East Africa

East Africa

CLIFOOD: German-Ethiopian SDG Graduate School: Climate Change Effects on Food Security

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Agricultural Business Management

Prof. Dr. Enno Bahrs

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

SAFARI: Successful Advances in Fiscal Architecture – Evidence from a new tax in Zanzibar

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

Funding program:
Research Council of Norway

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Public Economics

Prof. Dr. Nadja Dwenger

Secretariat contact: Verena Christl verena.christl@uni-hohenheim.de
fiwi.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Transmission ecology and risk factors for cystic echinococcosis in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: West, East, and Southern Africa

Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2022-Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Parasitology

Prof. Dr. Ute Mackenstedt

Secretariat contact: Simone Gayer s.gayer@uni-hohenheim.de
parasitologie.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Integrated Chia and Oyster Mushroom System for Sustainable Food Value Chain in Africa (CHIAM)

 

Region: North and East Africa, Europe

Kenya, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Hungary

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

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Process Analytics and Cereal Science

Dr. Viktoria Zettel

Secretariat contact: Melina Effner melina.effner@uni-hohenheim.de
process-analytics.uni-hohenheim.de/team-a-z

Advanced seasonal forecasts for the horn of Africa by optimized initialization and perturbation with satellite data

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Physics and Meteorology

Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer

Secretariat contact: Elisabeth Ott elisabeth.ott@uni-hohenheim.de
physik-meteorologie.uni-hohenheim.de/_mitarbeiter

BRIGHT-Futures: Bright Spots in Agriculture - Learning from today's role models for a sustainable future

 

Region: East Africa, North America, Asia, Europe

Mexico, India, Kenya, Germany

Funding program:
Anton and Petra Ehrmann-Foundation

Funding period:
2024-2031

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Validating the potentials of unconventional feeds on meat and egg production and qualities of poultry for enhanced food security through supply of high value protein

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Bilateral SDG Graduate Schools

Funding period:
2022-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition

Prof. Dr. Markus Rodehutscord

Secretariat contact: Birgit Sprott birgit.sprott@uni-hohenheim.de
ani-nut.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Climate change, cattle herd vulnerability and food insecurity: Adaptation through livestock diversification in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2015-Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Crop Physiology

Prof. Dr. Uwe Ludewig

Secretariat contact: Ursula Berghammer ursula.berghammer@uni-hohenheim.de
phys.uni-hohenheim.de/members-of-staff

Grain quality characteristics of Ethiopian barley genotypes as affected by climate change

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2017- Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Plant Ecology

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Secretariat contact: Patricia Schick patricia.schick@uni-hohenheim.de
ecology.uni-hohenheim.de/106475

Use of plant growth models and seasonal weather forecast for yield stabilization under vulnerable crop cultivation conditions

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Biogeophysics

Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck

Secretariat contact: Sibylle Schulz s_schulz@uni-hohenheim.de
biogeophysik.uni-hohenheim.de/mitarbeitende-a-z

Minding women’s time: Does time-saving and behavioral interventions change the margins?

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Baden-Württemberg Elite Program for Postdoctoral Researchers

Funding period:
2022-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Long-term changes in agricultural technology, food security and rural development in Madagascar

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2024-2027

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Ecological interactions of cereals with root-associated microorganisms with crop health promoting features

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics

PD Dr. Frank Rasche

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

Stiftung Lengerich: Strengthening farmer cooperatives in Rwanda through participatory development of PV-powered postharvest processing of maize

 

Region: East Africa

Rwanda

Funding program:
Seedling the Future Foundation

Funding period:
2024-2025

Status:
Ongoing

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

CLIFOOD: German-Ethiopian SDG Graduate School: Climate Change Effects on Food Security - Subproject: Phase 2

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Bilateral SDG Graduate Schools

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

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

Bilateral SDG Graduate School “Climate Change Effects on Food Security” (CLIFOOD)

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:

Funding period:
2021-2025

Status:
Ongoing

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

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

Leg4Dev: Legume-based agroecological intensification of maize and cassava cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa for water-food-energy nexus sustainability, nutritional security & livelihood resilience in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia & Malawi.

