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April 19, 2021

ZEF granted funds by DAAD for one out of eight new "Global Centers"

The German Academic Exchange Service is funding a total of eight interdisciplinary "Global Centers" to address global challenges in a new program.

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April 09, 2021

Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa

Research by ZEF guest researcher on sensitive geopolitical conflict around Ethiopian mega-dam

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March 10, 2021

Sustainable development goal: Ending Hunger

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ZEF News no. 42, also available as flipbook

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Latest Publications

March 10, 2021

Decentralized Seed Services in Africa: An Assessment of Tanzania and Uganda

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by Michael Waithaka, Mainza Mugoya, Edward Mabaya and Krisztina Tihanyi, ZEF Working Paper no. 206

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ZEF in the press

January 21, 2021

"Es gibt nicht 'das' Patentrezept" Interview with ZEF Director Prof. Joachim von Braun

In: Unsere Kirche, Evangelischen Zeitung. January 17, 2021.

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ZEF in the press

October 19, 2020

Radioeins Interview: Bekämpfung des Hungers mit Dr. Heike Baumüller

October 17, 2020. Über die Investitionen und Maßnahmen, die erforderlich sind, um dieses Potenzial in die Realität umzusetzen, sprechen wir mit Dr. Heike Baumüller vom ZEF.

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Upcoming events

22 Apr 2021
April 22, 2021 | 13:30 h - 14:30 h
Is entomophagy relevant for food security in rural areas of Madagascar and which factors influence insect consumption?

ZEF colloquium with Dr Jochen Dürr
27 Apr 2021
April 27, 2021 | 10:00 h - 12:00 h
Online Development Study and Research Community (ODSRC) workshop

Workshop by ZEF alumna Dr. Bibiana Betancur Corredor on Network Meta-Analysis with "R.
04 May 2021
May 4, 2021 | 16:00 h - 17:30 h
Filling and Operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – A Way Out

A Bonn Water Network event with Professor Hani Sewilam, RWTH Aachen University

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Stories and news from the Doctoral Program

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.