German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL)
The German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) has the legal status of a company of limited liability (GmbH) operating on a non-profit basis. Major shareholders are the University of Kassel, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Hessen. In accordance with her statutes DITSL fosters sustainable rural development in the Third World and countries in the process of industrialisation.
Address
German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL)
Steinstraße 19
37213 Witzenhausen
Hesse
Phone: + 49 (0) 5542 / 607-0
Fax: + 49 (0) 5542 / 607-39
email: info(@)ditsl.org
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Low external input and organic farming practices
- Resource management in agro-ecosystems
- Technology transfer and capacity building
Networks:
- German agricultural research alliance (DAFA)
Coordinated projects
- Conservation and rural development: opportunities and risks of different development paths of smallholder farming systems (ECOL C) Details of Conservation and rural development: opportunities and risks of different development paths of smallholder farming systems (ECOL C)
- Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas Details of Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas
Involved in research projects:
- Developing and initiating the implementation of AVRDC's organic vegetable program Details of Developing and initiating the implementation of AVRDC's organic vegetable program
- Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists to climatic change in West and Southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach (CLIMATE CHANGE) Details of Supporting the vulnerable: Increasing the adaptive capacity of agro-pastoralists to climatic change in West and Southern Africa using a transdisciplinary research approach (CLIMATE CHANGE)