Prof. Dr. Regina Birner

Head of Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development (490c) [Professor (holding a chair)]

  • Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute) (490) [Deputy managing director]
  • Hohenheim Tropen [Member]
  • Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences [Dean of studies]
Foto : Uni Hohenheim/Florian Gerlach

Office address:
Wollgrasweg 43, 138
University of Hohenheim
70599 Stuttgart

Phone: +49 711 - 459 23517
Fax: +49 711 - 459 23812
E-Mail: Regina.Birner@uni-hohenheim.de

 

Postal address:
University of Hohenheim
Department of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development (490c)
D-70593 Stuttgart

Regina Birner leitet seit 2010 den Lehrstuhl „Sozialer und institutioneller Wandel in der landwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung“ an der Universität Hohenheim. In Forschung und Lehre befasst sie sich mit Politikmaßnahmen und Institutionen, die aus globaler Perspektive für Ernährungssicherheit und landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung von Bedeutung sind. Sie verfügt über mehr als 25 Jahre empirische Forschungserfahrung zu kleinbäuerlichen Betriebssystemen in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika und hat in diesem Bereich zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen. Ihre neueste Forschung befasst sich mit digitalen Innovationen in der Landwirtschaft. Regina Birner ist Co-Sprecherin der Zukunftskommission Landwirtschaft (ZKL)
und Mitglied des Beirats für Agrar- und Ernährungspolitik des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL). Von 2012 bis 2023 war sie Mitglied des Bioökonomierats der Bundesregierung. Sie berät auch internationale Organisationen, darunter die Weltbank und die Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsorganisation (FAO) der Vereinten Nationen.

Regina Birner hat an der TU-München-Weihenstephan Agrarwissenschaften studiert. An der Universität Göttingen hat sie im Fach “Sozialökonomik der landwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung” promoviert und im Fach Agrarökonomie habilitiert.

