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September 06, 2021

A holistic sustainability assessment of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic smallholder farms in Kenya

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Article by Juliet Wanjiku Kamau et al. in Springer Environment, Development and Sustainability (2021)

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September 03, 2021

Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chains

Article published in Nature Food with ZEF co-authors

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September 02, 2021

Organic agriculture has the potential to improve both crop yields and incomes of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa

Christian Borgemeister co-author of collaborative study from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture published in Global Environmental Change

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August 23, 2021

Employer sanctions: A policy with a pitfall?

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by Oded Stark and Marcin Jakubek, ZEF Discussion Paper no. 310

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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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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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BIGS-DR News

ZEF doctoral researcher Abdulrasheed Abdulkarim Isah received a non-resident fellowship at the University of California in Berkeley, USA, for January – mid March 2022.

ZEF junior researcher Arslan Waheed from Pakistan defended his doctoral thesis successfully on August 27, 2021 and obtained thereby his doctoral degree from Bonn University’s Faculty of Arts.

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Stories about ZEF's Research

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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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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Overview about current research at ZEF

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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

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A holistic sustainability assessment of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic smallholder farms in Kenya

Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chains

Organic agriculture has the potential to improve both crop yields and incomes of smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa

Employer sanctions: A policy with a pitfall?

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

Radioeins Interview: Bekämpfung des Hungers mit Dr. Heike Baumüller

Upcoming events

Check out all recorded ZEF Colloquia and past events on ZEF's Youtube Channel!

BIGS-DR News

ZEF doctoral researcher Abdulrasheed Abdulkarim Isah granted fellowship at University of California in Berkeley, USA

Development discourse and the urban poor: A comparative study of the slums of Islamabad and Brasilia

Stories about ZEF's Research

Farmers’ Organizations in Africa: Role and prospects

A story about wheat in Egypt

How urban and rural spaces in Africa are interlinked

"As scientists in Afghanistan we face many challenges".

Food security and dietary preferences

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

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