 

Region: Southern and East Africa

Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi

Funding program:
European Union and Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA)

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

 

Region: East Africa

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

 

Region: Southern and East Africa

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

 

Region: East 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

 

Region: East Africa

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

 

Region: East Africa

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

Food Security Center

 

Region: West and East Africa

West and East Africa

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation

Funding period:
2009-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Food Security Center

Dr. Nicole Schönleber

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

MicroGap: Entwicklung und Validierung einer userfreundlichen Ernährungserhebungssoftware für Äthiopien zur Erfassung von Mikronährstoffdefiziten

 

Region: East Africa

East Africa Countries

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

Funding period:
2015-2017

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Food Security Center

Dr. Nicole Schönleber

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

EntoNUTRI: Development and implementation of insect-based products to enhance food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: East Africa

East Africa Countries

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2016-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Food Security Center

Dr. Nicole Schönleber

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

BiomassWeb: Improving food security in Africa through increased system productivity of biomass-based value webs - WP 6.3 Global Utilization of Biomass, Locally adapted solutions

 

Region: West and East Africa

West and East Africa

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

Funding period:
2013-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Food Security Center

Dr. Nicole Schönleber

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

NutritionSec: Food and Nutrition Security and Right to Food

 

Region: West and East Africa

West and East Africa

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2017-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Food Security Center

Dr. Nicole Schönleber

Secretariat contact: Petra Blanke petra.blanke@uni-hohenheim.de 
landwirtschaftliche-betriebslehre.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Joint Research and Innovation Agenda for the Innov8Health Initiative of UHOH, LUANAR & EKUT

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi and neighbouring countries

Funding program:

Funding period:
2021-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Research Center for Health Sciences – One Health

Irene Huber

Secretariat contact: Katrin Braun katrin.braun@uni-hohenheim.de
health.uni-hohenheim.de/geschaeftsstelle

SURE-FOOD: Strengthening urban resilience in food and nutrition security in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Research Center for Health Sciences – One Health

Irene Huber

Secretariat contact: Katrin Braun katrin.braun@uni-hohenheim.de
health.uni-hohenheim.de/geschaeftsstelle

CESSARi - Cystic Echinococcosis in sub-Saharan Africa Research Initiative (Epidemiology and clinical implications of the genetic diversity of Echinococcus spp. in eastern and southern Africa)

 

Region: North, East and Southern Africa

Countries (phase 1) Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Uganda. Countries (phase 2): Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia. Countries (phase 3): Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Zambia

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG), Deutsch-afrikanische Kooperationsprojekte in der Infektiologie

Funding period:
2009-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Parasitology

Prof. Dr. Ute Mackenstedt

Secretariat contact: Simone Gayer s.gayer@uni-hohenheim.de
parasitologie.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Vegi-Leg: Implementing innovative processing technologies for nutrient-dense plant foods (African indigenous vegetables and legumes) to safeguard perennial nutrition security – an East African and Southeast African country comparison

 

Region: east Africa

Tanzania, Mozambique

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

Funding period:
2018-2022

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

TranSEC: Innovating strategies to safeguard food security using technology and knowledge transfer: A people-centred approach

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

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

Funding period:
2013-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Science

Prof. Dr. habil. Katrin Giller

Secretariat contact: Nilza Andrade-Binder nilza.andrade-binder@uni-hohenheim.de
molnutsci.uni-hohenheim.de/katrin-giller

MicroGap: Entwicklung und Validierung einer userfreundlich-en Ernährungserhebungssoftware für Äthiopien zur Erfassung von Mikronähr-stoffdefiziten

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2015-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Science

Prof. Dr. habil. Katrin Giller

Secretariat contact: Nilza Andrade-Binder nilza.andrade-binder@uni-hohenheim.de
molnutsci.uni-hohenheim.de/katrin-giller

Scale-N: Scaling-Up Nutrition: Implementing potentials of nutrition-sensitive and diversified agriculture to increase food security