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Title Authors In: Year Type
Hybrid intelligence for reconciling biodiversity and productivity in agriculture Berger, Thomas; Gimpel, Henner; Stein, Anthony; Troost, Christian; Asseng, Sentholt; Bichler, Martin; Bieling, Claudia; Birner, Regina; Grass, Ingo; Kollmann, Johannes; Leonhardt, Sara Diana; Schurr, Frank M.; Weisser, Wolfgang Nature food, 5 (270–272). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2024 Journal Article
Strengthening the accountability of agricultural field agents: a principal-agent perspective Namyenya, Angella; Rwamigisa, Patience B.; Birner, Regina The journal of agricultural education and extension, 30 (363–386). Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2024 Journal Article
Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming Daum, Thomas; Baudron, Frédéric; Birner, Regina; Qaim, Matin; Grass, Ingo Biological conservation, 284 (1–14). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2023 Journal Article
Digitalization, sustainability, and coffee. Opportunities and challenges for agricultural development Hidalgo, Francisco; Quiñones-Ruiz, Xiomara F.; Birkenberg, Athena; Daum, Thomas; Bosch, Christine; Hirsch, Patrick; Birner, Regina Agricultural systems, 208 (103660). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2023 Journal Article
Entering the digital research age: Investigating the effectiveness of visual digital tools in agricultural research Kawerau, Laura; Birkenberg, Athena; Daum, Thomas; Butele, Cosmas Alfred; Birner, Regina Field methods,  (1–18). Place: Thousand Oaks, CA Publisher: SAGE Publications 2023 Journal Article
Nutrition-sensitive lockdowns: conceptual framework and empirical insights from Africa during COVID-19 Daum, Thomas; Biesalski, Hans Konrad; Blaschke, Nikola; Bosch, Christine; Güttler, Denise; Heni, Jakob; Kariuki, Juliet; Katusiime, Roseline; Seidel, Anna; Senon, Zinsou-Narcisse; Woode, George; Birner, Regina Development policy review, 41 (1–20). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2023 Journal Article
Unpacking the behavioral intentions of ‘emergent farmers’ towards mechanized conservation agriculture in Zambia Omulo, Godfrey; Daum, Thomas; Köller, Karlheinz; Birner, Regina Land use policy, 136 (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2023 Journal Article
Analysing the performance of agricultural extension managers: a case study from Uganda Namyenya, Angella; Zeller, Manfred; Rwamigisa, Patience B.; Birner, Regina The journal of agricultural education and extension, 28 (363–389). Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2022 Journal Article
E-diary: a digital tool for strengthening accountability in agricultural extension Namyenya, Angella; Daum, Thomas; Rwamigisa, Patience B.; Birner, Regina Information technology for development, 28 (319–345). Place: Abingdon Publisher: Routledge 2022 Journal Article
Gender relations in smallholder cattle production in Zambia Lubungu, Mary; Birner, Regina World development perspectives, 22 (100309). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Livestock diversification for improved resilience and welfare outcomes under climate risks in Kenya Ngigi, Marther W.; Müller, Ulrike; Birner, Regina The European journal of development research, 33 (1625–1648). Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2021 Journal Article
Ten people-centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration Elias, Marlène; Kandel, Matt; Mansourian, Stephanie; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Crossland, Mary; Joshi, Deepa; Kariuki, Juliet; Lee, Lynn C.; McElwee, Pamela; Sen, Amrita; Sigman, Emily; Singh, Ruchika; Adamczyk, Emily M.; Addoah, Thomas; Agaba, Genevieve; Alare, Rahinatu S.; Anderson, Will; Arulingam, Indika; Bellis, SGiids Kung Vanessa; Birner, Regina; De Silva, Sanjiv; Dubois, Mark; Duraisami, Marie; Featherstone, Mike; Gallant, Bryce; Hakhu, Arunima; Irvine, Robyn; Kiura, Esther; Magaju, Christine; McDougall, Cynthia; McNeill, Gwiisihlgaa Daniel; Nagendra, Harini; Nghi, Tran Huu; Okamoto, Daniel K.; Paez Valencia, Ana Maria; Pagella, Tim; Pontier, Ondine; Post, Miranda; Saunders, Gary W.; Schreckenberg, Kate; Shelar, Karishma; Sinclair, Fergus; Gautam, Rajendra S.; Spindel, Nathan B.; Unnikrishnan, Hita; Wilson, Gulxa taa’a gaagii ng.aang Nadine; Winowiecki, Leigh Restoration ecology, 30 (1–8). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2021 Journal Article
The potential of carbon neutral labeling to engage coffee consumers in climate change mitigation Birkenberg, Athena; Narjes, Manuel; Weinmann, Bettina; Birner, Regina Journal of cleaner production, 278 (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Using smartphone app collected data to explore the link between mechanization and intra‐household allocation of time in Zambia Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina Agriculture and human values, 38 (411–429). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2021 Journal Article
Who drives the digital revolution in agriculture?: A review of supply-side trends, players and challenges Birner, Regina; Daum, Thomas; Pray, Carl E. Applied economic perspectives and policy, 43 (1260–1285). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2021 Journal Article
Factors determining the loan repayment performance of a government microcredit program for the handloom weavers in Bangladesh Parvin, Tania; Birner, Regina; Mila, Farhana Arefeen International journal of business & management science, 10 (101–116). Place: Gatton Publisher: Society for Alliance, Fidelity & Advancement 2020 Journal Article
Stimulating smallholder dairy market and livestock feed improvements through local innovation platforms in the Himalayan foothills of India Ravichandran, Thanammal; Teufel, Nils; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina; Duncan, Alan J. Food policy, 95 (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2020 Journal Article
Assessment of Ghana’s Comparative Advantage in Maize Production and the Role of Fertilizers Scheiterle, Lilli; Birner, Regina Sustainability, . Place: Basel Publisher: MDPI 2018 Journal Article
From Commodity-Based Value Chains to Biomass-Based Value Webs: The Case of Sugarcane in Brazil’s Bioeconomy Scheiterle, Lilli; Ulmer, Alina; Birner, Regina; Pyka, Andreas Journal of cleaner production, 172 (3851–3863). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2018 Journal Article
Is Africa ready to develop a competitive bioeconomy? The case of the cassava value web in Ghana Poku, Adu-Gyamfi; Birner, Regina; Gupta, Saurabh Journal of cleaner production, 200 (134–147). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2018 Journal Article
Making Contract Farming Arrangements Work in Africa’s Bioeconomy: Evidence from Cassava Outgrower Schemes in Ghana Poku, Adu-Gyamfi; Birner, Regina; Gupta, Saurabh Sustainability, 10 (1–21, Artikiel). Place: Basel Publisher: MDPI 2018 Journal Article
Smartphone apps as a new method to collect data on smallholder farming systems in the digital age: A case study from Zambia Daum, Thomas; Buchwald, Hannes; Gerlicher, Ansgar; Birner, Regina Computers and electronics in agriculture, . Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2018 Journal Article
Can Grassroots Mobilisation of the Poorest Reduce Corruption? A Tale of Governance Reforms and Struggle against Petty Corruption in Bihar, India Verma, J.; Gupta, S.; Birner, R. Development and change,  (339–363). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2017 Journal Article
Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-based Approaches: An Intra-household Analysis from Rural Kenya Ngigi, M. W.; Mueller, U.; Birner, R. Ecological economics,  (9–9). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2017 Journal Article
To eradicate or not to eradicate? Recommendations on Prosopis juliflora management in Afar, Ethiopia, from an interdisciplinary perspective Ilukor, J.; Rettberg, S.; Treydte, A. C.; Birner, R. Pastoralism, 6 (14–22). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2016 Journal Article
To Eradicate or Not to Eradicate? Recommendations on Prosopis Juliflora Management in Afar, Ethiopia, from an Interdisciplinary Perspective Ilukor, J.; Rettberg, S.; Treydte, A.; Birner, R. 2016 Book Section
Donors and Domestic Policy Makers: Two Worlds in Agricultural Policy-Making? Mockshell, J.; Birner, R. Food policy,  (1–14). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2015 Journal Article
The Provision of Veterinary Services: Who are the Influential Actors and What are the Governance Challenges? A Case Study of Uganda. Ilukor, J.; Birner, R.; Rwamigisa, P. B.; Nantima, N. Experimental agriculture, 51 (408 – 434). Place: Cambridge Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2015 Journal Article
Determinants of referrals from paraprofessionals to veterinarians in Uganda and Kenya Ilukor, J.; Nielsen, T.; Birner, R. Preventive veterinary medicine, 114 (164–173). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2014 Journal Article
Nachhaltige ressourceneffiziente Erhöhung der Flächenproduktivität: Zukunftsoptionen der deutschen Agrarökosystemforschung. Grundsatzpapier der DFG Senatskommission für Agrarökosystemforschung Wolters, V.; Isselstein, J.; Stützel, H.; Ordon, F.; van Haaren, C.; Schlecht, E.; Wesseler, J.; Birner, R.; von Lützow, M.; Brüggemann, N.; Diekkrüger, B.; Fangmeier, A.; Flessa, H.; Kage, H.; Kaupenjohann, M.; Kögel-Knabner, I.; Mosandl, R.; Seppelt, R. Journal für Kulturpflanzen = Journal of cultivated plants, 66 (225–236). Place: Stuttgart Publisher: Verlag Eugen Ulmer 2014 Journal Article
Amendment of the Fertiliser Application Ordinance: Limiting Nutrient Surpluses Effectively Taube, F.; Balmann, A.; Bauhus, J.; Birner, R.; Bokelmann, W.; Christen, O.; Gauly, M.; Grethe, H.; Holm-Müller, K.; Horst, W.; Knierim, U.; Nieberg, H.; Latacz-Lohmann, U.; Qaim, M.; Spiller, A.; Täuber, S.; Weingarten, P.; Wiesler, F. Berichte über Landwirtschaft, Sonderheft 219 (1–12). Place: Stuttgart Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag 2013 Journal Article
Assessing the sustainability of different small-scale livestock production systems in the Afar region, Ethiopia Atanga, N. L.; Treydte, A. C.; Birner, R. Land, 2 (726–755). Place: Basel Publisher: MDPI 2013 Journal Article
Assessing the Sustainability of Different Small-Scale Livestock Production Systems in the Afar Region, Ethiopia. Atanga, N.; Treydte, A.; Birner, R. Land, 2(4) (726–755). Place: Basel Publisher: MDPI 2013 Journal Article
Pastoralism and ecosystem‐based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand Osano, Philip M.; Said, Mohammed Y.; Leeuw, Jan; Moiko, Stephen S.; Kaelo, Dickson Ole; Schomers, Sarah; Birner, Regina; Ogutu, Joseph O. International journal of climate change strategies and management, 5 (198–214). Place: Bingley Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing 2013 Journal Article
Why keep lions instead of livestock? Assessing wildlife tourism-based payment for ecosystem services involving herders in the Maasai Mara, Kenya Osano, Philip M.; Said, Mohammed Y.; de Leeuw, Jan; Ndiwa, Nicholas; Kaelo, Dickson; Schommers, Sarah; Birner, Regina; Ogutu, Joseph O. Natural resources forum, 37 (242–256). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2013 Journal Article
Agricultural land-use in forest frontier areas: Theory and evidence from Indonesia Maertens, Miet; Zeller, Manfred; Birner, Regina Environmental research, 5 (505–522). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2011 Journal Article
The Political Economy of Policies for Smallholder Agriculture Birner, R.; Resnick, D. World development, 38 (1442–1452). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2010 Journal Article
Agricultural Strategy Development in West Africa: The False Promise of Participation? Resnick, D.; Birner, R. Development policy review, 28 (97–115). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2009 Journal Article
From Best Practice to Best Fit: A Framework for Designing and Analyzing Pluralistic Agricultural Advisory Services Worldwide Birner, R.; Davis, K.; Pender, J.; Nkonya, E.; Anandajayasekeram, P.; Ekboir, J.; Mbabu, A.; Spielman, D.; Horna, D.; Benin, S.; Cohen, M. The journal of agricultural education and extension, 15 (341–355). Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2009 Journal Article
What determines farmers´ resilience towards ENSO-related drought? An empirical assessment for Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred; Wida, Anastasia; Sanim, Bunasor; Birner, Regina Climatic change, Vol. 86 (291–307). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2008 Journal Article
Sustainable agricultural intensification in forest frontier areas Maertens, Miet; Zeller, Manfred; Birner, Regina Agricultural economics, 34 (1–10). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2006 Journal Article
Relative importance and determinants of landowners' transaction costs in collaborative wildlife management in Kenya: An empirical analysis Mburu, John; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred Ecological economics, 45 (59 – 73). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2003 Journal Article
”Ich kaufe, also will ich?” Eine interdisziplinäre Analyse der Entscheidung für oder gegen den Kauf besonders tier- und umweltfreundlich erzeugter Lebensmittel Birner, R.; Bräuer, I.; Grethe, H.; Hirschfeld, J.; Lüth, M.; Wälzholz, A.; Wenk, R.; Wittmer, H. Berichte über Landwirtschaft, 80 (590–613). Place: Stuttgart Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag 2002 Journal Article

