Previous research projects starting 2011

Di­ver­si­ty Turn in Land Use Sci­ence

This project studied the importance of social diversity for sustainable land use innovations using the example of vanilla farming in Madagascar >>>Details

Volkswagen Foundation (2016 - 2021)

BMZ Greenhouse gases - Kenya

In situ assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cattle production systems in East Africa >>> Details

BMZ (2015-2018)

UrbanFoodPlus - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali

African-German partnership to enhance resource use efficiency and improve food security in urban and peri-urban agriculture of West African cities >>> Details

BMBF (2013-2018) 

WATERCOPE - China, Mongolia

Supporting national research capacity and policy development to cope with dwindling water resources and intensifying land use in the transborder Altay-Dzungarian region of Mongolia and China >>> Details

IFAD (2011-2016)

SuLaMa - Madagascar

Participatory research to support sustainable land management on the Mahafaly Plateau in southwestern Madagascar >>> Details

BMBF (2011 - 2015)