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December 13, 2019

One World Medal in Gold

ZEF Director Prof. Joachim von Braun received on December 12th 2019 the BMZ“One World Medal in Gold” for his research and policy advise in support of ending hunger.

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December 13, 2019

Development of the bioeconomy in Nigeria: Overcoming oil dependency

Inclusive and sustainable development is a difficult task in oil dependent countries. Oil dependency is usually accompanied by problems like volatile oil prices, rent seeking and non- or de-industrialization. Recent…

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December 11, 2019

Start-ups in Silicon Savannah

Article by Heike Baumüller on the digitalization of African agriculture in the new issue of iz3w (in German).

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December 03, 2019

AI and Robotics: Implications for Poverty and Marginalization

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by Joachim von Braun, ZEF Working Paper no. 188

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November 19, 2019

ZEF Annual Report 2018 / 2019 - Interacting with the Global South

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ZEF's latest Annual Report highlights a number of successful projects conducted by ZEF research teams in different countries, especially in Africa.

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November 13, 2019

OPINION: We need to make it cool to consume sustainably

by Michael Shank & Joachim von Braun Reuter, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 15:30 GMT

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"As scientists in Afghanistan we face many challenges".
Interview with ZEF alumnus Dr. Fazlullah Akhtar

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Food security and dietary preferences
Interview with ZEF doctoral researcher Till Ludwig about his research in India, which focuses on dietary consumption choices as effects of food production, markets and preferences.

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Women's power in the Middle East: Syrian women engaging in civil society organizations
ZEF junior researcher Dima Al-Munajed writes about her experiences during her field research in Beirut, Lebanon, on the changing engagement of Syrian refugee women in civil society organizations in host countries such as Lebanon.

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Marginality in urban India
ZEF doctoral student Amit Kumar has been conducting field research in the slums of Mumbai for his research on "Marginality at the interface of contemporary development processes in urban India”. His research was funded by DAAD.

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Sustainability of ecological organic agriculture in Kenya
Doctoral research @ ZEF by Juliet Wanjiku Kamau

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