Other Publications

Title Authors In: Year Type
Are community-based land restoration approaches sustainable? A mixed methods study of Ghana' s small-scale mining sector Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Obeng, Elizabeth Asantewaa; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christina Nachhaltige Ernährungssysteme und Landnutzungswandel : 63. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. vom 20. bis 22.9.2023. 201–219, Braunschweig: Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues, Braunschweig: Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues, Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.. Issue: 59 2024 Conference Paper
Governance challenges of smallholder agricultural carbon projects and the potential of digital tools: Insights from Kenya Mantey, Vida; Birner, Regina; Birkenberg, Athena; Bosch, Christine; Yameogo, Viviane G.; Mburu, John Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2024 Report
Moving from productivity to sustainability in agricultural education? Perspectives from students and teachers in four African countries Yameogo, Viviane; Zosso, Roch Cedrique; Daum, Thomas; Scheiterle, Lilli; Adegbola, Ygué Patrice; Daudu, Christogonus; Kergna, Alpha Oumar; Mulinge, Wellington; Nientao, Abdoulaye; Angara, Usman Abdullahi; Fatunbi, Oluwole; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2024 Report
"Nachhaltigkeit muss sich lohnen für Landwirte": Agrarwissenschaftlerin Regina Birner über die Proteste, sinnvolle Subventionen und faire Handelsabkommen : Ein Interview von Jakob Maurer Maurer, Jakob; Birner, Regina Frankfurter Rundschau, 80 (14–14). Place: Frankfurt Publisher: Frankfurter Rundschau GmbH 2024 Journal Article
Redefining livestock systems for sustainable transitions in Africa Kariuki, Juliet; Yameogo, Viviane; Graf, Sarah; Laffoon, Bethany; Grau, Joshua; Birner, Regina; Daum, Thomas; Chagunda, Mizeck; Mulinge, Wellington; Lubungu, Mary Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2024 Report
Silicon savannah and smallholder farming: How can digitalization contribute to sustainable agricultural transformation in Africa? Njuguna, Evelyne; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Mburu, John Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2024 Report
Agrarian change and land dispossession linked to the armed conflict in Colombia: a review Navarrete-Cruz, Angela; Birkenberg, Athena; Birner, Regina Third world quarterly, 44 (1526–1545). Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis 2023 Journal Article
Animal traction, two-wheel tractors, or four-wheel tractors? A best-fit approach to guide farm mechanization in Africa Daum, Thomas; Seidel, Anna; Awoke, Bisrat G.; Birner, Regina Experimental agriculture, 59 (1–27). Place: Cambridge Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2023 Journal Article
Biodiversity-smart agriculture - the role of labour requirements Daum, Thomas; Baudron, Frédéric; Birner, Regina; Qaim, Matin; Grass, Ingo Rural 21 / Englische Ausgabe, 57 (36–38). Place: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: DLG-Verlag 2023 Journal Article
Making land rehabilitation projects work in small-scale mining areas: Insights from a case study in Ghana Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Asantewaa Obeng, Elizabeth; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2023 Report
“Selling pesticides like biscuits” - challenges of pesticide governance in Zambia Schwarze, Louis; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Rural 21 / Englische Ausgabe, 57 (38–40). Place: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: DLG-Verlag 2023 Journal Article
The myth of the market queens: A case study of women and power in Ghanaian markets Scheiterle, Lilli; Birner, Regina Global food security : agriculture, policy, economics and environment, 38 (100703). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2023 Journal Article
“We are just like ploughing bulls”: Power relations and cooperation in polygynous households in Burkina Faso Yameogo, Viviane; Daum, Thomas; Alber, Erdmute; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2023 Report
What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India Verma, Rajiv; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina Development policy review, 41 (1–18). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2023 Journal Article
A discourse analysis on COVID-19 impacts on food and nutrition security in Kenya and Ghana Magak, Jemima; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 422–422, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Analyzing governance challenges using Process Net-Map: a case study of a government microcredit scheme in Bangladesh Parvin, Tania; Birner, Regina Qualitative research in financial markets, 14 (324–353). Place: Bingley Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing 2022 Journal Article
A new approach to classify livestock farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa Graf, Sarah; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 287–287, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Animal traction, two-wheel tractors, or four-wheel tractors? A best-fit approach to guide farm mechanization in Africa Daum, Thomas; Seidel, Anna; Awoke, Bisrat; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2022 Report
Are emerging farmers the missing link for mechanised conservation agriculture? Viewpoints from Zambia Omulo, Godfrey; Daum, Thomas; Köller, Karlheinz; Birner, Regina Development in practice, 32 (411–417). Place: Abingdon Publisher: Routledge 2022 Journal Article
Certified seeds or certified bags? Using genotyping-by-sequencing to validate the identity of maize in Ghana Scheiterle, Lilli; Nannuru, Vinay Kumar Reddy; Birner, Regina; Schmid, Karl Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 33–33, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Comparison of mechanized conservation agriculture and conventional tillage in Zambia: a short-term agronomic and economic analysis Omulo, Godfrey; Birner, Regina; Köller, Karlheinz; Simunji, Simunji; Daum, Thomas Soil & tillage research, 221 (105414). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Connected cows and cyber chickens? Stocktaking and case studies of digital livestock tools in Kenya and India Daum, Thomas; Ravichandran, Thanammal; Kariuki, Juliet; Chagunda, Mizeck; Birner, Regina Agricultural systems, 196 (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Coupled biophysical and decision-making processes in grassland systems in East African savannahs – A modelling framework: a modelling framework Marohn, Carsten; Troost, Christian; Warth, Benjamin; Bateki, Christian; Zijlstra, Mink; Anwar, Faizan; Williams, Benjamin; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Berger, Thomas; Asch, Folkard; Dickhoefer, Uta; Birner, Regina; Cadisch, Georg Ecological modelling, 474 (1–20). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Decoding farmers and stakeholders’ discourses on conservation agriculture’s usefulness in Zambia Omulo, Godfrey; Daum, Thomas; Köller, Karlheinz; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 79–79, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Do African livestock policies address sustainability trade-offs? Evidence from Kenya, Zambia, and Burkina Faso Kariuki, Juliet; Yameogo, Viviane; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Chagunda, Mizeck Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2022 Report
Does the gender of farmers matter for improving small ruminant productivity? a Kenyan case study Kariuki, Juliet; Galie, Alessandra; Birner, Regina; Oyieng, Edwin; Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.; Jakinda, Samwel; Milia, Duncan; Ojango, Julie M.K. Small ruminant research, 206 (106574). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Food-security corridors: a crucial but missing link in tackling deforestation in Southwestern Ghana Mensah Kumeh, Eric; Bieling, Claudia; Birner, Regina Land use policy,  (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Gender differences in access to information and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Uganda Khan, Rashid; Bosch, Christine; Kato, Edward; Bryan, Elizabeth; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 429–429, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
How agroecology can help overcome governance challenges to cocoa mass spraying in Ghana Kumeh, Eric Mensah; Birner, Regina Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 144–144, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
How can cascara authorisation in the European Union contribute to sustainable development of the global coffee value chain? A multiple case study Grigoreva, Anna; Birner, Regina; Birkenberg, Athena Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 419–419, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
How do quantitative gender indicators compare to qualitative findings in the analysis of gender differences in agricultural productivity? evidence from Uganda Welk, Lukas; Bosch, Christine; Bryan, Elizabeth; Kato, Edward; Seymour, Greg; Birner, Regina Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Backup Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Series: IFPRI discussion paper DOI: 10.2499/p15738coll2.136407 2022 Report
