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CLIFOOD – German-Ethiopian SDG Graduate School "Climate Change Effects on Food Security"
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University Food Security Center Funding period: 01/2021-12/2025 2016-2020	Contact: Institute of Farm Management PD Dr. Frank Rasche Dr. Nicole Schönleber Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Additional information


ESIDA – Epidemiological Surveillance for Infectious Diseases in Sub-Sahara Africa
Tanzania	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Funding period: 2020 - 2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) PD Anna Treydte


CREATES - Centre for Research, Agricultural advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability in Food and Nutrition Security
Tanzania	Funding program: World Bank Cooperation partner(s): Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Funding period: 2017-2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) PD Anna Treydte


Impact of digitalization on youth and women in agri-business
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): University of Nairobi, Kenya Funding period: 2020-2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Evelyne Njuguna Dr. Thomas Daum Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Gender in Agricultural Development: Case study of The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Funding period: 2020-2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Mellyne Ongango Dr. Christine Bosch Dr. Thomas Daum


The molecular mechanisms underlying local adaptation to high elevation habitats in the honey bee Apis mellifera
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Nairobi Kenya; Makere University Kampala Uganda; Tanzania Forest Research Institute (TAFORI) Funding period: 11/2020-10/2023	Contact: Dept. of Livestock Population Genomics (460h) Prof. Dr. Martin Hasselmann


ICT applications in livestock production
Kenya, Nigeria	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 2020-2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Linda Isuyi Dr. Thomas Daum Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Supporting dairy value chains and smallholder agricultural mechanization in Ghana, Kenya, Tunisia and Zambia: Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI)
Ghana, Tunisia, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Funding period: December 2014 – December 2024	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Prof. Regina Birner Daum, T. Prof. Uta Dickhöfer Prof. Karlheinz Köller Ana Salvatierra Dr. Victor Torres


Video-based messages in agricultural extension
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Institute of Management, Udaipur, India Funding period: 2019-2022	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Rashid Khan Dr. Thomas Daum Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Determine the causes and processes of wildlife population and biodiversity decline
Kenya	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing of Kenya (DRSRS); Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS); Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), Masai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA); Kenya Wildlife Trust (KWT); One Mara Research Hub (OMRH); Mpala Ranch Funding period: 2019-2022	Contact: Dept. of Biostatistics (340c) Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu


Improving dietary quality and livelihoods using farm and wild biodiversity through an integrated community-based approach in Kenya
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): Bioversity/CIAT (CGIAR) Funding period: 01 Jan 2020 - 31 May 2022	Contact: Dept. of Food Chemistry (170b) Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim


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
Madagascar	Funding program: Volkswagen Foundation and Lower Saxonian Ministry for Science and Culture Cooperation partner(s): University of Göttingen, University of Antananarivo, Madgascar National Parks, Centre Universitaire Régionale de la SAVA (CURSA) Funding period: 2016 - 2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) Prof. Dr. Ingo Grass

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
Cameroon, Madagascar, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): CIRAD; University of Dschang; CEDRES; ESSA; IECD; FIFATA; AFAAS, GRET Funding period: 15 Sept 2018 - 14 Sept 2021	Contact: Dept. of Communication and Advisory Services in Rural Areas (430a) Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim Dr. Hycenth Tim Ndah Additional information


Short development and implementation of a training program for solar-powered small-scale refrigeration systems
Kenya	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): Strathmore Energy Research Center of the University Strathmore, Nairobi, Kenya Funding period: 1 Sept 2019 - 31 Aug 2021	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Farah Mrabet

Vegi-Leg – Implementation of innovative processing technologies of nutrient-rich plant foods for year-round food security
Tanzania, Mozambique	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) Cooperation partner(s): Sokoine University of Agriculture; Universidade Lúrio (UniLúrio in Nampula); Mozambique Agricultural Research Institute (IIAM) Funding period: 10 Sept 2018 - 30 Nov 2021	Contact: Dept. of Food Biofunctionality (140b) Dr. Wolfgang Stütz Additional information


