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GlobE - African-German partnership to enhance resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban agriculture for improved food security in West African cities (UrbanFood-Plus)
Collaborative Project
Project code:
031A242A bis 031A242D
Contract period:
01.05.2013
- 30.04.2016
Budget:
4286774 Euro
Coordinating institution:
Dept. of Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics
African food security not only depends on productivity increases in marginal rural areas, but also on a more efficient use of niche environments such as (peri-)urban zones where due to close market linkages between producers and consumers innovations are more easily adopted. There urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) covers 5% to 36% of a city’s total food supply and up to 90% of its fresh vegetable consumption. However, little is known about how to overcome problems in resource use efficiencies, negative externalities, and UPA-related income effects on gender or different population groups. The multi-disciplinary UrbanFoodPlus network of German, African, and international scientists, private sector representatives, and stakeholders aims at developing site-specific, farmer-tailored innovations for improved agricultural production, food safety, and value chains in four major West African cities. On-farm experiments, workshops, and policy dialogue will allow to detect bottlenecks in UPA production and marketing chains, and identify and test-implement options to overcome them. An International Graduate School will enhance scientific capacity building and knowledge transfer.
Collaborative Projects
Project management and coordination, Agronomy, Livestock Production
Leading institution:
Dept. of Organic Plant Production and Agroecosystems Research in the Tropics and Subtropics
Research projects
Soil productivity, Wastewater engineering, Economics
Leading institution:
Geography Department
Research projects
Social anthropology
Leading institution:
Institute of Ethnology
Research projects
Food security assessment
Leading institution:
Department of Physical Geography