Intergenerationality, gender and youth aspirations in Zambia: shifting agricultural paradigms for a sustainable future Ogunjimi, Oluwafemi; Daum, Thomas; Kariuki, Juliet; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 441–441, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Leveraging scaling up of biofortification through small and medium enterprises in Uganda: what are the governance challenges? Alioma, Richard; Zeller, Manfred; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine; Mudyahoto, Bho Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 363–363, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Mechanization, digitalization, and rural youth: stakeholder perceptions on three mega-topics for agricultural transformation in four African countries Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Patrice Ygué; Adegbola, Carine; Daudu, Christogonus; Issa, Fadlullah; Kamau, Geoffrey; Kergna, Alpha Oumar; Mose, Lawrence; Ndirpaya, Yarama; Fatunbi, Oluwole; Zossou, Roch; Kirui, Oliver; Birner, Regina Global food security : agriculture, policy, economics and environment, 32 (1–10). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2022 Journal Article
Monitoring processes in carbon credit projects and their potentials for farmer organisations: a case study from Kenya Schober, Annkatrin; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 100–100, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Origin and transit migration of Afghans and Syrians to Germany: the influential actors and factors behind the destination choice Torfa, Masooma; Muhammad, Salwā; Birner, Regina International migration, 60 (121–138) 2022 Journal Article
Political economy of lockdowns in food insecure countries Blaschke, Nikola; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine; Drescher, Line Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 408–408, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Power relations and cooperation in polygynous households in rural Burkina Faso Yameogo, Viviane; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 427–427, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Private companies' engagement in the labour market integration of refugees: an exploratory study of the city of Stuttgart, Germany Torfa, Masooma; Bosch, Christine; Birner, Regina; Schammann, Hannes International migration,  (1–18) 2022 Journal Article
Resilienz von regionalen und globalen Wertschöpfungsketten der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft: 62. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V. Bahrs, Enno; Birner, Regina; Callenius, Carolin; Castro Campos, Bente; Hess, Sebastian; Hirsch, Stefan; Knierim, Andrea; Schünemann, Franziska; Weinrich, Ramona; Wieck, Christine Berichte über Landwirtschaft, 100 (1–23). Place: Stuttgart Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag 2022 Journal Article
Smallholder women farmers impediments in agriculture a risk to agro ecological farming success: a case of Makueni county, Kenya Ongango, Mellyne; Bosch, Christine; Mburu, John; Birner, Regina Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 578–578, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Social network analysis with the Net-map tool: a systematic review Birkenberg, Athena; Birner, Regina; Morales, Santiago; Bosch, Christine; Scheiterle, Lilli Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 449–449, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
The changing nature of icts for agricultural extension in developing countries: a review Khan, Rashid; Daum, Thomas; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina; Ringler, Claudia Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 476–476, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
The gendered yield gap and women’s empowerment: evidence from smallholder farmers in Uganda’s central region Welk, Lukas; Bosch, Christine; Birner, Regina; Bryan, Elizabeth; Kato, Edward Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
The innovation system for deforestation-free cocoa value chains: a case study from the Ucayali region of Peru Crisostomo, Diego; Blum, Helen; Mockshell, Jonathan; Bosch, Christine; Birner, Regina Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 495–495, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Towards a paradigm shift in livestock production in Africa: using the potential of neglected animal species Oguche, Maria; Birner, Regina; Kariuki, Juliet Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 294–294, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Trade-offs and synergies between livestock intensification and emergence of zoonotic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Schmidt, Sarah; Reiber, Christoph; Birner, Regina; Chagunda, Mizeck Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 318–318, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Transitioning to zero deforestation cocoa supply chains: Multi-stakeholder platforms are no silver bullet Blum, Helen; Crisostomo, Diego; Mockshell, Jonathan; Bosch, Christine; Birner, Regina Can agroecological farming feed the world? Farmers’ and academia’s views : Tropentag 2022 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 494–494, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Women empowerment and intra-household nutritious food distribution and consumption in crop-livestock production systems: empirical evidence from Bangladesh Sarker, Fatema; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Towards shifting paradigms in agriculture for a healthy and sustainable future : Tropentag 2021 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 435–435, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2022 Conference Paper
Connected cows and cyber chickens? Stocktaking and case studies of digital livestock tools in Kenya and India Daum, Thomas; Ravichandran, Thanammal; Kariuki, Juliet; Chagunda, Mizeck; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2021 Report
Customary power, farmer strategies and the dynamics of access to protected forestlands for farming: implications for Ghana’s forest bioeconomy Mensah Kumeh, Eric; Kyereh, Boateng; Birkenberg, Athena; Birner, Regina Forest policy and economics, 133 (1–13). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Exploring gender equity in ecological restoration: the case of a market-based program in Kenya Kariuki, Juliet; Birner, Regina Ecological restoration, 39 (77–89). Place: Madison, WI Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press 2021 Journal Article
Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: insights from a process net-map study Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Land use policy, 102 (1–16). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Is there unrecognized potential in neglected livestock species? Oguche, Maria; Kariuki, Juliet; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2021 Report
Mechanization, digitalization, rural youth: Stakeholder perceptions on mega-topics for African agricultural transformation Daum, Thomas; Adegbola, Ygué P.; Adegbola, Carine; Daudu, Christogonus; Issa, Fadlullah; Kamau, Geoffrey; Kergna, Alpha O.; Mose, Lawrence; Ndirpaya, Yarama; Fatunbi, Oluwole A.; Zossou, Roch C.; Kirui, Oliver; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2021 Report
Nachhaltige Bioökonomie und gesellschaftlicheTransformation: Manifest mit zehn Thesen Barben, Daniel; Birner, Regina; Zinke, Holger Gaia : ecological perspectives for science and society, 30 (12–17). Place: München Publisher: Oekom-Verlag 2021 Journal Article
Of milk and mobiles: assessing the potential of cellphone applications to reduce cattle milk yield gaps in Africa using a case study Bateki, Christian; Daum, Thomas; Salvatierra-Rojas, Ana Alejandra; Müller, Joachim; Birner, Regina; Dickhöfer, Uta Computers and electronics in agriculture, 191 (1–10). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Private agricultural R&D: do the poor benefit? Anderson, Jock R.; Birner, Regina; Nagarajan, Latha; Naseem, Anwar; Pray, Carl E. Journal of agricultural & food industrial organization, 19 (3–14). Place: Berlin Publisher: Walter de Gruyter 2021 Journal Article
The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: farm technologies and human energy requirements Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Food security, 14 (395–409). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2021 Journal Article
Uber for tractors? opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria Daum, Thomas; Villalba, Roberto; Anidi, Oluwakayode; Mayienga, Sharon Masakhwe; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina World development, 144 (1–15). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger’: exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries Birner, Regina; Blaschke, Nikola; Bosch, Christine; Daum, Thomas; Graf, Sarah; Güttler, Denise; Heni, Jakob; Kariuki, Juliet; Katusiime, Roseline; Seidel, Anna; Senon, Zinsou Narcisse; Woode, George Global food security : agriculture, policy, economics and environment, 31 (1–9). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2021 Journal Article
Agricultural mechanization in Africa: myths, realities and an emerging research agenda Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Global food security : agriculture, policy, economics and environment, 26 (10 Seiten–10 Seiten). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2020 Journal Article
