Health - Transdisciplinary Research on Risk Governance in a Complex Society. (ZEF Working Paper 56)
Waibel, G. 2010. State Management in Transition: Understanding Water Resources Management in Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 55)
Oberkircher, L. et al.. 2010. Rethinking Water Management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan Concepts and Recommendations. (ZEF Working Paper 54)
Loan, N.T.P. 2010. Problems of Law Enforcement in Vietnam: The Case of Wastewater Management in Can Tho City. (ZEF Working Paper 53)
Loan, N.T.P. 2010. Legal Framework of the Water Sector in Vietnam Annex: List of selected Legal Documents. (ZEF Working Paper 52)
Schraven, B., Eguavoen, I. and G. Manske. 2009. Doctoral degrees for capacity development: Results from a survey among African BiGS-DR alumni. (ZEF Working Paper 51)
Gerke, S. and J. Ehlert. 2009. Local Knowledge as Strategic Resource: Fishery in the Seasonal Floodplains of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 50)
Reis, N. and P.P. Mollinga. 2009. Microcredit for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in the Mekong Delta. (ZEF Working Paper 49)
Evers, H.-D. and T. Bauer. 2009. Emerging Epistemic Landscapes: Knowledge Clusters in Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta. (ZEF Working Paper 48)
Huu, P.C., Ehlers, E. and S.V. Subramanian. 2009. Dyke System Planing: Theory and Practice in Can Tho City, Vietnam. (ZEF Working Paper 47)
Subramanian, S.V. 2009. Dancing to the Tune of Democracy: Agents Negotiating Power to Decentralise Water Management. (ZEF Working Paper 46)
Subramanian, S.V. 2009. Integration of Policies in Framing Water Management Problem in the Indian Himalayas Analysing Policy Processes using a Bayesian Network. (ZEF Working Paper 45)
Evers, H.-D., Genschick, S. and B. Schraven. 2009. Constructing Epistemic Landscapes: Methods of GIS-Based Mapping. (ZEF Working Paper 44)
Scholtes, F. 2009. Status quo and prospects of smallholders in the Brazilian sugarcane and ethanol sector: Lessons for development and poverty reduction. (ZEF Working Paper 43)
Laube, W. 2009. Changing the Course of History? Implementing water reforms in Ghana and South Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 42)
Laube, W. 2009. Creative Bureaucracy: Balancing power in irrigation administration in northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 41)
Scholtes, F. 2009. How does moral knowledge matter in development practice, and how can it be researched?. (ZEF Working Paper 40)
Hornidge, A.-K., Ul Hassan, M. and P.P. Mollinga. 2009. 'Follow the Innovation' - A joint experimentation and learning approach to transdisciplinary innovation research. (ZEF Working Paper 39)
Eguavoen, I. 2009. The Acquisition of Water Storage Facilities in the Abay River Basin, Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 38)
Scholtes, F. 2009. Analysing and explaining power in a capability perspective. (ZEF Working Paper 37)
Obeng, G.Y. and H.-D. Evers. 2009. Solar PV Rural Electrification and Energy-Poverty: A Review and Conceptual Framework With Reference to Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 36)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Benedikter. 2009. Strategic Group Formation in the Mekong Delta - The Development of a Modern Hydraulic Society. (ZEF Working Paper 35)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Gerke. 2009. Strategic Group Analysis. (ZEF Working Paper 34)
Mollinga, P.P.. 2008. The Rational Organisation of Dissent. Boundary concepts, boundary objects and boundary settings in the interdisciplinary study of natural resources management. (ZEF Working Paper 33)
Hauck, J. and E. Youkhana. 2008. Histories of water and fisheries management in Northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 32)
Mollinga, P.P. 2008. For a Political Sociology of Water Resources Management. (ZEF Working Paper 31)
Laube, W., Awo, M. and B. Schraven. 2008. Erratic Rains and Erratic Markets: Environmental change, economic globalisation and the expansion of shallow groundwater irrigation in West Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 30)
Saravanan.V.S., McDonald, G.T. and P.P. Mollinga. 2008. Critical Review of Integrated Water Resources Management: Moving Beyond Polarised Discourse. (ZEF Working Paper 29)
Ampomah, B.Y., Adjei, B.A. and E. Youkhana. 2008. The Transboundary Water Resources Management Regime of the Volta Basin. (ZEF Working Paper 28)
Evers, H.-D. 2008. Knowledge Hubs and Knowledge Clusters: Designing a Knowledge Architecture for Development. (ZEF Working Paper 27)
Eguavoen I. and E. Youkhana. 2008. Small Towns Face Big Challenge. The Management of Piped Systems after the Water Sector Reform in Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 26)
Meininghaus, E. 2007. Legal Pluralism in Afghanistan. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 8, 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 72)
Mielke, K., Glassner, R., Schetter, C. and N. Yarash. 2007. Local Governance in Warsaj and Farkhar Districts. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 7, 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 71)
