Central Africa

NetCDA: European Academic Network for Capacity Development in Climate Change Adaptations in Africa

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Funding period:
2024-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Bioeconomy

Prof. Dr. Franziska Schünemann

Secretariat contact: Alina Rossa alina.rossa@uni-hohenheim.de
bioecon.uni-hohenheim.de/fs

CANALLS: Driving agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa through transdisciplinary Agroecology Living Labs

 

Region: Central and East Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda

Funding program:
European Union

Funding period:
2023-2026

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas

Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim

Secretariat contact: Regina Jungreitmeier regina.jungreitmeier@uni-hohenheim.de
430a.uni-hohenheim.de/team

CANALLS: Driving agroecological transitions in the humid tropics of Central and Eastern Africa through transdisciplinary Agroecology Living Labs

 

Region: Central and East Africa

Congo, Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda

Funding program:
European Union

Funding period:
2023-2026

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems (GFE)

Dr. Hycenth Tim Ndah

Secretariat contact: Susanne Braunschweiger susanne.braunschweiger-fink@uni-hohenheim.de
gfe.uni-hohenheim.de/en/staff

Sustainable production of biomass for industrial purposes in Africa

 

Region: Central Africa

Congo

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

Nutritional intake of mother-infant pairs in Bukavu, DR Congo

 

Region: Central Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Fiat Panis Foundation, Bread for the World

Funding period:
2017-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Food Biofunctionality

Prof. Dr. Jan Frank

Secretariat contact: Simone Lendl s.lendl@uni-hohenheim.de
nutres.uni-hohenheim.de/team_de

The role of home gardens in mitigating food insecurity and dietary quality: case of Mbororo community in the Northwest Region of Cameroon

 

Region: Central Africa

Cameroon

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Fiat Panis Foundation

Funding period:
2017-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Physiology of Specialty Crops

Dr. Michael Hagemann

Secretariat contact: Barbara Krause fg340f@uni-hohenheim.de
horticulture.uni-hohenheim.de/team

SURMOUNT: Structural Transformation and the Role of Women for Sustainable Intensification in Sub-Saharan African Agriculture

 

Region: West, Central, East and Southern Africa

 

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2023-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Bioeconomy

Prof. Dr. Franziska Schünemann

Secretariat contact: Alina Rossa alina.rossa@uni-hohenheim.de
bioecon.uni-hohenheim.de/fs

Evaluation and optimization of enzymatic cassava roots peeling

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Fiat Panis Foundation

Funding period:
2015-2017

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller

Secretariat contact: Karin Haubner karin.haubner@uni-hohenheim.de
agrartechnik-440e.uni-hohenheim.de/staff

Biomass Web: Improving food security in Africa through increased system productivity of biomass-based value webs

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Funding period:
2013-2016

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller

Secretariat contact: Karin Haubner karin.haubner@uni-hohenheim.de
agrartechnik-440e.uni-hohenheim.de/staff

SERVInnov: Strengthening innovation support services to enhance innovations for sustainable food production, ensuring well-being of rural populations and reducing environmental degradation and resource depletion

 

Region: West, Central and East Africa

Cameroon, Madagascar, Burkina Faso

Funding program:
Long-term EU – Africa Partnership in Sustainable Agriculture - LEAP-Agri

Funding period:
2018-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas

Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim

Secretariat contact: Regina Jungreitmeier regina.jungreitmeier@uni-hohenheim.de
430a.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Auf dem Weg zu einem besseren Verständnis der Genotyp-Resilienz einheimischer Rinder in der sich verändernden klimatischen Umgebung und in den intensivierten Nutztierproduktionssystemen in Afrika südlich der Sahara

 

Region: West, Central, East and Southern Africa

 

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2023-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda

Secretariat contact: Dominique Keller inst480a@uni-hohenheim.de
animal-breeding-husbandry-tropics.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Gender-dynamik in westafrikanischen familiengeführten Geflügelproduktionssystemen und Auswirkungen auf die Intensivierung

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2023-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda

Secretariat contact: Dominique Keller inst480a@uni-hohenheim.de
animal-breeding-husbandry-tropics.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Linking human wellbeing and ethics of sustainibility to resilient livestock managemant systems in Africa

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda

Secretariat contact: Dominique Keller inst480a@uni-hohenheim.de
animal-breeding-husbandry-tropics.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Linking human wellbeing and ethics of sustainibility to resilient livestock managemant systems in Africa

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda

Secretariat contact: Dominique Keller inst480a@uni-hohenheim.de
animal-breeding-husbandry-tropics.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

LEAP4FNSSA: Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
European Commission - H2020

Funding period:
2018-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems (GFE)

Dr. Hycenth Tim Ndah

Secretariat contact: Susanne Braunschweiger susanne.braunschweiger-fink@uni-hohenheim.de
gfe.uni-hohenheim.de/en/staff

Food security challenges and micronutrient deficiency of minority Mbororo women in Cameroon

 

Region: Central Africa

Cameroon

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Foundation Fiat Panis

Funding period:
2012

Status:
Closed

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

LegumeCHOICE: Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East & Central Africa

 

Region: Central and East Africa

Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo

Funding program:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2014-2017

Status:
Closed

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

Activating institutional innovations for hunger and poverty reduction: Potential of applied international agricultural research

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Funding period:
2011-2013

Status:
Closed

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

Entwicklung von Methoden zur Bewertung der Auswirkungen des Klima- und Landnutzungswandels auf ökosystemare Dienstleistungen entlang rural-urbaner Gradienten in Afrika

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Themenkomplex Afrika der Universitäten Hohenheim und Tübingen

Funding period:
2021

Status:
Closed

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

The role of multi-actor partnerships for achieving a higher degree of sustainability in cross-border agri-food supply chains

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2019-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Agricultural and Food Security Department

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

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

Task Force Rural Africa

 

Region: Africa

 

Funding program:
EU Commission

Funding period:
2018-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Agricultural and Food Security Department

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

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