Between pandemics and famines: Towards nutrition-sensitive lockdowns during Covid-19 and beyond Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Biesalski, Hans-Konrad; Blaschke, Nikola; Bosch, Christine; Güttler, Denise; Heni, Jakob; Kariuki, Juliet; Katusiime, Roseline; Seidel, Anna; Senon, Zinsou Narcisse; Woode, George Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
’Cellphilms’ and ‘Photovoice’: how visual tools can help understand farmers’ adaptation to climate change Kawerau, Laura; Birner, Regina; Birkenberg, Athena; Daum, Thomas Rural 21 / Englische Ausgabe, 54 (47–49). Place: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: DLG-Verlag 2020 Journal Article
Examining the emancipatory potential of the counter-discourse of La Via Campesina by conducting a Foucauldian discourse analysis Blaschke, Nikola; Birner, Regina Food and nutrition security and its resilience to global crises : Tropentag 2020 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 309 –309, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2020 Conference Paper
Factors influencing the development of rural producer organizations in post-war settings: the case of coffee growers associations in Southern Tolima, Colombia Navarrete Cruz, Angela; Birkenberg, Athena; Birner, Regina International journal of the commons, 14 (692–713). Place: Utrecht Publisher: IASC 2020 Journal Article
Fruits and vegetables in international agricultural research: a case of neglect? Anderson, Jock R.; Birner, Regina Hidden hunger and the transformation of food systems : how to combat the double burden of malnutrition?42–59, Basel: Karger, World review of nutrition and dietetics 121. DOI: 10.1159/000507518 2020 Book Section
Gender-inclusive governance of “self-help” groups in rural Kenya Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Birner, Regina; Okiri Odoyo, Elizabeth Auma; Anyango Oyunga, Mary; Okoba, Barrack; Otiep Okello, George Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Backup Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Series: IFPRI discussion paper DOI: 10.2499/p15738coll2.134214 2020 Report
Governance challenges of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: Insights from a process net-map study Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
Impact of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program on household food security and child nutrition: a marginal structural modeling approach Bahru, Bezawit Adugna; Jebena, Mulusew G.; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred SSM - population health, 12 (1–9). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2020 Journal Article
Landscape-scale interactions between pastures, crops, trees and cattle in savanna grassland systems Marohn, C.; Warth, B.; Troost, C.; Bateki, C.; Dickhöfer, U.; Berger, T.; Asch, F.; Birner, R.; Cadisch, G. 1–9,  2020 Conference Paper
Politik für eine nachhaltigere Ernährung: eine integrierte Ernährungspolitik entwickeln und faire Ernährungsumgebungen gestalten Spiller, Achim; Biesalski, Hans-Konrad; Birner, Regina Bonn: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), Berichte über Landwirtschaft. Sonderheft 230. DOI: 10.12767/buel.vi230 2020 Book
The myth of the market queens: A case study of women and power in Ghanaian markets Scheiterle, Lilli; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
Uber for tractors? opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria Daum, Thomas; Villalba, Roberto; Anidi, Oluwakayode; Mayienga, Sharon; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina Food and nutrition security and its resilience to global crises : Tropentag 2020 : international research on food security, natural resource management and rural development : book of abstracts. 364 –364, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2020 Conference Paper
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria Daum, Thomas; Villalba, Roberto; Anidi, Oluwakayode; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
‘We would rather die from Covid-19 than from hunger ́: exploring lockdown stringencies in five African countries Birner, Regina; Blaschke, Nikola; Bosch, Christine; Daum, Thomas; Graf, Sarah; Güttler, Denise; Heni, Jakob; Kariuki, Juliet; Katusiime, Roseline; Seidel, Anna; Woode, George Stuttgart: University of Hohenheim. Backup Publisher: University of Hohenheim Series: Hohenheim working papers on social and institutional change in agricultural development 2020 Report
Who has the better story? on the narrative foundations of agricultural development dichotomies Mockshell, Jonathan; Birner, Regina World development, 135 (14 Seiten–14 Seiten). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2020 Journal Article
African agricultural mechanization: myths, realities and an emerging research agenda Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Bonn: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF). Backup Publisher: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) Series: ZEF working paper series / Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 2019 Report
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in phytoremediation of mercury polluted soils in Ghana and Burkina Faso Blagodatsky, Sergey; Ehret, Miriam; Rasche, Frank; Hutter, Imke; Birner, Regina; Dzomeku, Beloved M.; Neya, Oblé; Cadisch, Georg; Wünsche, Jens Norbert Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management : Tropentag 2019 : International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development : book of abstracts. 531–531, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2019 Conference Paper
Can small farms benefit from big companies’ initiatives to promote mechanization in Africa? A case study from Zambia Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand; Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Food policy, 84 (133–145). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2019 Journal Article
Challenges of sustainable wastewater management in Pakistan: a case study of Faisalabad Jabeen, Saima; Birner, Regina Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management : Tropentag 2019 : International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development : book of abstracts. 502–502, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2019 Conference Paper
Drought and child undernutrition in Ethiopia: a longitudinal path analysis Bahru, Bezawit; Bosch, Christine; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred PLOS ONE, 14 (1–16). Place: San Francisco, CA Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLOS) 2019 Journal Article
Möglichkeiten, Ansatzpunkte und Grenzen einer Verwaltungsvereinfachung der gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik der EU Martínez, José; Birner, Regina Bonn: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), Berichte über Landwirtschaft. Sonderheft 226. DOI: 10.12767/buel.v0i226 2019 Book
Of trackers and tractors: using a smartphone app and compositional data analysis to explore the link between mechanization and intra-household allocation of time in Zambia Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina Bonn: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF). Backup Publisher: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) Series: ZEF discussion papers on development policy 2019 Report
Opportunities and challenges in the Ethiopian bamboo sector: a market analysis of the bamboo-based value web Lin, Jessie; Gupta, Saurabh; Loos, Tim K.; Birner, Regina Sustainability, 11 (1–14). Place: Basel Publisher: MDPI 2019 Journal Article
Soil, Striga, or subsidies? Determinants of maize productivity in northern Ghana Scheiterle, Lilli; Häring, Volker; Birner, Regina; Bosch, Christine Agricultural economics, 50 (479–494). Place: Hoboken, NJ Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2019 Journal Article
The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link: estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina Bonn: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF). Backup Publisher: Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) Series: ZEF working paper series / Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 2019 Report
The new EU regulation on cadmium in chocolate: impacts on the Colombian cocoa value chain Puerta Rodriguez, Christhian David; Birkenberg, Athena; Birner, Regina Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources management : Tropentag 2019 : International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development : book of abstracts. 468–468, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag 2019 Conference Paper
Zur effektiven Gestaltung der Agrarumwelt- und Klimaschutzpolitik im Rahmen der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik der EU Latacz-Lohmann, U.; Balmann, A.; Birner, R.; Christen, O.; Gauly, M.; Grajewski, R.; Grethe, H.; Martínez, J.; Nieberg, H.; Pischetsrieder, M.; Renner, B.; Röder, N.; Schmid, J. C.; Spiller, A.; Taube, F.; Voget-Kleschin, L.; Weingarten, P. Bonn: Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), Berichte über Landwirtschaft. Sonderheft 227. DOI: 10.12767/buel.v0i0 2019 Book
How to unleash farm mechanisation in Africa and how to tame it Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina E-IR Publications. ISSN: 2053-8626 Place: Cardiff Publication Title: E-international relations 2017 Document
La mecanisation des petites exploitations agricoles en Afrique. Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina 2017 Journal Article
