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December 04, 2023

Environmental Peace and Development in Colombia: Taking stock and planning forward

ZEF/Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) visits program partners in Colombia, November 14-24, 2023

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November 29, 2023

Variety is key: can profitable agricultural practices be sustainable too?

ZEF junior researcher Hannah Kamau et al. publishes doctoral research in Communications Earth & Environment

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November 06, 2023

Sudan’s disastrous war — and the science it is imperilling

Column in Nature magazine's "World view" by former ZEF International Advisory Board Chair Mohamed Hassan

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November 02, 2023

ZEF Discussion Paper No. 335: Measuring income inequality in social networks

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by Oded Stark, Jakub Bielawski and Fryderyk Falniowski

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ZEF in the press

September 26, 2022

ONE Conference 2022: Interview with Prof. Joachim von Braun

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ZEF in the press

July 12, 2022

Bessere Ernten trotz Trockenheit - Wie Afrikas Landwirtschaft krisenfester werden kann

Interview with Prof. Christian Borgemeister and Prof. Matin Qaim for Deutschlandfunk

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06 Dec 2023
December 6, 2023 | 11:00 h - 12:00 h
"Challenges in using law to achieve sustainable development: Experiences from India" by Ritwick Dutta, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)

Public Lecture (hybrid) organized by ZEF and the Right Livelihood College Campus (RLC) Bonn

BIGS-DR Students‘ News

On December 04, 2023 Ahmed Abdalla successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Transitions towards sustainable agriculture: The case of wheat-based production systems in Egypt"

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BIGS-DR Alumni News

Falling Walls Foundation and Elsevier Foundation have announced the winners of their first Women Breakthrough of the Year prize.

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Stories about ZEF's Research

The future of science in Afghanistan. Dead end or rays of hope?
Afghan scientists in exile are not waiting for opportunities, they are creating them. Read the story about rays of hope for this war-torn country.

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ZEF in the City
This online exhibition shares photos and stories by the 'ZEF in the City' group, composed of doctoral researchers at ZEF who have been conducting critical urban research in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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The economics of irrigation systems in Ethiopia
This research by former ZEF junior researcher Rahel Deribe Bekele focuses on technological and institutional factors.

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Farmers’ Organizations in Africa: Role and prospects
This research by Willi Kampmann and Oliver Kirui shows what steps could be taken to better engage FOs in Africa in the development of agricultural transformation policies.

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A story about wheat in Egypt
Achieving sustainable wheat self-sufficiency in Egypt: This research, a case study in the River Nile delta, conducted by ZEF doctoral student Ahmed Abdalla is part of the Right Livelihood College (RLC) Programme at ZEF.

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ZEF's Research Projects Worldwide

Overview about current research at ZEF

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More ZEF research

Read more articles and contributions about ZEF's (inter-)disciplinary research and capacity development projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America in this section.

How ZEF doctoral researchers conducted field research during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-21
Daiana Castillo López reports about Colombia and Arif Budy Pratama about Indonesia
Spoken words fly away, written words remain
Promoting written employment contracts between farmers and hired workers
Impact of COVID-19 on West Africa’s people and its biodiversity
by Isimemen Osemwegie
Beyond the curfew: COVID-19’s impact on Colombia
by Eva Youkhana, Emilia Schmidt, Alejandro Mora-Motta

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Environmental Peace and Development in Colombia: Taking stock and planning forward

Variety is key: can profitable agricultural practices be sustainable too?

Sudan’s disastrous war — and the science it is imperilling

ZEF Discussion Paper No. 335: Measuring income inequality in social networks

ONE Conference 2022: Interview with Prof. Joachim von Braun

Bessere Ernten trotz Trockenheit - Wie Afrikas Landwirtschaft krisenfester werden kann

Upcoming events

"Challenges in using law to achieve sustainable development: Experiences from India" by Ritwick Dutta, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)

BIGS-DR Students‘ News

Ahmed Abdalla successfully defended his doctoral thesis!

BIGS-DR Alumni News

ZEF alumna Marwa Shumo among winners of Women Breakthrough of the Year prize

Stories about ZEF's Research

The future of science in Afghanistan. Dead end or rays of hope?

ZEF in the City

The economics of irrigation systems in Ethiopia

Farmers’ Organizations in Africa: Role and prospects

A story about wheat in Egypt

ZEF's Research Projects Worldwide

More ZEF research

How ZEF doctoral researchers conducted field research during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-21

Spoken words fly away, written words remain

Impact of COVID-19 on West Africa’s people and its biodiversity

Beyond the curfew: COVID-19’s impact on Colombia

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