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

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

Funding period:
2015-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Science

Prof. Dr. habil. Katrin Giller

Secretariat contact: Nilza Andrade-Binder nilza.andrade-binder@uni-hohenheim.de
molnutsci.uni-hohenheim.de/katrin-giller

EntoNUTRI: Development and implementation of insect-based products to enhance food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2017-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Science

Prof. Dr. habil. Katrin Giller

Secretariat contact: Nilza Andrade-Binder nilza.andrade-binder@uni-hohenheim.de
molnutsci.uni-hohenheim.de/katrin-giller

EaTSANE: Education and training for sustainable agriculture and nutrition in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2018-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Nutritional Science

Prof. Dr. habil. Katrin Giller

Secretariat contact: Nilza Andrade-Binder nilza.andrade-binder@uni-hohenheim.de
molnutsci.uni-hohenheim.de/katrin-giller

Phytochemical studies on selected antibacterial and antimalarial medicinal plants from Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

Funding period:
2014-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry

Dr. Urs Gellrich

Secretariat contact: Franziska Häberle franziska.haeberle@uni-hohenheim.de
organische-chemie.uni-hohenheim.de/team

PARI: Supporting dairy value chains and smallholder agricultural mechanization in Ghana, Kenya, Tunisia and Zambia: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation

 

Region: West, North, East and Southern Africa

Ghana, Tunisia, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2015-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer

Secretariat contact: Elke Schmidt elke.schmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
aninutrop.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Forage legume silage: a panacea to dairy cattle nutrition in the Tropics

 

Region: East Africa and Central America

Ethiopia, El Salvador

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2018-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer

Secretariat contact: Elke Schmidt elke.schmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
aninutrop.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

In situ assessment of GHG emissions from two livestock systems in East Africa – determining current status and quantifying mitigation options

 

Region: East Africa

 

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

Funding period:
2015-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer

Secretariat contact: Elke Schmidt elke.schmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
aninutrop.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Adaption of selected biophysical models to predict resources use efficiency of ruminant production in tropical grasslands

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Ellrichshausen Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics

Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer

Secretariat contact: Elke Schmidt elke.schmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
aninutrop.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Control of the weed Striga hermonthica by the fungal biocontrol agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Strigae.

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2016-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Environmentally friendly conversion methods for by-products from primary coffee processing

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2017

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Physiological mechanism contribute to efficient use of water in field tomato under partial root-zone drying irrigation and potassium fertilizer

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2015

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Research study on natural resource management, ecosystems and biodiversity in Afar, Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2013-2014

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Achieving sustainable Striga control for poor farmers in Africa. Biocontrol using Fusarium oxysporum sp strigaea.

 

Region: West and East Africa

Nigeria, Kenya

Funding program:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Funding period:
2011-2014

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Impact of gender inequality on climate change adaptation and livelihoods of marginalized communities around wildlife protected areas in Southern Tanzania

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

Funding program:
African Academy of Science, call for CR4D

Funding period:
2019-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

Diversity turn in land-use science: The importance of social diversity for sustainable land use innovations using the example of vanilla farming in Madagascar, Subproject “Biodiversity and ecosystem services of agro-ecologically optimized land use”

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

Funding program:
Volkswagen Foundation, Lower Saxonian Ministry for Science and Culture

Funding period:
2016-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

WildNET

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

Funding program:
National Geographic

Funding period:
2020-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

ESIDA: Epidemiological surveillance for infectious diseases in Sub-Sahara Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

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

Funding period:
2020-2023

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

CREATES: Centre for research, agricultural advancement, teaching excellence and sustainability in food and nutrition security

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

Funding program:
World Bank

Funding period:
2017-2023

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

MUSBCEA: Multisektorale Strategie zur Bekämpfung der Brucellose in Ostafrika

 

Region: East Africa

 

Funding program:
LEAP-Agri Program through European Union - Africa Union Partnership on Science, Technologies and Innovations

Funding period:
2018-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Livestock Infectiology and Environmental Hygiene

Prof. Dr. med. vet. Ludwig E. Hölzle

Secretariat contact: Ms. Bettina Pfeiffer bettina.pfeiffer@uni-hohenheim.de
umwelthygiene-tierhygiene.uni-hohenheim.de/hoelzle

Assessing the feeding values of potential local feed resources with low enteric methane emission in vivo for improved livestock productivity and sustainable food security.

