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Impact Assessments for Food Security-Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (IA-Africa)
Project
Project code: ZALF-803
Contract period: 01.12.2012
- 31.12.2016
Purpose of research: Networks and research co-ordination
Consolidation of existing expertise at ZALF and of generated knowledge as well as research findings (survey data, focus group results, statistics) for realization of publications of professional articles
Development and expansion of the working group 'Sub-Saharan Africa' and the cross-sectional project “Food Security Africa” through acquisition of third-party funds
Consolidation of this working group and strategy development for a sustainable maintenance of the established expertise at ZALF
Section overview
Subjects
- Agricultural Policy
- Nutritional behaviour
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Research projects by subject
| Subject | Ongoing Projects | Finished Projects | All Projects |
| sort | sort | sort | sort |
| Animal production | 266 | 3637 | 3903 |
| Ecology | 399 | 2935 | 3334 |
| Fisheries and Aquaculture | 95 | 509 | 604 |
| Food technology | 77 | 1963 | 2040 |
| Forestry | 59 | 1490 | 1549 |
| Interdisciplinary Subjects | 711 | 6975 | 7686 |
| Nutritional Science | 152 | 1412 | 1564 |
| Plant production | 685 | 6666 | 7351 |
| Socioeconomics | 61 | 1315 | 1376 |
A collaborative project describes a research plan of a researcher network. It includes several projects, work packages or subprojects. Coordination of the research areas and sub-projects is carried out by a research institution or a work package leader.
The subjects of agriculture and nutritional sciences in FISA are structured as follows:
Plant production
Crop Production, Plant Breeding, Plant Nutrition, Crop Protection, Agricultural Engineering in Plant Production, Grassland, Arboriculture, Horticulture, Vegetable Gardening, Viticulture, and Specialised crops.
Animal production
Animal breeding, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Technology Animal Production, Animal health, Animal nutrition, Special animal species, Beekeeping and health, and Farm animal behaviour.
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Freshwater fisheries, Pond fisheries, Marine fisheries, Raceways systems, Recirculation systems, and Mariculture.
Forestry
Silviculture, Forestry, Wildlife Biology, Forestry Technology, and Forest genetics.
Ecology
Agricultural hydrology, Agricultural Meteorology, Agroecology, Landscape Planning, Soil science, and Organic Farming.
Socioeconomics
Agricultural Policy, Market Analysis, Business administration, Agricultural Sociology, Agroeconomics, and Rural history.
Nutritional Science
Physiology of Nutrition, Home Economics, Nutritional behaviour, and Toxicology.
Interdisciplinary Subjects
Process engineering, Communication Sciences, Biotechnology, Resource management, Genetic Resources, Renewable Resources, Climate Change, and Computer science.
Food technology
Food Chemistry, Food Processing, and Food microbiology.