Evaluation of market trends and scaling options for biofortification
Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): IFPRI HarvestPlus Funding period: 2018-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller


Addressing determinants to maternal and child nutrition insecurity in Western Uganda: the case of iron and zinc deficiency
Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Makerere University Funding period: 2018-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

MUSBCEA – Multisectoral Strategy for Brucellosis Control in East Africa
Kenya, Uganda, Egypt	Funding program: 2817LEAP01 Cooperation partner(s): Egypt: AHRI Mansoura; Benha University, Cairo; Uganda: Makerere University Kampala; Kenya: University of Nairobi, KEMRI Funding period: September 2018 - August 2021	Contact: Dept. of Livestock Infectiology and Environmental Hygiene (460e) PD Dr. Wolfgang Beyer Prof. Dr. Ludwig Hölzle


WildNET
Tanzania	Funding program: National Geographic Cooperation partner(s): Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Funding period: 2020 - 2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) PD Anna Treydte


Reaching Smallholder Women with Information Services and Resilience Strategies to Respond to Climate Change
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India, GROOTS in Kenya, and Uganda's Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services Development (AFRISA) of Makerere University Funding period: 2019-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Dr. Christine Bosch Additional information


EatSANE – Education and Training for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition in East Africa
Uganda, Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) Cooperation partner(s): Mango Tree Education Enterprise LTD (SME), Kampala, Uganda; Makere University Kampala, Uganda; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany; Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT), Amsterdam, Netherlands Funding period: 2018-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems (702) Dr. Thomas Hilger Carolin Callenius (GFE) Additional information


Mechanized Conservation Agriculture
Zambia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Zambian –German Agricultural Knowledge and Training Centre (AKTC) and the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) Funding period: 2018-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Godfrey Omulo Dr. Thomas Daum Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Prof. Dr. Karlhein Köller Additional information


Detecting and Analyzing Micronutrient Gaps in Dietary Patterns in Western Uganda
Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Kabarole Research & Resource Center (KRC) Funding period: 2019-2021	Contact: Hans-Ruthenberg-Institut (490) Roseline Katusiime Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Übertragungsökologie und Risikofaktoren für zystische Echinokokkose im subsaharischen Afrika
Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Zambia	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): University Hospital Ulm, Meru University of Science and Technology, Arba Minch University, University for Development Studies (Ghana), Kenya Medical Research Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine (Namibia), University of Calgary, University of Zürich, University of Franche-Comé Funding period: since 2021	Contact: Dept. of Parasitology (190p) Dr. Thomas Romig Dr. Marion Wassermann

Impact of Gender Inequality on Climate Change Adaptation and Livelihoods of Marginalized Communities Around Wildlife Protected Areas in Southern Tanzania
Tanzania	Funding program: African Academy of Science Cooperation partner(s): Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Funding period: 2019 - 2020	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) PD Anna Treydte


Organic resource and mineral nitrogen driven microbial community dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems with focus on microbially regulated soil nitrogen cycling
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 2011-2020	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) PD Dr. Frank Rasche

EntoNUTRI – Development and implementation of insect-based products to enhance food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): Kenya: icipe; Egerton University; Kenyatta University; Kenya Bureau of Standards Uganda: Ugandan Bureau of Standards; Makerere University Funding period: 01/2017-01/2020	Contact: Food Security Center Dept. of Nutritional Science (140a) Nils Nölle Project info


Smallholder risk management and innovation strategies and their impact on poverty and resilience
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University, IFPRI Ethiopia, YOM Insitute for economic development (Ethiopia) Funding period: 2013-2020	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller


Forage legume silage: a panacea to dairy cattle nutrition in the Tropics
Ethiopia	Funding program: DAAD Cooperation partner(s): University of El Salvador, Hawassa University Funding period: 2018-2020	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490i) Prof. Uta Dickhöfer Dr. Joaquín Castro-Montoya M.Sc. Temitope Aloba

