Department: ZEF B

2019

von Braun, J., N. Gerber and V. Abresch.  2019.  Social change and policies driving the transformation of consumption in the food systems.  In: Zeigler, R. S. (eds.): Sustaining Global Food Security: The Nexus of Science and Policy. CSIRO Publishing.  

2018

Baumüller, H.  2018.  The Little We Know: An Exploratory Literature Review on the Utility of Mobile Phone-Enabled Services for Smallholder Farmers.  Journal of International Development, 30 (1)   : 134–154   . Further Information
Bekchanov M , A Mirzabaev.  2018.  Circular economy of composting in Sri Lanka: Opportunities and challenges for reducing waste related pollution and improving soil health.  Journal of Cleaner Production, 202   : 1107-1119   . Further Information
Bekchanov M., Djanibekov N., J. Lamers.  2018.  Water in Central Asia: a cross-cutting management issue.  In: Squires V., L. Qi (eds.): Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia: An Integrated and Regional Perspective. Routledge.   211-236.  Further Information
Biber-Freudenberger, L., Kumar Basukala, A., Bruckner, M., Börner, J..  2018.  Sustainability Performance of National Bio-Economies.  Sustainability, 10(8)   : 2705   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Dietz, T., Auffenberg, J., Grabs, J., Chong, A.E. and B. Kilian.  2018.  The Voluntary Coffee Standard Index (VOCSI). Developing a composite index to assess and compare the strength of Mainstream Voluntary Sustainability Standards in the global coffee industry.  Ecological Economics, 150   : 72-87   .
Dietz, T., J. Börner, J.J. Förster, J. von Braun.  2018.  Governance of the Bioeconomy: A Global Comparative Study of National Bioeconomy Strategies.  Sustainability, 10(9)   : 3190   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Djanibekov, U. and R. Finger.  2018.  Agricultural risks and farm land consolidation process in transition countries: The case of cotton production in Uzbekistan.  Agricultural Systems , 164   : DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.03.009   .
Escobar N., S. Haddad, J. Börner und W.Britz.  2018.  Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastic.  Environmental Research Letters, 13 (12)   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Escobar, N., Haddad, S., Börner, J., Britz, W..  2018.  Land use mediated GHG emissions and spillovers from increased consumption of bioplastics.  Environmental Research Letters, 13 (12)   : 125005   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Evia, P.  2018.  Addressing horizontal inequality in Bolivia: what is the role of the fiscal policy?.  In: Damonte, G., Schorr, B., and Velásquez-Castellanos, I (eds.): Growth, Inequality and the Challenges for Sustainability In a Post-boom Scenario in the Andean Region. Plural Editors, La Paz - Bolivia.   Further Information
Gardner, T. A., M. Benzie, J. Börner, E. Dawkins, S. Fick, R. Garrett, J. Godar, A. Grimard, S. Lake, R.K. Larsen, N. Mardas, C.L. McDermott, P. Meyfroidt, M. Osbeck, M. Persson, T. Sembres, C. Suavet, B. Strassburg, A. Trevisan, C. West, P. Wolvekamp.  2018.  Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains.  World Development, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.025   . Further Information
Gebremariam, G., and Tesfaye, W..  2018.  The heterogeneous effect of shocks on agricultural innovations adoption: Microeconometric evidence from rural Ethiopia.  Food Policy, 74   : 154-161   . Further Information
Gerber, N. and Mirzabaev, A..  2018.  Benefits of action and costs of inaction: Drought mitigation and preparedness – a literature review.  In: Donald A. Wilhite and Roger S. Pulwarty (eds.): Drought and Water Crisis – Integrating Science, Management, and Policy. CRC Press, Boca Raton.  
Getahun, T.D. and E. Villanger.  2018.  Active Private Sector Development Policies Revisited: Impacts of the Ethiopian Industrial Cluster Policy.  The Journal of Development Studies, DOI, 10.1080/00220388.2018.1443211   . Further Information
Girum Abebe, Tigabu Degu, and Gebrehiwot Ageba.  2018.  What drives productivity change in the manufacturing sector? Evidence from the metalworking industry in Ethiopia. EDRI Working Paper 20. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Development Research Institute.  EDRI Working Paper , 20   . Further Information
Hasan, M.M. and N. Gerber.  2018.  Bacterial contamination of drinking water and food utensils: Impacts of piped water on child health in north-western Bangladesh.  Water Resources and Rural Development, 10   : 33-44   . Further Information
Henry Kankwamba, Mariam Kadzamira, Karl Pauw.  2018.  How diversified is cropping in Malawi? Patterns, determinants and policy implications.  Food Security, 2(10)   : 1–16   . Further Information
Islam, A.H.Md. S., J. von Braun, A.L.Thorne-Lyman and Ak.U. Ahmed.  2018.  Farm diversification and food and nutrition security in Bangladesh: empirical evidence from nationally representative household panel data.  Food Security, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0806-3   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Mazunda, J. and H. Kankwamba.  2018.  Food and Nutrition security implications of crop diversification in Malawi's farm households.  In: N.-L. Aberman, J. Meerman, and T. Benson (eds.): Agriculture, food security, and nutrition in Malawi: Leveraging the links. International Food Policy Research Institute.   53-60.  Further Information
Mirzabaev, A..  2018.  Improving the Resilience of Central Asian Agriculture to Weather Variability and Climate Change.  In: L. Lipper et al (eds.): Climate Smart Agriculture, Natural Resource Management and Policy 52. Springer.   477-495. 
Musafiri, I. and P. Sjölander.  2018.  The importance of off-farm employment for smallholder farmers in Rwanda.  Journal of Economic Studies, 1(45)   : pp.14-26   . Further Information
Qadir, M., Schubert, S., Oster, J. D., Sposito, G., Minhas, P. S., Cheraghi, S. A. M., Murtaza G., Mirzabaev A., Muhammad Saqib.  2018.  High magnesium waters and soils: Emerging environmental and food security constraints.  Science of the Total Environment, 642   : 1108–1117   .
Rosa da Conceição, H., Börner, J., Wunder, S..  2018.  REDD+ as a Public Policy Dilemma: Understanding Conflict and Cooperation in the Design of Conservation Incentives.  Forests, 9(11)   : 725   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Sakyi, D., Bonuedi, I., and Opoku E.E.O..  2018.  Trade facilitation and social welfare in Africa.  Journal of African Trade, 5(1-2)   : 35-53   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Schielein, J.; Börner, J..  2018.  Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon.  Land Use Policy, 76   : 81-94   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Tambo, J.A..  2018.  Recognizing farmer-generated innovations through contests: insights from four African countries.  Food Security, 10   : 1237-1250   . Further Information
Tambo, J.A. and Mockshell, J.  2018.  Differential Impacts of Conservation Agriculture Technology Options on Household Income in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Ecological Economics, 151   : 95-105   . Further Information
Tekalign Gutu Sakketa.  2018.  Institutional bricolage as a new perspective to analyse institutions of communal irrigation: Implications towards meeting the water needs of the poor communities.  World Development Perspectives, 9   : 11   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Review
Tekalign, G; Gerber, N.  2018.  Relative Deprivation and Well-Being of the Rural Youth.  AfDB Working Paper Series , 296   : 44   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Review
Usman MA., N. Gerber & E.H. Pangaribowo.  2018.  Drivers of microbiological quality of household drinking water –a case study in rural Ethiopia.  Journal of Water and Health, 2(16)   : 275-288   . Further Information
Usman, M. A., Gerber, N., and Pangaribowo, E. H..  2018.  Drivers of microbiological quality of household drinking water – a case study in rural Ethiopia.  Journal of Water and Health, 16(2): 275-288   .

