Projects and scholarships of the University of Hohenheim in southern Africa

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(ongoing and completed | as of 2011)

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

South Africa

Funding program:
Innovative Sustainable Production Systems (BMEL), International Research Cooperation for Global Food Security

Cooperation partner(s):
University of Hohenheim (UHOH), Germany; University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa; University of Zululand (UniZulu), South Africa

Funding period:
15 July 2023 - 15. December 2023

Contact:
Institute of Agricultural Policy and Markets (420)

Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck

 

 

Metagenomics identification, characterization and product development of novel microbial surfactants from Germany and South Africa as biosurfactants for commercial application

South Africa

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

Cooperation partner(s):
University of the Western Cape (Department of Biotechnology)

Funding period:
01 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022

Contact:
Dept. of Bioprocess Engineering (150k)

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Hausmann

InterNiche – The importance of biotic interactions for demography, niches and geographical ranges of South African Proteaceae

South Africa

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG) Individual research grants

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University; South African Ecological Observatory Network; University of Cape Town; CapeNature; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Funding period:
since 2021

Contact:
Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr

Project info

Farm Impact Consortium Project on Climate Adaptation – Development of sustainable water and energy solutions for farms in South Africa, Subproject 2: Agricultural economic evaluation

South Africa

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

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University

Funding period:
01/2019–12/2021

Contact:
Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490d)

Prof. Dr. ThomasBerger

Additional information

SALLNet – South African Limpopo Landscapes Network, Subproject: Orchards, biodiversity and ecosystem services

South Africa

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

Cooperation partner(s):
University of Göttingen, University of Bonn Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F); South Africa: University of Venda, University of Limpopo, University of Witwatersrand

Funding period:
2018-2021

Contact:
Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f)

Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

ProteaNet: Protea networks in time and space: resource-driven dynamics of interacting plant, pollinator and seed predator communities in South African Fynbos

South Africa

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG) Individual research grants

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University

Funding period:
02/2017-11/2020

Contact:
Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr

Project info

Green Innovation Centers for Agri-Food (GAE)
Solar cooling solutions in the dairy value chain in Zambia

Zambia

Funding program:
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Cooperation partner(s):
Strathmore Energy Research Center of the University Strathmore, Nairobi, Kenya

Funding period:
1 Nov 2019 - 30 Mar 2020

Contact:
Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e)

Farah Mrabet

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

Madagascar

Funding program:
Baden-Württemberg Energy Research Foundation

Cooperation partner(s):
Institute of Agro-Management, University of Antananarivo

Funding period:
2012-2019

Contact:
Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a)

Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

Managing Rangelands for Sustainable Food Production in Namibia, DAAD Summer School

Namibia

Funding program:
DAAD

Cooperation partner(s):
NUST (Namibia University of Science and Technology), UNAM (University of Namibia)

Funding period:
2019

Contact:
Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g)

Dr. Marcus Giese

DynNiche: Demographic, functional and macroevolutionary determinants of range dynamics and large-scale ecological niches in South African Proteaceae

South Africa

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG) Individual research grants

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University; South African Ecological Observatory Network; University of Cape Town; CapeNature; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Funding period:
2012-2015

Contact:
Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr

Project info

ProteaBird – Spatial determinants of animal pollination and long-term plant fecundity in South African Fynbos:  the Protea-bird system

South Africa

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG) Individual research grants

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University

Funding period:
02/2011-02/2015

Contact:
Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr

Project info

Immunoprophylaxis and molecular epidemiology of anthrax and the fate of Bacillus anthracis in living vectors and the environment of Namibia and South Africa

Namibia, South Africa

Funding program:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Cooperation partner(s):
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service;
University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science;
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Windhoek, Namibia

Funding period:
2009–2014

Contact:
Dept. of Livestock Infectiology and Environmental Hygiene (460e)

PD Dr. Wolfgang Beyer

The interplay of large grazing ungulates, woody, and grassy vegetation in a South African savanna

South Africa

Funding program:
Feodor-Lynen Foundation

Funding period:
2011-2013

Contact:
Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f)

PD Dr. Anna Treydte

Epidemiology and clinical implications of the genetic diversity of Echinoccus spp. in Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa

Kenya, South Africa

Funding program:
DFG: German-African cooperation projects in infectiology

Cooperation partner(s):
Kenya Medical Research Institute; African Medical and Research Foundation; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology; University of Gezira; Sudan Central Veterinary Research Laboratories; Elshaab Medical Teaching Hospital; Makerere University; University of the Witwatersrand

Funding period:
05/2009-04/2012

Contact:
Dept. of Food Chemistry (170b)

Dr. Thomas Romig

BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa

South Africa

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

Cooperation partner(s):
Stellenbosch University

Funding period:
01/2007-04/2010

Contact:
Dept. of Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)

Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr

Project info


Scholarships in Southern Africa

(ongoing and completed)

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Molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between root exudates, the soil microbiome and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Cubense Trocial race (TR4)

South Africa

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

Funding begin:
2017

Contact:
Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim

PD Dr. Frank Rasche
(490f)
Evans Were