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SustainSAHEL: Synergetic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel. WP7 Scenario modeling of CSL systems
Burkina Faso, Mail, Senegal	Funding program: EU 2020 Cooperation partner(s): FIBL, Switzerland; AFAAS, Uganda; ISRA, Senegal; Uni Kassel, UBD, Burkina Faso; Minerva HCC Ltd, UK; CPF, Burkina Faso; AOPP, Mali; CSE, Senegal; INERA, Burkina Faso; IRD, France; AA, Belgium; IPR, Mali; IER, Mali; IITA, Nigeria; CIRAD, France; CNCR, Senegal Funding period: 2020-2025	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490e) Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch Dr. Carsten Marohn


The impact of different poultry trade policies on chicken meat value chains in African countries: Insights from Ghana and Senegal
Senegal, Ghana	Funding program: Dissertation project (Thünen Institut) Funding program: 08/2020-07/2024	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural and Food Policy (420a) Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck


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


Investigating the Institutional Environment that Influences the Linkages between Cocoa Farming and Artisanal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): University of Ghana, Accra Funding period: 2020-2023	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Josephine Montford Dr. Christine Bosch


Exploring new pathways of agro-ecological intensification of millet-based subsistence-oriented agriculture in Niger.
Niger	Funding program: McKnight Foundation Cooperation partner(s): INRAN (Institut National de Recherche Agrnonmique du Niger) Funding period: 01 Mar 2019 - 28 Feb 2023	Contact: Dept. of Soil Chemistry and Pedology (310a) Prof. Dr. Ludger Herrmann

The seed ball technology – a transdisciplinary approach to ist development and implementation into Sahelian pearl millet production systems (Seedball – SMIL)
Niger, Senegal	Funding program: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperation partner(s): INRAN (Institut National de Recherche Agrnonmique du Niger) Funding period: 01 Apr 2019 - 30 Sept 2022	Contact: Dept. of Soil Chemistry and Pedology (310a) Prof. Dr. Ludger Herrmann Dr. Hycenth Tim Ndah

LANDYN - Land and labor dynamics in the future of African transformation
Ghana, Tanzania	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Individual research grants Cooperation partner(s): IFPRI Ghana; targeted: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana Funding period: 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021	Contact: Dept. of Bioeconomy (520m) Prof. Dr. Franziska Schünemann

Mercury-AMF - Phytoremediation of mercury-contaminated mining sites in Ghana and Burkina Faso using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Subproject 1: Basic scientific research
Ghana, Burkina Faso	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Project Management Agency DLR Environment and Sustainability Division; CLIENTII - Joint Project Land Management Cooperation partner(s): INOQ GmbH (mycorrhiza products) Germany; Crops Research Institute (CRI) Ghana; West African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (WASCAL) Burkina Faso Funding period: 01 Feb 2019 - 31 Jan 2022	Contact: Dept. of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops (340f) Prof. Dr. Jens Wünsche Dr. Thomas Daum PD Dr. Frank Rasche Ferdinand Adu-Baffour Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Additional information

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


NutritionSec – Food and Nutrition Security and Right to Food
Sierra Leone	Funding program: DAAD Cooperation partner(s): Njala University Funding period: 2017 until today	Contact: Food Security Center Dr. Heinrich Hagel Dr. Nicole Schönleber Prof. Dr. Reiner Doluschitz


Collaborative Crop Research Program
Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali	Funding program: McKnight Foundation Cooperation partner(s): ICRSAT; INRAN; INERA; IER; Institut de Recherches en Sciences Appliquees et Technologies (IRSAT, Burkina Faso); Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi (UDDM, Niger); Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso); Groundswell International; Fédération des Unions de Producteurs de Maradi Gaskiya (FUMA Gaskiya, Niger); Fédération des Unions des Groupements Paysans du Niger (FUGPN-Mooriben, Niger); Association Minim Song Panga (AMSP, Burkina Faso); Association Malienne d'Eveil au Developpement Durable (AMEDD, Mali); Association for the Development of Production and Training Activities (Adaf Galle, Mali) Funding period: 2011 - today	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann Homepage

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


Intra-household resource allocation and cooperation
Burkina Faso	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Funding period: 2017-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Viviane Yameogo Dr. Thomas Daum Prof. Dr. Regina Birner Additional information


Deforestation in cocoa production in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Funding period: 2018-2021	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Eric Kumeh Mensah Dr. Christine Bosch Dr. Athena Birkenberg Additional information

Seedball – Enhancing the yield effect in pearl millet and sorghum and disseminating the technology in West Africa
Niger	Funding program: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Kansas State University Cooperation partner(s): The WorldFish in Cairo Funding program: 1 Oct 2019 - 31 Oct 2021	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Ludger Herrmann


Phytochemical Characterization, Antioxidant Properties and the Mechanism of Actions of Extracts of Three Nigerian Grown Medicinal Plants used in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Nigeria	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Sponsorship and Network Division Cooperation partner(s): Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria: Biochemistry Department Funding period: 01 Aug 2019 - 31 Jan 2020	Contact: Dept. of Quality of Plant Products (340e) Prof. Dr. Christian Zörb

Biopesticides: botanicals and microorganisms for improving agriculture and human health (Book Project)
Nigeria	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Funding period: 06/2019-11/2019	Contact: Dept. of Phytopathology (360a) Dr. Olukayode Orole Prof. Dr. Ralf Vögele

