Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

SustainSAHEL: Synergetic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel. WP7 Scenario modelling of CSL systems

Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal

Funding program:
European Union Horizon 2020

Funding period:
2020-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

Prof. Dr. George Cadisch

Secretariat contact: Gabriele Kircher gabriele_kircher@uni-hohenheim.de
490e.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490e

Impact of Agricultural Mechanization Services on Sustainable Pesticide Use: A Case Study of Smallholder Potato Farmers in Tanzania

Tanzania

Funding program:

Funding period:
2023-2027

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Secretariat contact: Linn Doppler linn.doppler@uni-hohenheim.de
490c.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Institutional analysis of rangeland carbon projects in Sout Africa and Kenya

South Africa, Kenya

Funding program:

Funding period:
2023-2027

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Secretariat contact: Linn Doppler linn.doppler@uni-hohenheim.de
490c.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Performance evaluation of medium horsepower tractors and planters used for small-scale conservation tillage and crop protection systems in Eastern Africa

Kenya, Ethiopia

Funding program:

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Secretariat contact: Linn Doppler linn.doppler@uni-hohenheim.de
490c.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Sustainable livestock production: The case of smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Kenya

Kenya

Funding program:

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development

Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Secretariat contact: Linn Doppler linn.doppler@uni-hohenheim.de
490c.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Climate change and intergenerational persistence of poverty and malnutrition

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) / CLIFOOD Phase 2: German-Ethiopian SDG Graduate School "Climate Change Effects on Food Security (CLIFOOD)"

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Land Use Economics in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger

Secretariat contact: Diana Veit d.veit@uni-hohenheim.de
landuse-economics.uni-hohenheim.de/our-team

Anton & Petra Ehrmann-Stiftung Graduierten Kolleg "Wasser - Menschen - Landwirtschaft"

Europe, Asia, Africa, Southern America

Funding program:
Anton and Petra Ehrmann-Foundation

Funding period:
2013-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Management of Crop Water Stress in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch

Secretary contact: office490g@uni-hohenheim.de
cwsm.uni-hohenheim.de/en

Sustainable production of biomass for industrial purposes in Africa

Congo - Central Africa

Funding program:
Heidelberg Cement

Funding period:
2020-Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Management of Crop Water Stress in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch

Secretary contact: office490g@uni-hohenheim.de
cwsm.uni-hohenheim.de/en

Sustainable food production in Namibia: Definitions, status quo and internationalisation

Namibia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2022-2026

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Agricultural and Food Security Department

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

Assistant: Beate Hammer beate.hammer@uni-hohenheim.de
apo.uni-hohenheim.de

INCrease: Indigenous and neglected crops (INC) promotion for resilient food systems in Southern Africa

South Africa

Funding program:
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Funding period:
2023-2027

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Agricultural and Food Security Department

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

Assistant: Beate Hammer beate.hammer@uni-hohenheim.de
apo.uni-hohenheim.de

The impact of different poultry trade policies on chicken meat value chains in African countries: Insights from Ghana and Senegal

Ghana, Senegal

Funding program:

Funding period:
2020-2024

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Agricultural and Food Security Department

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

Assistant: Beate Hammer beate.hammer@uni-hohenheim.de
apo.uni-hohenheim.de