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

Assessment of dietary intake and nutritional- and micronutrient status during pregnancy and its impact on birth outcomes in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

 

Region: West Africa

Ghana

Funding program:
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Fiat Panis Foundation

Funding period:
2021 - Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Food Biofunctionality

Prof. Dr. Jan Frank

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

Research Grants - Doctoral Programmes in Germany (Combination of the enantioselective formation of furan-2-yl carbinols and their laccase-catalyzed Achmatowicz reactions)

 

Region: North Africa

Egypt

Funding program:
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Funding period:
2019-Present

Status:
Ongoing

Contact:
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry

Dr. Urs Gellrich

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

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