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October 04, 2024

Prof. Matin Qaim unter den 100 entscheidenden Köpfen der Agrifood-Szene-Wissenschaft

ZEF Direktor Matin Qaim wurde in der Kategorie Wissenschaft von der Agrifood.Table-Redaktion unter die 100 entscheidenden Köpfe der Agrifood-Szene gewählt.

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October 02, 2024

Changing Food Environments in Africa’s Urban and Peri-Urban Areas: Implications for Diets, Nutrition, and Policy

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by Katrin Glatzel, Hannah Ameye, Vivien Hülsen and Matin Qaim, ZEF Working Paper no. 235

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September 06, 2024

AFAS organized second Summer School at ZEF in Bonn

The African Climate and Environment Centre - Future African Savannas (AFAS) at ZEF organized its second Summer School at ZEF from August 26-September 6, 2024.

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August 30, 2024

Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops

Effects of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on the environment are often debated. In a global review, we show that the effects of GMOs on yields are positive, whereas the indirect environmental effects are mixed,…

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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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10 Oct 2024
October 10, 2024 | 13:30 h - 14:30 h
ZEF Public Lecture: Can we deconstruct the Ivory Tower? - Balancing journalistic and scientific writing styles for a broader audience

Speakers: Anna Balkenhol and Janine Traber (informationsstelle südliches afrika e.V. - ISSA)

BIGS-DR Students‘ News

ZEF junior researchers Wendy Chávez Páez and Serena Olivera held presentations at the 35th International Geographical Congress in Dublin, Ireland (August 23 - 30, 2024).

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BIGS-DR Alumni News

ZEF alumnus Aziz A. Karimov joins the FAO Ukraine team in Kyiv as the head of the Assessment and Analysis Unit

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Latest ZEF blog posts

Exploring Global South-South Connections
ZEF’s Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) ran a second edition of its Traveling School at the National University of Colombia’s La Paz Campus.

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Tackling South America’s environmental challenges by strengthening international academic cooperation
Doctoral Studies Support Program (DSSP) visits academic partners in Argentina from March 18-25, 2024. Photo by Nicolas Alexander Pérez Forero

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Blue Health for all!? One Health Day 2023 at ZEF
On November 2, 2023 the One Health and Urban Transformation Graduate School at ZEF organized a (hybrid) One Health Research Symposium in commemoration of the annual World One Health Day (celebrated on November 3).

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Activists and academics for women’s land rights
This is the second part about the event Women’s Land Rights and Gender Transformative Practices organized by the ZEF Gender Group and the Feminist Land Platform with panelists from Africa, Asia and Latin America in June 2023.

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A would-be match made in heaven
Activists and academics for women’s land rights. Part 1 - The ZEF-Gender Group and the Feminist Land Platform

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Prof. Matin Qaim unter den 100 entscheidenden Köpfen der Agrifood-Szene-Wissenschaft

Changing Food Environments in Africa’s Urban and Peri-Urban Areas: Implications for Diets, Nutrition, and Policy

AFAS organized second Summer School at ZEF in Bonn

Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops

ONE Conference 2022: Interview with Prof. Joachim von Braun

Bessere Ernten trotz Trockenheit - Wie Afrikas Landwirtschaft krisenfester werden kann

Upcoming events

ZEF Public Lecture: Can we deconstruct the Ivory Tower? - Balancing journalistic and scientific writing styles for a broader audience

BIGS-DR Students‘ News

ZEF junior researchers Wendy Chávez Páez and Serena Olivera at the 35th International Geographical Congress in Dublin, Ireland

BIGS-DR Alumni News

ZEF alumnus Aziz A. Karimov takes on new position at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Latest ZEF blog posts

Exploring Global South-South Connections

Tackling South America’s environmental challenges by strengthening international academic cooperation

Blue Health for all!? One Health Day 2023 at ZEF

Activists and academics for women’s land rights

A would-be match made in heaven

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Public lecture by Prof. Miriam Cooke: Arab feminism and politics

Launch of The Malabo Montpellier Panel Report

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