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), Bilateral SDG Graduate Schools

Funding period:
2017-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition

Prof. Dr. Markus Rodehutscord

Secretariat contact: Birgit Sprott birgit.sprott@uni-hohenheim.de
ani-nut.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Methane gas emissions from tropical ruminant animals

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)

Funding period:
2013-2014

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Animal Nutrition

Prof. Dr. Markus Rodehutscord

Secretariat contact: Birgit Sprott birgit.sprott@uni-hohenheim.de
ani-nut.uni-hohenheim.de/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeitende

Analysing land use history in the Northern Rift Valley Lake Basins of Ethiopia (NRVLB), Ethiopia, to identify and assess local coping strategies to maintain food security under imminent climate change

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2011

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Fundamentals of Agricultural Engineering

Prof. Dr. Stefan Böttinger

Secretariat contact: Margit Zick margit.zick@uni-hohenheim.de
agrartechnik-440a.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Expanding the rational and biological control of invasive Liriomyza leafminer flies to major horticultural production systems of East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2010-2014

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Entomology

Prof. Dr. Claus Zebitz

Secretariat contact: Martina Schnieder martina.schnieder@uni-hohenheim.de
phytomedizin.uni-hohenheim.de/ento_mitarbeiter

Revisiting sweet potato weevil sexual pheromone research and development: Scale-up synthesis of improved chemistry, field evaluation and integration into rational mass trapping devices for field application

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

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

Funding period:
2010-2012

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Entomology

Prof. Dr. Claus Zebitz

Secretariat contact: Martina Schnieder martina.schnieder@uni-hohenheim.de
phytomedizin.uni-hohenheim.de/ento_mitarbeiter

Predicting climate change induced vulnerability of African agricultural systems to major insect pests through advanced insect phenology modeling, and decision aid development for adaptation planning

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2010-2012

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Entomology

Prof. Dr. Claus Zebitz

Secretariat contact: Martina Schnieder martina.schnieder@uni-hohenheim.de
phytomedizin.uni-hohenheim.de/ento_mitarbeiter

Banana weevil borer (Cosmopolites sordidus): Plant defense responses and Control options

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2013-2017

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

BiomassWeb: Verbesserung der Ernährungssicherheit in Afrika durch erhöhte Systemproduktivität von biomassebasierten Wertschöpfungsnetzen

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2013-2018

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

Modellierungen der Wirkungen von Klimawandel und Änderung der Landnutzung auf die Populationsdynamik von Weide- und Wildtieren

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2018-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Biostatistics

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Piepho

Secretariat contact: Bekc-Akyildiz, Zeynep Z.Bekc-Akyildiz@uni-hohenheim.de
biostatistik.uni-hohenheim.de/en/staff

Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem GSME - divers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Tanzania

Funding program:
European Union, AfricanBioServices

Funding period:
2015-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Biostatistics

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Piepho

Secretariat contact: Bekc-Akyildiz, Zeynep Z.Bekc-Akyildiz@uni-hohenheim.de
biostatistik.uni-hohenheim.de/en/staff

Bestimmung der Ursachen und Prozesse des Rückgangs der Wildtierpopulation und der Artenvielfalt

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2019-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Biostatistics

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Piepho

Secretariat contact: Bekc-Akyildiz, Zeynep Z.Bekc-Akyildiz@uni-hohenheim.de
biostatistik.uni-hohenheim.de/en/staff

Anbau und Qualität von Öllein in Äthiopien

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Catholic Academic Exchange Service

