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Projects and scholarships of the University of Hohenheim in North Africa

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Quinoa as a climate-smart crop diversification option for higher income generation from marginal lands in the Mediterranean
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia	Funding program: Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Cooperation partner(s): Centre de Biotechnologie, Technopole Borj Cédria, Hammam-Lif (CBBC), Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP), Algodonera Del Sur Sa, Moreno Ruiz Hermanos S L (MRH), Mohamed Premier University in Oujda (MPUO), Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II Department of Production, Protection and Biotechnology, University of Kasdi Merbah Ouargla (UKMO), ITDAS, CIRAD Funding period: Jun 2022 - May 2025	Contact: Dept. of Physiology of Yield Stability (340k) Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sandra Schmöckel Prof. Dr. Karl Schmid Laila Eleraky Dr. Irene Huber

I-WALAMAR – Sustainable Technologies and Services for Water and Land Management in Morocco
Morocco	Funding program: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Cooperation partner(s): Université Moulay Ismail, Meknès; Agro-pôle Olivier, Meknès; École nationale d'agriculture de Meknès; IAV Institut Agronomique et Véterinaier Hassan II, Rabat; Agence du Bassin Hydraulique de Sebou (ABH Sebou), Fèz; Régie Autonome de Distribution Eau et Electricité Meknès (RADEM), Meknès; OLEAFOOD Meknès; Bensoltana, Chaouia-Quardigha Funding period: 1 July 2019 - 30 December 2022	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller Dr. Sebastian Romuli Dr. Klaus Meissner

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

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

Medwaste
Morocco, Tunisia	Funding program: German Aerospace Center (DLR) Cooperation partner(s): Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakeck; University of Sfax, Tunisia Funding period: 01 June 2017 - 31 May 2020	Contact: Dept. of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources (440f) Prof. Dr. Andrea Kruse Dennis Jung

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


Tilapia value chains for the poor: testing sustainable practices
Egypt	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): The WorldFish in Cairo Funding period: 2015-2019	Contact: Dept. of Food Chemistry (170b) Prof. Dr. Vetter

Field testing of an innovative solar powered milk cooling solution for the higher efficiency of the dairy subsector in Tunisia
Tunisia	Funding program: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Cooperation partner(s): Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie (INRAT), ICARDA Funding period: July 2015 - December 2017	Contact: Dept. of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics (440e) Dipl.-Ing. Victor Torres Toledo Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller M.Sc. Alice-Jaqueline Reineke Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Meissner M.Sc. Farah Mrabet Ute Waldeck


Potential of oxophytodienoic acid reductases for mitigating oxidative stress in transgenic tomato plants
Egypt	Funding program: German Research Foundation (DFG) Cooperation partner(s): Benha University Funding period: 08/2017-10/2017 and 06/2018-09/2018	Contact: Dept. of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (190c) Prof. Dr. Andreas Schaller


Development of organic farming systems in Egypt
Egypt	Funding program: Project planning and implementation suspended due to political situation Cooperation partner(s): SEKEM; Heliopolis University/Cairo	Contact: Center for Organic Farming, University of Hohenheim (ZÖLUH) (309) Helmy Abuleish apl. Prof. Dr. S. Gruber Dr. S. Zikeli (UHoh 309) and other departments

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Scholarships in North Africa

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Abiotic stress resistance in Solanaceous Crops
Egypt	Funding program: Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt Cooperation partner(s): Benha University Funding period: 12/2015-05/2016	Contact: Dept. of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (190c) Prof. Dr. Andreas Schaller


Alleviation of oxidative stress and detoxification of lipid peroxidation products by flavin-dependent oxidoreductases
Egypt	Funding program: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Cooperation partner(s): Cairo University Funding period: 04/2009-12/2012	Contact: Dept. of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (190c) Prof. Dr. Andreas Schaller

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