Middle East

Program 3: Land and water use for agriculture in the Middle East: Economic, social and ecological dimensions

Research projects:

(1)  Bedouines and the steppe

• Desertification of the steppe
• Bedouines in transition

(2)  Water resources, irrigation policies and re-use of water

• Water resources and allocation policies in the Middle East
• Linkages between water resources and land use and environmental impacts
• The economics of re-use of water

(3)  Integrating a balanced ecology in rural development

Hohenheim researcher involved:

Research project (1): Ralf Wachholtz, Martin Maurer, Andrea Pape-Christiansen, Werner Doppler

Research project (2): Ulrich März, Raid Al-Baqain, Andrea Pape-Christiansen, Werner Doppler, Mohammad Majdalawi, Thameen Hijawi, Asem Hasan Nabulsi, Ahmed Abu Shaban, Heinz-Peter Wolff, Amr Salman, Mohamed Awad, Salwa Almohamed

Research project (3): Marwan Owaygen, Amani AlAssaf

Publications: 

Books: 4

PhD theses:  16

Reviewed articles: 55

Funding:

   External Funding:  BMZ, BMZ/ICARDA, DAAD, GTZ, IDRC, IFAD, ICARDA

   Internal funding: Universities of Hohenheim, Amman, Aleppo, Alexandra

Co-operation

ICARDA, ACSAD, universities in Aleppo, Amman, Balamand (Lebanon), Alexandra