Funding period:
2013-2014

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Agronomy

Prof. Dr. agr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger

Secretariat contact: Anita Kämpf Anita.Kaempf@uni-hohenheim.de
agronomy.uni-hohenheim.de/team-a-z

Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Chronic Diseases Attributed Adult Mortality and its Effect on Maternal and Young Child Nutrition in Tigray, 2009-2015: Evidence from Kilite Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2011

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Plant Ecology

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Secretariat contact: Patricia Schick patricia.schick@uni-hohenheim.de
ecology.uni-hohenheim.de/106475

FuoRe: Future-oriented research pathways for food security in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

 

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

Funding period:
2012

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Plant Ecology

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger

Secretariat contact: Patricia Schick patricia.schick@uni-hohenheim.de
ecology.uni-hohenheim.de/106475

The Impact of Agricultural Innovations on Poverty, Vulnerability and Resilience to Food Insecurity of S Smallholders in Ethiopia.

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2016-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

An analysis of adoption of crossbred poultry and its impact on well-being among rural poultry-keeping households in Ethiopia.

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA)

Funding period:
2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Welfare impact of complimentary technology adoption: Measurement and evidence

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA)

Funding period:
2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Evaluation of market trends and scaling options for biofortification

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2018-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Farm Performance and Household Welfare: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique

 

Region: East Africa

Mozambique

Funding program:
Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research - ATSAF Academy

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Policies and institutions for achieving the virtuous foodenergy-water nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi, Mozambique

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

Funding period:
2013-2016

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

BiomassWeb: Improving food security in Africa through increased system productivity of biomass-based value webs - WP 6.3 Global Utilization of Biomass, Locally adapted solutions

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria

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

Funding period:
2013-2018

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Socio-economic impacts of a jatropha plantation on rural households and their communities in Madagascar

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

Funding program:
Baden-Württemberg Energy Research Foundation

Funding period:
2012-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Smallholder risk management and innovation strategies and their impacts on poverty and resilience

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2013-2020

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Rural Development Theory and Policy

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Secretariat contact: Katharina Mayer katharina.mayer@uni-hohenheim.de
entwicklungspolitik.uni-hohenheim.de/team-490a

Perceptions on Covid-19 and Malaria Vaccine Acceptance: Evidence from Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
University of Hohenheim & Tübingen University, joint seed funding.

Funding period:
2022-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Household and Consumer Economics

Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Secretariat contact: Patricia Höss p.hoess@uni-hohenheim.de
hcecon.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Food and Nutrition Security in Climate Sensitive Agriculture – Choice of Risk Management and Coping Strategies in Different Resource Settings Among Rural Farm Households in Ethiopian Highlands

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2013

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Household and Consumer Economics

Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Secretariat contact: Patricia Höss p.hoess@uni-hohenheim.de
hcecon.uni-hohenheim.de/team

SURE-FOOD: Strengthening urban resilience in food and nutrition security in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Household and Consumer Economics

Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Secretariat contact: Patricia Höss p.hoess@uni-hohenheim.de
hcecon.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

LANDYN: Land and labour dynamics in the future of African transformation

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2020-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Bioeconomy

Prof. Dr. Franziska Schünemann

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

Prediction of soil properties for agricultural and environmental applications from infrared and X-ray soil spectral properties

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2013

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

Weiterentwicklung des Multi-Fuel Injera Mitads zur Anpassung an unterschiedliche Kocher

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Fiat Panis Foundation

Funding period:
2011-2013

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

Valorisation of coffee processing waste to improve livelihood of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2017-2018

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

Assessment of mycotoxins contamination and the causing factors along the Maize value chain in the production regions of Rwanda

 

Region: East Africa

Rwanda

Funding program:
Fiat Panis Foundation

Funding period:
2018-2019

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

Optimierung von Schälung und Pressung von Jatropha curcas L. für die direkte Nutzung in Pflanzenölkochern

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

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

Funding period:
2007-2010

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

Precision Phenotyping for Improving Drought Stress Tolerant Maize in Southern Asia and Eastern Africa

 

Region: East Africa and Asia

 