Smallholder agricultural mechanization in Africa Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina 2017 Report
The neglected governance challenges of agricultural mechanisation in Africa – insights from Ghana Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina Food security, . Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2017 Journal Article
The Potential of Apps to Study Smallholder Farming Systems and More Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina; Buchwald, Hannes; Gerlicher, Ansgar Rural 21 / Englische Ausgabe, . Place: Frankfurt am Main Publisher: DLG-Verlag 2017 Journal Article
What needs to be done to give Africa’s smallholder farmers access to machinery Daum, Thomas; Birner, Regina The conversation,  2017 Journal Article
Designing Global Governance for Agricultural Development and Food and Nutrition Security, Review of Development Economics von Braun, J.; Birner, R. 2016 Journal Article
Household-level Preferences for Mitigation of Prosopis juliflora Invasion in the Afar Region of Ethiopia: A Contingent Valuation. Tilahun, M.; Birner, R.; Ilukor, J. . 27–27 2016 Report
Addressing Governance Challenges in the Provision of Animal Health Services: A Review of the Literature and Empirical Application Transaction Cost Theory Ilukor, J.; Birner, R.; Nielsen, T. 2015 Document
Adoption of Land Management Practices in Ethiopia: Which Network Types Matter? Tensay, T. M.; Birner, R.; Müller, U. 2015 Document
Do Veterinary Paraprofessionals Provide Quality Veterinary Services: Results from a Role Play Experiment in Rural Uganda Ilukor, J.; Birner, R. 2015 Conference Paper
How to Promote Institutional Reforms in the Agricultural Sector? A Case Study of Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Rwamigisa, P.; Birner, R. 2015 Conference Paper
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): The Case of Gender Inclusiveness Kariuki, J.; Birner, R. 2015 Conference Paper
Strengthening Agricultural Governance in an Interconnected World Birner, R.; Anderson, J. 2015 Conference Paper
The “Efficient Boundaries” of International Agricultural Research: A Conceptual Framework with Empirical Illustrations Kamanda, J.; Birner, R.; Bantilan, C. 2015 Conference Paper
What does it take to achieve a Green Revolution? Lessons from India Banerjee, R.; Birner, R. 2015 Document
Why are Market-Based Conservation Mechanisms Gender-Blind? Perspectives from three Schemes in Kenya Kariuki, J.; Birner, R. 2015 Conference Paper
Challenges to Responsible and Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Animals in Uganda: The role of one health and one medicine Iukor, J.; Birner, R. 2013 Document
Communal, Private or Public: What are the Governance Options for Dryland Pastoral Systems in Uzbekistan? Shaumarov, M.; Birner, R. 2013 Report
Donors and Domestic Policy Makers: Two Worlds in Agricultural Policy Making? Mockshell, J.; Birner, R. 2013 Document
Do Paraprofessionals Provide Quality Veterinary Services? Results from a Role Play Experiment in Rural Uganda Ilukor, J.; Birner, R. 2013 Report
Dryland Pastoral Systems in Transition: What are the Options for Institutional Change in Uzbekistan? Shaumarov, M.; Birner, R. 2013 Report
Novellierung der Düngeverordnung: Nährstoffüberschüsse wirksam begrenzen. Taube, F.; Balmann, A.; Bauhus, J.; Birner, R.; Bokelmann, W.; Christen, O.; Gauly, M.; Grethe, H.; Holm-Müller, K.; Horst, W.; Knierim, U.; Nieberg, H.; Latacz-Lohmann, U.; Qaim, M.; Spiller, A.; Täuber, S.; Weingarten, P.; Wiesler, F. 2013 Document
Organized Session: Brauchen wir eine post-autistische Agrarökonomie? Birner, R.; Bitsch, V.; Heißenhuber, A.; Lippert, C.; Spiller, A.; Schulze-Pals, L.; Gandorfer, M.; Zühlsdorf, A. 337–339,  2013 Book Section
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): The Case of Gender Inclusiveness Kariuki, J.; Birner, R. 2013 Document
Pro-Poor Livestock Service Delivery in Northern Ghana: Rethinking the Role of Community Animal Health Workers? Mockshell, J.; Ilukor, J.; Birner, R. . Issue: 45(8) DOI: 10.1007/s11250-013-0518-9 2013 Document
Strategic positioning of CGIAR centers: Comparative advantage and trade-offs from a transaction cost economics perspective Kamanda, J. O.; Birner, R.; Bantilan, C. 2013 Document
Which Institutional Arrangements Can Halt Pastoral Degradation in Uzbekistan? A Political Economy Perspective Shaumarov, M.; Birner, R. 2013 Report
Which Institutional Arrangements Can Halt Pastoral Degradation in Uzbekistan’s Rangeland Systems? A Political Economy Perspective. Shaumarov, M.; Birner, R. 2013 Document
A Stakeholder Map for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya’s Agriculture Sector Ngigi, M. W.; Okoba, B.; Aberman, N.; Birner, R. 2012 Report
Die vielfältige Kartoffel als Nahrung für die Welt Birner, R. . Pages: 50–59 2012 Document
Franken-Policy? The Political Economy of Biotechnology in International Agricultural Organizations Anderson, J. R.; Birner, R. 2012 Report
Globale Entwicklungen bezüglich der gesellschaftlichen Kompetenz moderner Landwirtschaft Birner, R. . Pages: 19–27 Volume: 2012/3 2012 Document
Reforming the Public Administration for Food Security and Agricultural Development: Insights from an Empirical Study in Karnataka. Birner, R.; Sekher, M.; Raabe, K. 2012 Report
Role of Group Participation in Access to Climate (Change) Information and Adaptation to Climate Change—Example of Kenya. Ngigi, M. W.; Bryan, E.; Birner, R.; Ringler, C.; Okoba, B. 2012 Conference Paper
Review of " When Policy Meets Reality: Political Dynamics and the Practice of Integration in Water Resources Management Reform" by Mollinga, P.; Bhat A. and V.S. Saravanan (eds.) (2010) Birner, R. 50 (3) (301–304) 2011 Journal Article
The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform in India: Fertilizers and Electricity Supply for Groundwater Irrigation Birner, R.; Gupta, S.; Sharma, N. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2011 Book
The private sector´s role in agricultural extension systems: potential and limitations Feder, Gershon; Birner, Regina; Anderson, Jock R. Journal of agribusiness in developing and emerging economies, 1 (31–54). Place: Bingley Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing 2011 Journal Article
Issues in Economic Governance: Why does Program Delivery vary across States? Birner, R. 2010 Book Section
Seed Price Controls, Compettion Policy and Innovation in Bt Cotton in India with Lessons from China Pray, C.; Nagarajan, L.; Birner, R.; Hu, R. 2010 Conference Paper
Capturing the complexity of water uses and water users within a multi-agent framework Berger, T.; Birner, R.; Díaz, J.; McCarthy, N.; Wittmer, H. Integrated assessment of water resources and global change129–148, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5591-1_9 2007 Book Section
Capturing the Complexity of Water Uses and Water Users within a Multi-agent Framework Berger, T.; Birner, R.; Díaz, J.; McCarthy, N.; Wittmer, H. Water resources management, 21 (129–148). Place: Berlin Publisher: Springer Nature 2007 Journal Article
Potentials to reduce deforestation by enhancing the technical efficiency of crop production in forest margin areas. Keil, Alwin; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred 391–417,  2007 Book Section
Determinants of farmers’ resilience towards ENSO-related drought: Evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred; Wida, Anastasia; Sanim, Bunasor; Birner, Regina 2006 Document
Drought at the rainforest margin: The impact of El Nino on farm households in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Keil, Alwin; Zeller, Manfred; Wida, Anastasia; Sanim, Bunasor; Birner, Regina 2006 Document
Creating political capital to promote devolution in the forestry sector - a case study of the forest communities in Banyumas District, Central Java, Indonesia Rosyadi, Slamet; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred Forest policy and economics, 7 (213–226). Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier 2005 Journal Article
Konsequente Liberalisierung versus Förderung einer multifunktionalen Landwirtschaft durch Agrarstützung - Ein Vergleich der beiden agrarpolitischen Ansätze Heißenhuber, A.; Lippert, C.; Birner, R. 303–311,  2004 Book Section
On the ‘Efficient Boundaries of the State’ - The Contribution of Transaction Costs Economics to the Analysis of Decentralisation and Devolution in Natural Resource Management Birner, R.; Wittmer, H. Environment and planning / C, 22 (667–685). Place: Thousand Oaks, CA Publisher: SAGE Publications 2004 Journal Article
Spatial modelling of land-use patterns in forest frontier areas. Theory and empirical assessment for Indonesia Maertens, Miet; Zeller, Manfred; Birner, Regina 2004 Document
Creating political capital to promote devolution in the forestry sector - A case study of the forest communities in Banyumas District, Central Java, Indonesia Rosyadi, Slamet; Birner, Regina; Zeller, Manfred 159 – 178,  2003 Book Section
Does technical progress in agriculture have a forest saving or a forest clearing effect? Theory and evidence from Central Sulawesi. Maertens, Miet; Zeller, Manfred; Birner, Regina 179 –198,  2003 Book Section
"Ich kaufe, also will ich?" Eine interdisziplinäre Analyse der Entscheidung für oder gegen den Kauf besonders tier- und umweltfreundlich erzeugter Lebensmittel Birner, R.; Bräuer, I.; Grethe, H.; Hirschfeld, J.; Lüth, M.; Meyer, J.; Wälzholz, A.; Wenk, R.; Wittmer, H. 2002 Report

