Centre for Development Research (ZEF)
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) was founded in 1995 and started its actual research activities in 1997. ZEF's research aims at finding solutions to global development issues.
Parent institution:
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn Details of Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn
Address
Centre for Development Research (ZEF)
Walter-Flex-Str. 3
D-53113 Bonn
North Rhine-Westphalia
Phone: +49 (0) 228 / 73-19 71
Fax: :+49 (0) 228 / 73-19 72
email: presse.zef(@)uni-bonn.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Crosscutting Themes
- Ecological Resources
- Economic Resources
- Political and Cultural Resources
Coordinated projects
- GlobE - Enhancing food security in Africa through increased system productivity: the transformation of food based value chains in biomass-based value-added networks (BiomassWeb) Details of GlobE - Enhancing food security in Africa through increased system productivity: the transformation of food based value chains in biomass-based value-added networks (BiomassWeb)
- Importance of biological sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) levels in tropical soils Details of Importance of biological sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) levels in tropical soils
- Protection and exploitation of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the mountain rain forests of Ethiopia Details of Protection and exploitation of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the mountain rain forests of Ethiopia
- Smallholders in the Amazon region: correlation between ecosystem and social system in use and protection of tropical forests Details of Smallholders in the Amazon region: correlation between ecosystem and social system in use and protection of tropical forests
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.3 Adapting to water scarcity, uncertainty, and the effect of changing climate patterns – coping strategies and their impacts Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.3 Adapting to water scarcity, uncertainty, and the effect of changing climate patterns – coping strategies and their impacts
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.6 Status of biodiversity as Indicator for Ecosystem Resilience in West Africa Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 2.6 Status of biodiversity as Indicator for Ecosystem Resilience in West Africa
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.2 Economic Evaluation of Farming Systems Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.2 Economic Evaluation of Farming Systems
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.3 Farmers´ priorities and perceptions of climate change and the evaluation of local adaptation strategies Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 3.3 Farmers´ priorities and perceptions of climate change and the evaluation of local adaptation strategies
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.1 Population dynamics Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.1 Population dynamics
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.2 Local Markets Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.2 Local Markets
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.3 Income from Carbon Markets Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.3 Income from Carbon Markets
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.4 Politics of Adaptation Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 4.4 Politics of Adaptation
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 5.2 Economic Evaluation of Risk Management Strategies Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 5.2 Economic Evaluation of Risk Management Strategies
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.1 Development of a spatially explicit framework for land use impact modeling based on trade-off- and multi criteria analysis Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.1 Development of a spatially explicit framework for land use impact modeling based on trade-off- and multi criteria analysis
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.2 Agent-based models for integrated assessment Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use). Work Package 6.2 Agent-based models for integrated assessment
Involved in research projects:
- (CP) Planning and evaluating ensembles of small, multi-purpose reservoirs for the improvement of smallholder livelihooods and food security: tools and procedures Details of (CP) Planning and evaluating ensembles of small, multi-purpose reservoirs for the improvement of smallholder livelihooods and food security: tools and procedures
- Development of conservation agriculture technologies for adoption by smallholders in Central Asia Details of Development of conservation agriculture technologies for adoption by smallholders in Central Asia
- Facilitating the widespread adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in maize-based systems in Eastern and Southern Africa Details of Facilitating the widespread adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in maize-based systems in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Improving Water Productivity of Crop-Livestock Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa Details of Improving Water Productivity of Crop-Livestock Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Quantitative political-economic modelling agricultural decision-making processes on the example of European agricultural policy in the context of EU enlargement Details of Quantitative political-economic modelling agricultural decision-making processes on the example of European agricultural policy in the context of EU enlargement
- Re-thinking water storage for climate change adaptation for sub-Saharan Africa (CLIMATE CHANGE) Details of Re-thinking water storage for climate change adaptation for sub-Saharan Africa (CLIMATE CHANGE)
- The capacity of agriculture to adjust to economic crisis and environmental shocks in Thailand and Vietnam Details of The capacity of agriculture to adjust to economic crisis and environmental shocks in Thailand and Vietnam
- The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought: Towards an integrated global assessment of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Details of The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought: Towards an integrated global assessment of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought
- Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality for Central Asia Details of Utilization of wild relatives of wheat in developing salinity tolerant winter wheat with improved quality for Central Asia
Coordinated collaborative projects:
- WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) Research Program Details of WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) Research Program