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

Funding period:
2009-2012

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

Integrierter Entkapselungs-, Entschälungs-, und Entölungsprozess von Jatropha curcas zur effizienten Produktion von hochwertigem Designer-Proteinfutter und Pflanzenöl

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

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

Funding period:
2012-2014

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

Trans-SEC - Innovating pro-poor Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

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

Piloting business models for solar milk cooling in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2017-2018

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

Supporting dairy value chains and smallholder agricultural mechanization in Ghana, Kenya, Tunisia and Zambia: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)

 

Region: North and East Africa

Tunisia, Kenya

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

Funding period:
2014-2024

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

Strengthening post-harvest processes in Africa using improved solar drying

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Kenya, Burkina Faso

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2017-2018

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

Promotion of solar refrigeration for agricultural value-chains

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2018-2019

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

Making value chains work for food and nutrition security of vulnerable populations in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda, Kenya

Funding program:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2016-2019

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

Improvement strategies of avocado oil extraction with regard to process efficiency and product quality

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
Fairoils SPRL

Funding period:
2019

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

Solare Milchkühlung

 

Region: West and East Africa

Kenya, Mali

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2018-2019

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

Improving dietary quality and livelihoods using farm and wild biodiversity through an integrated community-based approach in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Agency for International Collaboration (GIZ)

Funding period:
2020-2022

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

Joint Research and Innovation Agenda for the Innov8Health Initiative of UHOH, LUANAR & EKUT

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi and neighbouring countries

Funding program:

Funding period:
2021-2022

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Research Center for Health Sciences – One Health

Dr. Irene Huber

Secretariat contact: Katrin Braun katrin.braun@uni-hohenheim.de
health.uni-hohenheim.de/geschaeftsstelle

SURE-FOOD: Strengthening urban resilience in food and nutrition security in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2021-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Research Center for Health Sciences – One Health

Dr. Irene Huber

Secretariat contact: Katrin Braun katrin.braun@uni-hohenheim.de
health.uni-hohenheim.de/geschaeftsstelle

Sustainable conservation and utilization of genetic resources of two underutilized crops – finger millet and foxtail millet – to enhance productivity; nutrition and income in Africa and Asia

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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

Funding period:
2008-2010

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Plant Breeding

Prof. Dr. Bettina I.G. Haussmann

Secretariat contact: Helga Kösling i350a@uni-hohenheim.de
plant-breeding.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Strengthening cultivar diversity of barley and durum wheat to manage climate related risks and foster productivity in marginal areas of Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2016-2019

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Plant Breeding

Prof. Dr. Bettina I.G. Haussmann

Secretariat contact: Helga Kösling i350a@uni-hohenheim.de
plant-breeding.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Single cross hybrid prediction using distinct mating designs for sorghum product development in sub-humid environments in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Funding period:
2020-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Plant Breeding

Prof. Dr. Bettina I.G. Haussmann

Secretariat contact: Helga Kösling i350a@uni-hohenheim.de
plant-breeding.uni-hohenheim.de/team

Characterization of diversity in Ethiopian honey bees

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2017-2021

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Livestock Population Genomics

Prof. Dr. Martin Hasselmann

Secretariat contact: Antonia Hocke antonia.hocke@uni-hohenheim.de
popgenomik.uni-hohenheim.de/martin-hasselmann

The molecular mechanisms underlying local adaptation to high elevation habitats in the honey bee Apis mellifera

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Funding period:
2020-2024

Status:
Closed

Contact:
Department of Livestock Population Genomics

Prof. Dr. Martin Hasselmann

Secretariat contact: Antonia Hocke antonia.hocke@uni-hohenheim.de
popgenomik.uni-hohenheim.de/martin-hasselmann

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

Forschungsstipendien für exzellente afrikanische Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi

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

Funding period:
2021-2022

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

Genomic selection for functional and production traits in indigenous chicken breeding programme