Current Research Projects

Program of Accompanying Research for Agricultural Innovation (PARI) (2014-2022)

PARI aims to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth and food and nutrition security in Africa and India as part of the One World, No Hunger Initiative (SEWOH) by the German government. PARI accompanies development efforts with research on the potential and challenges of different agricultural innovations and with research on how to strengthen the framework conditions for the generation and dissemination of promising innovations. The division 490C leads PARI’s research activities on agricultural mechanization and researches livestock development, agrochemical use, and digital agriculture in several African countries and India.

Link to the project website

Related Publications:

Daum, Thomas, & Birner, Regina. 2020. Agricultural mechanization in Africa: Myths, realities and an emerging research agenda. Global Food Security, 26, 100393. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221191242030047X

Daum, Thomas, Adegbola, Y. Patrice, Kamau, Geoffrey, Kergna, O. Alpha, Daudu, Christogonus, Zossou, Roch, Crinot, G. Fabrice, Houssou, Paul., Mose, Lawrence, Ndirpaya, Yarama, Wahab A. A., Kirui, Oliver, Oluwole, Fantunbi. 2020. Impacts of agricultural mechanization: Evidence from four African countries. Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development. 003-2020. University of Hohenheim. https://490c.uni-hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/490c/Publikationen/Working_Papers_3_Mechanization_Impacts.pdf

Daum, Thomas, Villalba, Roberto, Anidi, Oluwakayode, Mayienga, Sharon, Gupta, Saurabh, Birner, Regina. 2020. Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria. Hohenheim Working Papers on Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development 001-2020. University of Hohenheim. https://490c.uni-hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/490c/Publikationen/WP_001-2020_Uber_for_tractors_-_Opportunities_and_challenges_of_digital_tools_for_tractor_hire_in_India_and_Nigeria.pdf

Daum, Thomas. 2019. Of bulls and bulbs: Aspirations, opinions and perceptions of rural adolescents and youth in Zambia. Development in Practice, 29(7), 882-897. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09614524.2019.1646209