HypoWave – household wastewater reuse for resource-efficient hydroponic crop production
Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Funding period: 2016-2019	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) PD Dr. Frank Rasche


Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem GSME – divers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies
Kenya, Tanzania	Funding program: EU project AfricanBioServices Cooperation partner(s): Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing of Kenya (DRSRS); Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS); Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi; Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI); University of Dar Es Saalam; Sokoine University; University of Dodoma; Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science Funding period: 2015-2019	Contact: Dept. of Biostatistics (340c) Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu


Strengthening cultivar diversity of barley and durum wheat to manage climate related risks and foster productivity in marginal areas of Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Bioversity International (Ethiopia); Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR); Ethiopian Biodiversity Instiute (EBI); Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI, Ethiopia); Mekelle University (Ethiopia) Funding period: 2016 - 2019	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann


Capacity Development of Farmer Organisations in Agricultural Policy Making
Kenya	Funding program: Andreas Hermes Academy (AHA); German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): East African Farmers Organisation Funding period: 10/2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural and Food Policy (420a) Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck Additional information


Improvement strategies of avocado oil extraction with regard to process efficiency and product quality
Kenya	Funding program: Fairoils SPRL Cooperation partner(s): FairOils (EPZ) Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya Funding period: 01 Mar 2019 - 30 Sept 2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dr. Sebastian Romuli


Making Value Chains Work for Food and Nutrition Security of Vulnerable Populations in East Africa
Uganda, Kenya	Funding program: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): CEDO Uganda; Pabra / CIAT Kenya; Nutreal Limited, Uganda ; Azzuri Health, Kenya; Naro Uganda; Kalro Kenya Funding period: 1 Mar 2016 - 28 Feb 2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Solar milk cooling
Kenya, Mali	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): Strathmore University in Kenya; Company Suntransfer Kenya ltd; Centre Père Michel - Formations Sans Frontières, in Mali Funding period: 1 Oct 2018 - 31 Dec 2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dr. Victor Torres-Toledo


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


Program for Enhancing the Health and productivity of Livestock
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya	Funding program: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Cooperation partner(s): Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology Funding period: 2015 - 2019	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda


Assessment of mycotoxins contamination and the causing factors along the Maize value chain in the production regions of Rwanda
Rwanda	Funding program: fiat panis Funding program: 2018-2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) M.Sc. Janvier Ntwali


Making Value Chains Work for Food and Nutrition Security of Vulnerable Populations in East Africa
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Funding period: 2016-2019	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller M.Sc. Steffen Schock


Adaption of selected biophysical models to predict resources use efficiency of ruminant production in tropical grasslands
Ethiopia	Funding program: Ellrichshausen Foundation Funding period: 2016-2019	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490i) Christian Bateki Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer


Platform for African Dairy Genetic Gains
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya	Funding program: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Cooperation partner(s): International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda


In situ assessment of GHG emissions from two livestock systems in East Africa – determining current status and quantifying mitigation options
	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490i) Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer


Improving rice farmers’ decision making in lowland rice-based systems in East Africa (East African 'RiceAdvice')
Ethiopia, Uganda, Madagascar	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): AfricaRice Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Dr. Marc Cotter


Trans-SEC - Innovating pro-poor Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer
Tanzania, Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): IFPRI, ICRAF, Tanzania: Agricultural Research Institutes (ARI), Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Federation of Cooperatives (TFC), Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT), Network of Small-Scale Farmers' Groups Funding period: 2013 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Dr. Jörn Germer

HealthyLand – Crops for Healthy Diets: Linking Agriculture and Nutrition
Kenya, Uganda, Malawi	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) Cooperation partner(s): Makere University Kampala, Uganda; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Malawi Funding period: 2015-2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch Dr. Thomas Hilger MSc. Sahrah Fischer Additional information


Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems
Ethiopia; Kenya	Funding program: Ellrichshausen Foundation Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), Egerton University, Kenya Funding period: 2016-2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490d) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Christian Bateki Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer Dr. sc. agr. Carsten Marohn Dr. Christian Troost M.Sc. Benjamin Warth


Development Potential of Smallholder Livestock Production Systems in Zambia
Zambia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): University of Zambia Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Mary Lubungu Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Modeling the effects of climate change and land use change on grazing and wildlife population dynamics
Kenya	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing of Kenya (DRSRS); Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS); Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association (KWCA) Funding period: 2014-2018	Contact: Dept. of Biostatistics (340c) Dr. Joseph O. Ogutu


Piloting business models for solar milk cooling in Kenia
Kenya	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): Company Davis and Shirtliff, Kenya; Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, University of Science and Technology, Kenya Funding period: 23 Aug 2017 - 30 Apr 2018	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dr. Victor Torres-Toledo


Phytochemical studies on selected antibacterial and antimalarial medicinal plants from Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Cooperation partner(s): Addis Abeba University Funding period: 01 July 2014 - 31 Mar 2018	Contact: Dept. of Bioorganic Chemistry (130b) Franziska Häberle

TranSEC – Innovating Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer: A people-centred Approach
Tanzania	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): SOKOINE University Tanzania, The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry Kenya, Agricultural Research Institutes Tanzania Funding period: 07/2013-06/2018	Contact: Dept. of Nutritional Science (140a) Prof. Dr. Christine Lambert Project info

Scale-N –Scaling-Up Nutrition: Implementing Potentials of nutrition-sensitive and diversified agriculture to increase food security
Tanzania	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) Cooperation partner(s): SOKOINE University Tanzania, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives Funding period: 12/2015-11/2018	Contact: Dept. of Nutritional Science (140a) Dr. Wolfgang Stütz Project info

MicroGap – Development and validation of a user-friendly nutrition survey software for Ethiopia to assess micronutrient deficiencies
Ethiopia	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University, Ethiopia Funding period: 10/2015-09/2018	Contact: Dept. of Nutritional Science (140a) Prof. Dr. Christine Lambert


GlobE: BiomassWeb - Improving food security in Africa through increased system productivity of biomass-based value networks
Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Project Management Agency Jülich Agricultural Research Cooperation partner(s): Crops Research Institute (CRI), Ghana Funding period: 01 July 2013 - 31 Aug 2018	Contact: Dept. of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops (340f) Prof. Dr. Jens Wünsche


Strengthening post-harvest processes in Africa using improved solar drying
Ghana, Kenia, Burkina Faso	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): GIZ Ghana; GIZ Burkina Faso; University Ouagadougou Burkina Faso; Laboratory of Biotechnology in Food and Nutritional Sciences, Research Center in Biological Food and Nutritional Sciences (CRSBAN), Burkina Funding period: 2017-2018	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Steffen Schock


Girinka Programme as a Germplasm Source
Rwanda	Funding program: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Cooperation partner(s): University of Rwanda Funding period: 2016 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda


Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies in Smallholder Dairy Systems
Malawi	Funding program: CABMACC Cooperation partner(s): Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda


Energy efficient injera baking on biogas in Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: Fiat panis Funding period: 2018	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Bilhat Chala


Valorisation of coffee Processing waste to improve livelihood of small-scale farmers in Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: DAAD Funding period: 2017 - 2018	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Bilhat Chala

LegumeCHOICE – Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East & Central Africa
Kenya, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, ICRAF, KARI, Kenya; ILRI, EIAR, Ethiopia; UCB, Democratic Republic of Congo Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e and 490f) PD Frank Rasche Dr. Carsten Marohn Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch


Conessa EU-ERAfrica: CONNEcting knowledge, scales and actors – An integrated framework for adaptive organic resource management, targeting soil aggradation and agroeco-systems’ resilience in Sub Saharan Africa
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) /DLR Cooperation partner(s): University of Eldoret, Kenyatta University, Kenya; University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Nangui Abrogoua University, Côte d'Ivoire Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) Dr. Carsten Marohn Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch Additional information


Farmer Adaptation to Climate Variability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia	Funding program: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Cooperation partner(s): CIMMYT (Addis Abeba office) Funding period: 2012 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490d) Prof. Dr. ThomasBerger


Understanding the governance and institutional challenges in the maize sector in Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): University of Bonn/ZEF Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Tilahun Mengistu Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Aquaculture and the poor: improving fish production, consumption and nutrition linkages
Zambia	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): World Fish Zambia; University of Zambia Dept. of Human Nutrition Funding period: 01/2014-05/2017	Contact: Dept. of Nutritional Science (140a) Nils Nölle Project info


SMACC – Smallholder Adaptation to Climate Change
Ethiopia	Funding program: BLE Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Dr. Jörn Germer


Trans-SEC - Innovating pro-poor Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer
Tanzania	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): ZALF Funding period: 1 May 2013 - 30 Apr 2016	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Policies and institutions for achieving the virtuous food-energy-water nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi, Mozambique	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): IFPRI, local partners Funding period: 2013-2016	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller Dr. Ling Yee Khor


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
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): The WorldFish in Cairo Funding period: 2012-2015	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Teferi Tensay Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Payments for Ecosystem Services, Gender and Governance
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 2012-2015	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Juliet Kariuki Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

PEBAP - Promoting Participatory and Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Processes in Africa
Ghana, Senegal, Uganda	Funding program: Inernational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Cooperation partner(s): (ISSER), Ghana (ISRA), Senegal (AFRISA), Uganda Funding period: 2012-2015	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Dr. Jonathan Mockshell Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


LiveCarbon – Livelihood diversifying potential of livestock based carbon sequestration options in pastoral and agro pastoral systems in Africa
Ethiopia	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University Funding period: 2011 - 2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Dr. Marcus Giese


Research study on Natural Resource Management, Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Afar, Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: GIZ Funding period: 2013-2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) Hans Ruthenberg Institute

Achieving sustainable Striga control for poor farmers in Africa. Biocontrol using Fusarium oxysporum sp strigaea.
Kenya, Nigeria	Funding program: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Cooperation partner(s): International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria; Real -IPM, Kenya; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Funding period: 2011-2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e and 490f) PD Dr. Frank Rasche Prof. Georg Cadisch


Uncovering Governance Challenges in the Implementation of Post-Conflict Agricultural Recovery Programs: A Case of NUSAF and NAADS in Northern Uganda
Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 2011-2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Emmy Wassajja Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Analysis of Institutional Arrangements for Providing Animal Health Services: An Application of Transaction Costs Theory of Economic Organization
Uganda, Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Makerere University Funding period: 2011-2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) John Ilukor Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Gender, assets dynamics and cognitive processes in enhancing adaptive behavior in climate risk management in Kenya
Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Funding period: 2011-2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Martha Ngigi Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Expanding the rational and biological control of invasive Liriomyza leafminer flies to major horticultural production systems of East Africa
Kenya	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): icipe Funding period: 04/2010-03/2014	Contact: Dept. of Applied Entomology (360c) Prof. Dr. Claus P.W. Zebitz


Cultivation and quality of oil flax in Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Wolkite University Ethiopia, Prof. Dr. Merkuria Tadesse Funding period: 2013 - 2014	Contact: Dept. of Agronomy (340a) Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Claupein


Integrated decapsulation, dehulling, and deoiling process of Jatropha curcas for efficient production of high quality designer protein feed and vegetable oil
Madagascar	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): JatroSolutions Funding period: 1 Mar 2012 - 28 Apr 2014	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


GrassNet – Cross-continental network for sustainable adaptation of grassland systems vulnerable to climate change
Kenya	Funding program: DAAD Cooperation partner(s): KARI, Egerton University Funding period: 2009 - 2013	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Dr. Marcus Giese Additional information