Spatial and temporal variability of root exudate effects on rhizosphere soil microbial community of Nigerian maize
Nigeria	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Funding period: 06/2019-11/2019	Contact: Dept. of Phytopathology (360a) Prof. Dr. Timothy Adejumo Prof. Dr. Ralf Vögele

Molecular identification of Nigerian rice for mycotoxigenic fungi
Nigeria	Funding program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) Funding period: 06/2019-11/2019	Contact: Dept. of Phytopathology (360a) Prof. Dr. Timothy Adejumo Prof. Dr. Ralf Vögele

Hynovation – Hydroponics as an innovative approach to sustainable land and resource management in urban food production
Jordan, Ghana	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): German Jordanian University; University of Ghana Funding period: 2018-2019	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Dr. Jörn Germer


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


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


Performance optimization of a solar press for productive extraction of sesame oil in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso	Funding program: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Cooperation partner(s): GIZ Burkina Faso - Green innovation center (GIZ-BF); Universté Ouaga I, Pr Joseph KI-ZERBO (CRSBAN); Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques (UFR/ST) Funding period: 1 Dec 2016 - 31 Jan 2018	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dr. Victor Torres-Toledo


Governance and institutional challenges of an emerging agro-biomass sector in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): University of Bonn / ZEF Funding period: 2015 - 2018	Contact: Dept. of Food Chemistry (170b) Lilli Scheiterle Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


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


Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems
Guinea	Funding program: Ellrichshausen Foundation Funding period: 2016-2018	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490i) Christian Bateki Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer


Performance optimization of a solar press for the productive extraction of sesame oil in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso	Funding program: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Funding period: 2017	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Dr. sc. agr. Sebastian Romuli Dipl.-Ing. Victor Torres Toledo


Governance of Emerging Biomass-Based Value Webs in Africa: Case Studies from Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): University of Bonn / ZEF Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Dr. Adu Gyamfi Poku Prof. Dr. Birner


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


Bringing the benefits of heterosis to smallholder sorghum and pearl millet farmers in West Africa: Establishing a solid foundation for hybrid development
Niger, Senegal	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): ICRISAT-Niger; ICRISAT-Mali; INRAN; ISRA; IAR-Nigeria Funding period: 2014 - 2017	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann


Easy Molecular Breeding Tools for Accelerating Sorghum Improvement in West Africa
Mali, Nigeria	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): ICRISAT-Mali; IER; IAR Funding period: 2014 - 2016	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann


Impact of fertilizer subsidy program on farm level productivity and food security: A case study of rice producers in northern Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: GRiSP (Global Rice Science Partnership; led by IRRI) Cooperation partner(s): AfricaRice Funding period: 2012 - 2015	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

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


Assessing the impact of improved rice-based technology adoption on household food security in The Gambia
The Gambia	Funding program: GRiSP (Global Rice Science Partnership; led by IRRI) Cooperation partner(s): AfricaRice Funding program: 2012 - 2015	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490a) Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller

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


Options for Mechanizing Smallholder Production Systems in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): John Deere Company Funding period: 2014	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490c) Prof. Dr. Regina Birner


Tackling abiotic production constraints in pearl millet and sorghum-based agricultural systems of the West African Sahel
Egypt	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): ICRISAT-Niger; ICRISAT-Mali, INRAN, INERA, IER, ISRA Funding period: 2010 - 2013	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann


Understanding the present distribution of parasitic weeds of the genus Striga and predicting its potential future geographic distribution in the light of climate and land use change
Mali, Niger	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) Bamako, Mali, ICRISAT Niamey, Niger Funding period: 2010-2012	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490f) Prof. Dr. Joachim Sauerborn

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


Mobilizing Regional Diversity for Creating New Potential for Pearl Millet and Sorghum Farmers in West and Central Africa
Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics -Sahelian Centre (ICRISAT-SC, Niger); ICRISAT (Mali); Lake Chad Research Institute (LCRI, Nigeria); Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR, Nigeria); Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN, Niger); Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA, Burkina Faso; Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER, Mali); Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA, Senegal) Funding period: 2006 - 2009	Contact: Dept. of Plant Breeding (350a) Prof. Dr. Bettina Haussmann


Sustainable options for agriculture in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: fiat panis Ulm Foundation, Sabab Lou Foundation, Ausgleichsstiftung Landwirtschaft und Umwelt, Anton and Petra Ehrmann Foundation, University of Hohenheim	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490g and 490i) Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer


Contribution of local cattle breeds to household income and food security in southern Mali
Email	Funding program: DAAD Cooperation partner(s): International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Contact: Hans Ruthenberg Institute (490h) Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate M.Sc. Sékou Traoré Dr. Christoph Reiber

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Scholarships in West Africa

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Improving the micronutrient status of children 12 to 24 months of age
Sierra Leone	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding begin: 2017	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Jan Frank (140b) Memuna Kadie Sawi


Restoration of degraded mined sites for agricultural production in Ghana
Ghana	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2015	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof. Dr. Jens Wünsche (340f) Enoch Opoku


Fertilization strategies to improve the plant growth-promoting potential of microbial bio-effectors
Ghana	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Fiat Panis Foundation Funding begin: 2015	Contact: Food Security Center (FSC) University of Hohenheim Prof Dr. Guenter Neumann (340h) Isaac Mpanga


Critical periods for weed control in maize
Bénin	Funding program: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Cooperation partner(s): (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Bénin) Funding period: 2010-2014	Contact: Dept. of Weed Science (360b) Dr. Geoffroy Gantoli (GIZ Bénin)


Field evaluation of high- and low-tech tissue culture media derived plantain seedlings (Musa AAB) in grower’s community
Ghana	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) John Opata

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