2017

Assa M., Gebremariam, G. and Mapemba, L..  2017.  A Cross-region Study: Climate Change Adaptation in Malawi’s Agro-based Systems.  In: Zinyengere, N., Theodory, T., Gebreyes, M., and Speranza, C. (eds.): Multiple Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa. <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/books/beyond-agricultural-impacts/zinyengere/978-0-12-812624-0" target="_blank">https://www.elsevier.com/books/beyond-agricultural-impacts/zinyengere/978-0-12-812624-0</a>.   39-54. 
Basukala, A. K., Oldenburg, C., Schellberg, J., Sultanov, M., & Dubovyk, O.  2017.  Towards improved land use mapping of irrigated croplands: performance assessment of different image classification algorithms and approaches..  European Journal of Remote Sensing, 50(1)   : 187-201   . Further Information
Baumüller, H.  2017.  Towards Smart Farming? Mobile Technology Trends and their Potential for Developing Country Agriculture.  In: K.E. Skouby, I. Williams and A. Gyamfi (eds.): Handbook for ICT in developing countries: 5G perspectives. River Publishers.   191-201. 
Bekchanov M., A. Sood, A. Pinto, M. Jeuland.  2017.  Systematic Review of Water-Economy Modeling Applications.  Water Resources Planning and Management, 143(8)   : 04017037-(1-18)   . Further Information
Bhaduri A., M. Bekchanov.  2017.  Exploring benefits and scope of cooperation in transboundary water sharing in Amu Darya River Basin.  In: Dinar A., Y. Tsur (eds.): Management of Transboundary Water Resources Under Scarcity: A Multidisciplinary Approach. World Scientific Publishing/ Imperial College.   35-63.  Further Information
Boansi D., Tambo J.A. and Müller M..  2017.  Analysis of farmers’ adaptation to weather extremes in West African Sudan Savanna.  Weather and Climate Extremes , 16   : 1-13   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Boansi, D..  2017.  Effect of Climatic and Non-Climatic Factors on Cassava Yields in Togo: Agricultural Policy Implications.  Climate, 5 (2),   : 28. doi:10.3390/cli5020028   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Review
Börner, J., K. Baylis, E. Corbera, D. Ezzine-de-Blas, J. Honey-Rosés, U. M. Persson and S. Wunder.  2017.  The Effectiveness of Payments for Environmental Services.  World Development, 96   : 359–374   . Further Information