Further development of the Multi-Fuel Injera Mitad to adapt to different stoves
Ethiopia	Funding program: fiat panis Foundation Funding period: 2011-2013	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) M.Sc. Katrin Pütz


Precision Phenotyping for Improving Drought Stress Tolerant Maize in Southern Asia and Eastern Africa
	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute Funding period: 2009-2012	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dr. Wolfram Spreer Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Working together for market access: Strengthening rural producer organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Makerere University (MAK), IFPRI (Kampala office) Funding period: 2009 - 2012	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490d) Prof. Dr. ThomasBerger

FuoRe – Future-oriented research pathways for food security in East Africa
Ethiopia and others	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University Funding period: 01/2012-06/2012	Contact: Dept. of Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology (320b) Prof. Dr. Petra Högy Additional information


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
Kenya, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): CIP; IITA; icipe Funding period: 07/2010-06/2012	Contact: Dept. of Applied Entomology (360c) Prof. Dr. Claus P.W. Zebitz


Revisiting sweetpotato weevil sexual pheromone research and development: Scale-up synthesis of improved chemistry, field evaluation and integration into rational mass trapping devices for field application
Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): CIP Funding period: 07/2010-06/2012	Contact: Dept. of Applied Entomology (360c) Prof. Dr. Claus P.W. Zebitz Prof. Dr. Uwe Beifuss


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


Genetic characterization and evaluation and nutritional traits of adapted pearl millet
Sudan	Funding program: Global Crop Diversity Trust Cooperation partner(s): Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC, Sudan) Funding period: 2010 - 2011	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann Project info

RISOCAS – Developing rice and sorghum crop adaptation strategies for climate change in vulnerable environments in Africa
Senegal, Mali, Madagascar	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): IER, Africa Rice, CIRAD, Fofifa Funding period: 2009-2011	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Dr. Marcus Giese


WUJIM – Wassernutzung von Jatropha in Madagaskar
Madagascar	Funding program: Regenwald Foundation Funding period: 2008-2011	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Priv. Doz. Dr. Holger Brück Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch


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
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI, Kenya); Uyole Agricultural Research Institute (Tanzania); National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (SAARI, Uganda) Funding period: 2008 - 2010	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann Additional information


Food security in relation to household energy management in rural Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: Fiat Panis Foundation Funding period: 1 Apr 2010 - 31 Dec 2010	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Optimization of peeling and pressing of Jatropha curcas L. for direct use in vegetable oil digesters
Madagascar	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): JatroSolutions Funding period: 1 June 2007 - 30 June 2010	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Food security in relation to household energy management in rural Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: fiat panis Funding period: 1 Apr 2010 - 31 Dec 2010	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller


Optimizing community-based breeding of goats in Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: DAAD	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Tatek Woldu Belete Dr. Christoph Reiber Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate


Managing dry woodlands facing climate change in East Africa
		Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) PD Dr. Anna Treydte

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University’s Scholarships in East Africa

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Grain yield and quality responses of wheat genotypes under CO2 enrichment and extreme events
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University Funding period: 01/2021-12/2025	Contact: Dept. of Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology (320b) Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger Additional information

EECBP – Engineering Education Capacity Building Programme Home Grown 2018
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 10/2020-03/2021	Contact: Dept. of Process Analytics and Cereal Science (150i) Prof. Bernd Hitzmann Sendeku Takele Alemneh Melina Effner


Characterization of Diversity in Ethiopian Honey bees
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Aksum University, Ethiopia Funding period: 01 Oct 2017 - Sept 2021	Contact: Dept. of Livestock Population Genomics (460h) Prof. Dr. Martin Hasselmann Additional information

Grain quality characteristics of Ethiopian barley genotypes as affected by climate change
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University Funding period: 07/2017-12/2020	Contact: Dept. of Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology (320b) apl. Prof. Dr. Petra Högy Additional information