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2021-2023

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

OneHealth4Change: developing and Joining Research Capacity

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi

Funding program:
Volkswagen Foundation

Funding period:
2022-2023

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

Improving the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers in Africa through community based management of indigenous farm animal genetic resources 

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2004-2008

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

Optimizing community-based breeding of goats in Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
-

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

Adaption to climate change: Land management strategies for improving food security

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2010

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

Effects of improving the quality of food staples with vitamins A and D, and zinc on treatment outcomes in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2010

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

Safe food, fair food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: West, East and Southern Africa

Ivory Coast, Ehiopioa, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania

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

Funding period:
2008-2011

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

Girinka programme as a livestock germplasm source

 

Region: East Africa

Rwanda

Funding program:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2018

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

Greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in smallholder dairy systems

 

Region: East Africa

Malawi

Funding program:
Capacity Building for Managing Climate Change (CABMACC)

Funding period:
2015-2018

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

Platform for African Dairy Genetic Gains

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya

Funding program:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Funding period:
2015-2018

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

Program for enhancing the health and productivity of livestock

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania

Funding program:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Funding period:
2015-2019

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

Innov8Health

 

Region: East and Southern Africa

Malawi, Kanya, Namibia

Funding program:
Baden-Württemberg-Foundation

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

EatSANE: Education and Training for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda, Kenya

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

Funding period:
2018-2021

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

Abundance and diversity of total and nitrifying prokaryotes as influenced by biochemical quality of organic inputs, mineral nitrogen fertilizer and soil texture in tropical agro-ecosystems

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2010

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

Impacts of the fungal bio-control agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae on plant beneficial microbial communities in the maize rhizosphere

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2011

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

Innovative propagation technologies: Production of high quality banana planting material for multi-purpose crop cultivation in Sub-Sahara Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

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

Funding period:
2011

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

Assessing potential benefits and trade-offs of legume-led crop rotations on food security and natural resources at the plot and landscape using an integrated modeling approach

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
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

Organic resource and mineral nitrogen driven microbial community dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems with focus on microbially regulated soil nitrogen cycling

 

Region: East Africa, Asia, Europe

Kenya, China, Italy, Portugal, Thailand

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2011-2020

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

Achieving sustainable Striga control for poor farmers in Africa. Biocontrol using Fusarium oxysporum sp strigaea

 

Region: West and East Africa

Nigeria, Kenya

Funding program:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Funding period:
2011-2014

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

CONNEcting knowledge, scales and actors; An integrated framework for adaptive organic resource management, targeting soil aggradation and agroeco-systems’ resilience in Sub Saharan Africa”. 2014-2017

 

Region: West and East Africa

Kenya, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire

Funding program:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Conessa EU-ERAfrica

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

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

Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Ethiopia

Funding program:
Ellrichshausen Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2018

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

HealthyLand: Crops for Healthy Diets: Linking Agriculture and Nutrition

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Uganda, Malawi

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

Funding period:
2015-2018

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

HypoWave: household wastewater reuse for resourceefficient hydroponic crop production

 

Region: East Africa, Asia, Europe

Kenya, China, Italy, Portugal, Thailand

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

Funding period:
2016-2019

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

EatSANE: Education and Training for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda, Kenya

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

Funding period:
2018-2021

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

Uncovering governance challenges in the implementation of post-conflict agricultural recovery programs: A case of NUSAF and NAADS in Northern Uganda

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2011-2014

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

Payments for ecosystem services, gender and governance

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2012-2015

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

Impacts of extension, local institutions, and networks on natural resource management practices, climate change adaptation and food security in Ethiopia: the case of Amhara region

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2012-2015

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

Understanding the governance and institutional challenges in the maize sector in Ethiopia

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2014-2017

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

Detecting and analyzing micronutrient gaps in dietary patterns in Western Uganda

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2019-2021

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

Video-based messages in agricultural extension

 

Region: East Africa and Asia

Kenya, Uganda, India

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2019-2022

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

Agricultural policy processes: A case study of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2020-2023

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

Impact of digitalization on youth and women in agri-business

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2020-2023

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

ICT applications in livestock production

 