Mielke, K. 2007. On the Concept of 'Village' in Northeastern Afghanistan. Explorations from Kunduz Province. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 6, 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 70)
ter Steege, B. 2007. Infrastructure and Water Distribution in the Asqalan and Sufi-Qarayateem Canal Irrigation Systems in the Kunduz River Basin. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 5, 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 69)
Shah, U. 2007. Livelihoods in the Asqalan and Sufi-Qarayateem Canal Irrigation Systems in the Kunduz River Basin. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 4, 2007). (ZEF Working Paper 68)
Obeng, G.Y., Evers, H.-D., Akuffo, F.O., Braimah, I. and A. Brew-Hammond. 2007. Solar PV Rural Electrification and Energy Poverty Assessment in Ghana: A Principal Component Analysis. (ZEF Working Paper 25)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Gerke. 2007. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Market Expansion. (ZEF Working Paper 24)
Menkhoff, T., Loh, P.H.M., Bin, C.S., Evers, H.-D. and C.Y. Wah. 2007. Riau Vegetables for Singapore Customers: A Collaborative Knowledge-Transfer Project Across the Straits of Malacca. (ZEF Working Paper 23)
Yalcin, R. and P.P. Mollinga. 2007. Institutional Transformation in Uzbekistan's Agricultural and Water Resources Administration: The Creation of a New Bureaucracy. (ZEF Working Paper 22)
Sultana, N. 2007. Trans-National identities, Modes of Networking and Integration in a Multi-Cultural Society. A Study of Migrant Bangladeshis in Peninsular Malaysia. (ZEF Working Paper 21)
Evers, H.-D. and A.-K. Hornidge. 2007. Knowledge Hubs along the Straits of Malacca. (ZEF Working Paper 20)
Mollinga, P.P. 2007. Water Policy - Water Politics: Social Engineering and Strategic Action in Water Sector Reform. (ZEF Working Paper 19)
Schetter, C., Glassner, R. and M. Karokhail. 2006. Understanding Local Violence. Security Arrangements in Kandahar, Kunduz and Paktia. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 3, 2006). (ZEF Working Paper 67)
Kuzmits, B. 2006. Cross-bordering Water Management in Central Asia. (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 2, 2006). (ZEF Working Paper 66)
Noelle-Karimi, C. 2006. Village Institutions in the Perception of National and International Actors in Afghanistan (Amu Darya Project Working Paper No. 1, 2006). (ZEF Working Paper 65)
Hornidge, A.-K. 2006. Defining Knowledge in Germany and Singapore: Do the Country-Specific Definitions of Knowledge Converge?. (ZEF Working Paper 18)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Gerke. 2006. The Strategic Importance of the Straits of Malacca for World Trade and Regional Development. (ZEF Working Paper 17)
Youkhana, E., Lautze J. and B. Barry. 2006. Changing Interfaces in Volta Basin Water Management: Customary, National and Transboundary. (ZEF Working Paper 16)
Evers, H.-D. and C. Wall. 2006. Knowledge Loss: Managing Local Knowledge in Rural Uzbekistan. (ZEF Working Paper 15)
Hornidge, A.-K. 2006. Singapore: The Knowledge-Hub in the Straits of Malacca. (ZEF Working Paper 14)
Laube, W. and E. Youkhana. 2006. Cultural, Socio-Economic and Political Constraints for Virtual Water Trade: Perspectives from the Volta Basin, West Africa. (ZEF Working Paper 13)
Wall, C. 2006. Knowledge for Development: Local and External Knowledge in Development Research. (ZEF Working Paper 12)
Mollinga, P.P. 2005. Sleeping with the Enemy: Dichotomies and Polarisation in Indian Policy Debates on the Environmental and Social Effects of Irrigation. (ZEF Working Paper 11)
Laube, W. 2005. Promise and Perils of Water Reform: Perspectives from Northern Ghana. (ZEF Working Paper 10)
Fuest, V. 2005. Partnerschaft, Patronage oder Paternatlismus? Eine empirische Analyse der Praxis universitärer Forschungskooperation mit Entwicklungsländern. (ZEF Working Paper 9)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Gerke. 2005. Knowledge is Power: Experts as Strategic Groups. (ZEF Working Paper 8a)
Mollinga, P.P. 2005. The Water Resources Policy Process in India: Centralisation, Polarisation and New Demands on Governance. (ZEF Working Paper 7)
Menkhoff, T. and H.-D. Evers. 2005. Strategic Groups in a Knowledge Society: Knowledge Elites as Drivers of Biotechnology Development in Singapore. (ZEF Working Paper 6)
Fuest, V. 2005. Policies, Practices and Outcomes of Demand oriented Community Water Supply in Ghana: The National Community Water and Sanitation Programme 1994 – 2004. (ZEF Working Paper 5)
Kassahun, S. 2005. Social Capital and Community Efficacy: In poor localities of Addis Ababa Ethiopia. (ZEF Working Paper 4)
Schetter, C. 2005. Ethnicity and the Political Reconstruction of Afghanistan. (ZEF Working Paper 3)
Bhuiyan, S. and H.-D. Evers. 2005. Social Capital and Sustainable Development: Theories and Concepts. (ZEF Working Paper 2)
Evers, H.-D. and S. Gerke. 2005. Closing the Digital Divide: Southeast Asia's Path: Towards a Knowledge Society. (ZEF Working Paper 1)