"International Conference of Agricultural Economists: A chance to cement #India-#Africa partnership in food security The two can learn much from each others experience, especially in ensuring quality nutrition to children under five" The Indian Express ➡️bit.ly/4cgChUg

+++ New Research Paper +++ In this paper published in Food Policy, ZEF alumna Pallavi Rajkhowa and Suman Chakrabarti explore the relationship between temperature and dietary diversity of children in the age group of 6 to 23 months. Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

"Natural disasters and migration - a correlation?" This research question is asked by our researchers Eva Youkhana & Rabia Chaudhry in t/ case of t/ 2022 floods in rural Punjab, #Pakistan. Our study reveals complexities & challenges prevailing narratives ➡️bit.ly/WP-234

We develop new geocoded metrics of food environments & link these to child diet & nutrition data in Malawi. Food market variety is positively associated with child dietary diversity & negatively associated with stunting. Congrats Vivien Hülsen. OA paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

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Emmanuel Derbile completed his PhD at ZEF in 2010 & is still very connected: “When it comes to promoting internationalization, the ZEF-led West African Center for Sustainable Rural Transformation (WAC-SRT) has been at the forefront in Ghana’s universities” bit.ly/zef25-Derbile

“My best memory of ZEF is the day I defended my PhD thesis and graduated in 2012. It was a very special and rewarding moment for me, as I had worked hard and overcome many challenges to complete my research and dissertation”, says Alumnus A. Tahmasebi ➡️ bit.ly/Tahmasebi

Rabia Chaudhry says about her time as PhD at ZEF: “Effective and implementable research needs to be interdisciplinary in nature”. ➡️Read more about her research in the interview here: bit.ly/zef25-Chaudhury FCCU Official #zef25years #ZEFalumni

"Incomplete infrastructure is both a challenge and a catalyst for innovation; but without mindful governance, this flexibility can lead to fragility" says Garjay Innis on their new research paper on stable #electricity in #Monrovia ➡️bit.ly/3AwEfms

The AFAS Summer School has started! 🎒 After a welcome by Prof. Borgemeister and an introduction by the #DAAD we are starting the day by a presentation on Science for Development by Prof. Borgemeister. Stay tuned for more updates!

On 29 August, #BCDSS #PhDResearcher David B. Smith will give a talk on "Intersectionality and Asymmetrical Dependencies: Theoretical Explorations and Case Studies in Religion" at the Center for Development Research (ZEF). 👉 ow.ly/3Qwx50T7n6y @unibonn DFG public | @[email protected] ZEF

In the latest blog post, ZEF researchers Asrat AG and Eva Youkhana take you to the Konso Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in #Ethiopia. Read more about the "Local Dynamics of UNESCO World Heritage Sites" project➡️ blog.zef.de/?p=8738

Using data from Ethiopia, we show that drought shocks reduce agr. yields & lead to off-farm labor reallocation. Yet, off-farm employment opportunities are rare. Strengthening the non-farm economy is important to enhance climate resilience in rural Africa. doi.org/10.1093/erae/j…

"More efficient regulation and broader acceptance could lead to many new GMO and gene-edited traits with unambiguously positive environmental effects", argue ZEF director Matin Qaim and Noack et al. in a new review article in Science Magazine. ➡️ doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Join us this Thursday at 1:30 PM CEST for ZEF's Public Lecture on "Women, technology, and water: Creating new waterscapes with commercialization of drinking water" by ZEF Senior Researcher Anindita Sarkar Read more about the hybrid lecture➡️ bit.ly/ZEF_PL_0509

In a new research paper in Global Food Security ZEF One Health Junior Researcher Janosch Klemm and colleagues from World Food Programme explore how assortment, relative and absolute food prices relate to the dietary intake of children aged 6–23 months. Read it here➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.…

#zef25years #zefPartners Mekuria Argaw is a ZEF-alumnus and Executive Director of the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network HoA-REC&N, Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Read his ZEF partner statement: ➡️ bit.ly/zef25-Argaw

The #INTERFACES Project Team will host a #KM Workshop as part of #Tropentag2024 at the BOKU University in Austria The workshop is fully on-site, to aid enhance individual research, innovation and policy decision making for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa 🔗sustainable-landmanagement-africa.net

#zef25years #zefPartners Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst is Head of the Division for International Nature Conservation at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation BundesNaturschutzAmt in Bonn. Read her ZEF partner statement ➡️ bit.ly/zef25-Hedden-D…

#zef25years #zefPartners Adamou Rabani is Rector of the Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, Niger and Coordinator of two WASCAL - Climate Change Centre of Excellence Studies Programs. Read his ZEF partner statement ➡️bit.ly/zef25-Rabani