Water-People-Agriculture (WPA) (WPA Paolo Mori)
Ethiopia	Funding program: Anton & Petra Ehrmann Foundation Funding period: 01 Jan 2017 - 31 Apr 2020	Contact: Dept. of Physics and Meteorology (120a) Prof. Dr. Wulfmeyer Dr. Warrach-Sagi


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
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2017	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger (490d) Habtamu Demilew Yismaw


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
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding period: 2009-2015	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim PD Dr. rer. nat. Veronika Scherbaum (140a) Semaw Ferede Abera


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
Ethiopia; Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2015	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch (490e) Eric Koomson


Methane gas emissions from tropical ruminant animals
Ethiopia	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Cooperation partner(s): Hawassa University, College of Agriculture Funding period: 6/2013-11/2014	Contact: Dept. of Animal Nutrition (460e) Prof. Dr. M. Rodehutscord Prof. A. Melesse Additional information


Effects of improving the quality of food staples with vitamins A and D, and zinc on treatment outcomes in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2013	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. med. H.K. Biesalski (140a) Tibebeselassie Keflie


Environmentally friendly conversion methods for by-products from primary coffee processing
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2013	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller (440e) Bilhate Chala


Innovative propagation technologies: Production of high quality banana planting material for multi-purpose crop cultivation in Sub-Sahara Africa
Uganda	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2013	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Jens Wünsche (340f) Elyeza Bakaze


The Role of Index-Based Livestock insurance on Food Security and Livelihoods Among Pastoralists in Northern Kenya
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding begin: 2013	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza (530a) Samuel Mburu


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
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2012	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. med. H.K. Biesalski (140a) Lucy Kariuki


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
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2012	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch (490e) Esther Muema


Estimating Sustainable Rangeland Productivity Under Different Herbivore Pressure And Climate Change Scenarios
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2012	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Dr. Habil. A.C. Treydte (490f) Samuel Tuffa Kawo


Adaption to climate change: Land management strategies for improving food security
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger (490d) Tesfamichael Wossen


Understanding the role of plant growth promoting bacteria on sorghum growth and biotic suppression of Striga infestation
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauerborn (490f) Lenard Mounde


Physiological mechanism contribute to efficient use of water in field tomato under partial root-zone drying irrigation and potassium fertilizer
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller (440e) Ashinie Bogale Gonfa


Impacts of the fungal bio-control agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae on plant beneficial microbial communities in the maize rhizosphere
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch (490e) Mary Musyoki


Increasing resource use efficiency by including Amaranthus thunbergii and Tylosema esculentum in sorghum and cow pea cropping systems in Botswana
Botswana	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch (490g) Rohan Orford


Characterization of Genetic Variation among Ethiopian Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Genotypes
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Karl J. Schmid (350b) Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew


Maximizing food security potential through Genotype x Environment Interaction Study on Ethiopian Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)) Ecotype
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Karl J. Schmid (350b) Getu Bekele Gedefa


Prediction of soil properties for agricultural and environmental applications from infrared and X-ray soil spectral properties
Kenya	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2010	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch (490e) Erick Towett


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
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding begin: 2011	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch (490e) Kefyalew Sahle Kibret


2010; East Africa; Ethiopia; Contribution of Cattle and Dairy Products to Smallholder Farming Systems, Household Income and Nutrition in southern Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2010	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate (490h) Sintayehu Yigrem Mersha


Climate change, cattle herd vulnerability and food insecurity: Adaptation through livestock diverstification in the Borana pastoral system of Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2010	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate (490h) Bekele Megersa Bati


Towards understanding the genetics of tolerance to low soil phosphorus conditions in West African pearl millet
Ethiopia	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2010	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Albrecht Melchinger (350a) Dorcus Gemenet Chepkesis

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