Region: West and East Africa

Kenya, Nigeria

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2020-2023

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

Gender, assets dynamics and cognitive processes in enhancing adaptive behavior in climate risk management in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2011-2014

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

Analysis of institutional arrangements for providing animal health services: An application of transaction costs theory of economic organization

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda, Kenya

Funding program:
-

Funding period:
2011-2014

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

PEBAP: Promoting participatory and evidence-based agricultural policy processes in Africa

 

Region: West and East Africa

Ghana, Senegal, Uganda

Funding program:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Funding period:
2014-2017

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

Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia, Kenya

Funding program:
Ellrichshausen Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2018

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

Reaching smallholder women with information services and resilience strategies to respond to climate change

 

Region: East Africa and Asia

Kenya, Uganda, India

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

Funding period:
2019-2021

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

PARI: Program of accompanying research for agricultural Innovation

 

Region: West, East, and Southern Africa, Asia

Benin, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, India

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

Funding period:
2014-2022

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

Adaption to climate change: Land management strategies for improving food security

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2011-2014

Status:
Closed

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

Food and Nutrition Security in Climate Sensitive Agriculture – Choice of Risk Management and Coping Strategies in Different Resource Settings Among Rural Farm Households in Ethiopian Highlands

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2017-2020

Status:
Closed

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

Robust adaptation strategies to climate change for Ethiopian agriculture – heterogeneity of farming households and the role of social networks

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) / CLIFOOD Phase 1: German-Ethiopian SDG Graduate School "Climate Change Effects on Food Security (CLIFOOD)"

Funding period:
2016-2020

Status:
Closed

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

Working together for market access: Strengthening rural producer organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Uganda

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

Funding period:
2009-2012

Status:
Closed

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

Farmer adaptation to climate variability in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Funding period:
2012-2017

Status:
Closed

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

Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

Funding program:
Ellrichshausen Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2018

Status:
Closed

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

GrassNet: Cross-continental network for sustainable adaptation of grassland systems vulnerable to climate change

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2009-2013

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

Cultural food taboos, dietary pattern, consumption of non-food items and the potential of underutilized vegetables in reducing micronutrient malnutrition in pregnant women in Kenya

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya

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

Funding period:
2011

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

RISOCAS: Developing rice and sorghum crop adaptation strategies for climate change in vulnerable environments in Africa

 

Region: West and East Africa

Senegal, Mali, Madagascar

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

Funding period:
2009-2011

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

WUJIM: Wassernutzung von Jatropha in Madagaskar

 

Region: East Africa

Madagascar

Funding program:
Rainforest Foundation

Funding period:
2008-2011

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

LiveCarbon: Livelihood diversifying potential of livestock based carbon sequestration options in pastoral and agro pastoral systems in Africa

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2011-2014

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

SMACC: Smallholder Adaptation to Climate Change

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia

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

Funding period:
2014-2017

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

Improving rice farmers’ decision making in lowland rice-based systems in East Africa (East African ‘RiceAdvice’)

 

Region: East Africa

Ethiopia, Uganda, Madagascar

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

Funding period:
2015-2018

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

Trans-SEC: Innovating pro-poor Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer

 

Region: East Africa

Tanzania, Kenya

Funding program:
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Funding period:
2013-2018

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

Hynovation: Hydroponie als innovativer Ansatz für nachhaltiges Land - und Ressourcenmanagement in der urbanen Nahrungsmittelproduktion

 

Region: West Africa and Middle East

Ghana, Jordan

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

Funding period:
2018-2019

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

Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems

 

Region: East Africa

Kenya, Ethiopia

Funding program:
Ellrichshausen Foundation

Funding period:
2016-2019

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

Managing dry woodlands facing climate change in East Africa

 

Region: East Africa

 

Funding program:

Funding period:

Status:

Contact:
Department of Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

Secretariat contact: Eva Schmidt eschmidt@uni-hohenheim.de
agroecology.uni-hohenheim.de/uebersicht-team

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

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