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September 17, 2020

“There is a need to strengthen and democratize local institutions.”

Interview with ZEF junior researcher Oyewole Simon Oginni about the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on the Lake Chad region.

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September 15, 2020

From encroachment to citizenship: Self-organization and mobilization of slum dwellers in Mumbai

Amit Kumar writes about the struggle of the urban poor against marginalization and oppression.

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September 04, 2020

Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Trade-Offs

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by Carlos Seré (ZEF Working Paper no. 194)

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August 31, 2020

Green infrastructure through the lens of “One Health”: A systematic review and integrative framework uncovering synergies and trade-offs between mental health and wildlife support in cities

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April 21, 2020

Podcast: The boom and burst of desert locust in Northeast Africa

Listen to the Interview of ZEF Director Prof. Borgemeister with Future Rural Africa

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February 10, 2020

"Africa: Calls for Transparency Over Marked Increase in Land Deals"

in: The Good Men Project. February 9, 2020. "An international coalition of researchers and NGOs have released the world’s largest public database of international land deals, reports the Global Development blog of The…

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23 Sep 2020
September 23, 2020 | 14:00 h - 15:00 h
Online Lecture: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries

The Transdisciplinary Research Area “Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Futures” at the University of Bonn cordially invites you to the next issue of its Distinguished Lecturers Series “Innovation Pathways to Sustainability”

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How urban and rural spaces in Africa are interlinked
Interview with Mekdim Dereje Regassa, a junior researcher from Ethiopia who writes his doctoral thesis at ZEF.

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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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In our blog-section our researchers report about their work such as projects, conferences, scientific publications, field research, talks and other milestones.

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
Do grasshoppers only eat grass? INSECTA 2019 gave the answer!
blogpost by Jochen Dürr
Talking and tackling urban agriculture, urban food systems and urban health: “One Health” partners met in Sao Paulo for further agenda setting
blog post by Jessica Felappi

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“There is a need to strengthen and democratize local institutions.”

From encroachment to citizenship: Self-organization and mobilization of slum dwellers in Mumbai

Investing Sustainably in African Livestock Development: Opportunities and Trade-Offs

Green infrastructure through the lens of “One Health”: A systematic review and integrative framework uncovering synergies and trade-offs between mental health and wildlife support in cities

Podcast: The boom and burst of desert locust in Northeast Africa

"Africa: Calls for Transparency Over Marked Increase in Land Deals"

Upcoming events

Online Lecture: Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries

Latest photos and videos

ZEF's Research Projects Worldwide

Stories and news from the Doctoral Program

How urban and rural spaces in Africa are interlinked

"As scientists in Afghanistan we face many challenges".

Food security and dietary preferences

Women's power in the Middle East: Syrian women engaging in civil society organizations

Marginality in urban India

Latest news about our research

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

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

Do grasshoppers only eat grass? INSECTA 2019 gave the answer!

Talking and tackling urban agriculture, urban food systems and urban health: “One Health” partners met in Sao Paulo for further agenda setting

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