Adu-Baffour, Ferdinand, Daum, Thomas, & Birner, Regina. 2019. Can small farms benefit from big companies’ initiatives to promote mechanization in Africa? A case study from Zambia. Food Policy, 84, 133-145. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919218303816

Daum, Thomas, Buchwald, Hannes, Gerlicher, Ansgar, & Birner, Regina. 2019. Times Have Changed Using a Pictorial Smartphone App to Collect Time-Use Data in Rural Zambia. Field Methods, 31 (1), 3-22. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1525822X18797303

Daum, Thomas, Capezzone, Filippo, Birner, Regina. 2018. The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link. Estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia with time-use data. ZEF Working Paper No. 182. Center for Development Research.
https://www.zef.de/uploads/tx_zefnews/ZEF_WP_182.pdf

Daum, Thomas, Buchwald, Hannes, Gerlicher, Ansgar, & Birner, Regina. 2018. Smartphone apps as a new method to collect data on smallholder farming systems in the digital age: A case study from Zambia. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 153, 144-150.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168169917314886

Daum, Thomas, Huffman, Wallace. E., & Birner, Regina. 2018. How to create conducive institutions to enable agricultural mechanization: A comparative historical study from the United States and Germany. Economics Working Papers IOWA State University No. 18009. core.ac.uk/download/pdf/212843662.pdf

This research project pilots innovative gender-sensitive information services featuring locally-appropriate practices on climate-smart agriculture. The BMZ-funded project is led by the International Food Policy Research and works with grassroots women’s organizations and university institutions, including the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, GROOTS in Kenya, and Uganda’s Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services Development (AFRISA) of Makerere University. Its aims are to facilitate uptake of climate-smart practices that will increase resilience to climate change, and to contribute to closing gendered yield gaps, improving food security, and reducing natural resource degradation.

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Kawerau, Laura; and Birner, Regina. 2020. ‘Cellphilms’ and ‘photovoice’: How visual tools can help understand farmers’ adaptation to climate change. Rural 21 54(2). www.rural21.com/english/scientific-world/detail/article/cellphilms-and-photovoice-how-visual-tools-can-help-understand-farmers-adaptation-to-climate-change

Completed Research Projects

Project begin: 01.10.2015

Project end: 30.11.2018

 

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The ongoing processes of urbanization, population expansion and sustained income growth in many parts of the developing countries point to the potential of the livestock sector in providing meaningful pro-poor growth. Particularly in Africa, the meat consumption is expected to increase to 34.8 million tons by 2050 from about 10.5 million tons in 2005/07. This increase in demand creates a host of opportunities for smallholder farmers who have largely been excluded from the growth process. However, this opportunity is often underutilized, and this raises a critical question: Under what conditions can smallholder farmers benefit from the development of livestock value chains? This study uses the case of Zambia to address this analytical question by i) identifying the factors affecting the moving into and out of livestock production, ii) by determining the competitiveness of smallholder livestock production, and iii) by uncovering the governance challenges and the political economy of livestock policy.

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  • DAAD

Project begin: 01.10.2015

Project end: 30.11.2018

 

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With the passing of the National Food Security Act 2013 (NFSA), India appears to be making a renewed commitment to tackling the food and nutrition insecurity that have plagued the country. While recent data shows overall improvement in the levels of wasting and stunting among children under the age of 5 years, the variation between states in the country remains high. Between public shaming, individual state initiatives for reform, and a rights-based movement that culminated in the passing of the NFSA, this study aims to examine how the delivery of food and nutrition entitlements is unfolding at different levels. First, how has this bill led to institutional reforms to ensure appropriate grievance redressal and vigilance of the targeted programs? Second, how have different states handled the implementation of the two core programs of this bill, the Public Distribution System (PDS) and the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)? Finally, this study will highlight severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in India, and examine how households perceive the escalation in their child’s health and whether they are able to better manage the various factors that contribute to such a condition after the child’s recovery at nutrition rehabilitation centers (NRCs).

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  • DAAD

Linking Development and Conservation: the Role of Community Forestry and Carbon Neutral Coffee under Climate Change in Central Costa Rica

Project begin: 01.01.2014

Project end: 31.12.2016

 

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The PhD dissertation will focus on observed synergies between development and conservation, investigating the case of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) applied in community forestry and carbon neutral coffee production. The research will be undertaken in two coffee cooperatives (Coopedota and Coopetarrazú) and in a community forestry receiving PES from the Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento Forestal (FONAFIFO). In order to analyze synergy effects, PES participants will be compared with non-participants. Ostrom’s socio-ecological system (SES) framework will be adapted, as it offers the opportunity to analyze the sustainability of a system and to get an overview on complex interactions. Its measures allow for the investigation of a system’s performance in terms of socio-economy and environment. Qualitative (among them the innovative methods Net-Map and Photo-Voice) as well as quantitative methods from socio-economy will be used in this research and will be complemented by ecological methods. Three output papers are planned in order to complete the doctoral study: 1) Governance in the system of Costa Rica’s PES, 2) The ecological effect of PES in the studied systems, 3) The socio-economic effect of PES in the studied systems and the linkage between development and conservation.

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Payments for Ecosystem Services, Gender and Governance

Project begin: 01.10.2012

Project end: 31.10.2019

Sponsor mark: DAAD

Keywords: climatic change, gender

 

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The past few decades have witnessed various paradigm shifts in conservation policy and practice. Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), which create a market for the supply and demand of ecosystem services, are among the most recent approaches to natural resource conservation. PES approaches are increasingly concerned with equity-related institutional processes as well as the distribution of impacts on resource users. However, despite gender inequities being characteristic of many developing countries, few studies compare the impacts from and limitations to men’s and women’s participation in PES schemes. The study proposes to investigate equity, and in particular gender equity, in PES schemes and the effects on household welfare outcomes like food security. Results are expected to provide recommendations for PES design and implementation that can increase women’s and men’s participation in and benefits from schemes, particularly in Kenya.

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Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems

Project begin: 23.02.2016:

Project end: 31.12.2018

Sponsor mark: Ellrichshausen-Stiftung

Keywords: coupled biophysical and socio-economic modeling, governance research, livestock, Savanna land use, sustainability

 

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The project aims at developing a new methodology for an integrated economic, environmental,and social assessment of land use options for African savanna regions. Itis motivated by the fact that future land use options for the grasslandregionsworldwide, and 4particularly for the African Guinea savannazone,are subject to unresolved scientific controversies: Economic research has identified this regionas underutilized and having a large potential for increasing global biomass supply, while environmental research indicatesthat such a large-scale land use change may have far-reaching negative environmental consequenceswith regard to soil fertility, plant and animal biodiversity, hydrology,and carbon sequestration.These controversies remain unresolved because there are substantial knowledge gaps regarding the fundamental aspects of the biophysical dynamics in tropical grassland ecosystems, which are characterized by a complex interaction of climate, grassland vegetationand grazing animals. At the same time, there are major knowledge gaps regarding the governance of land use in the African Savanna region, which is subject to a complex interaction of customary and modern land tenure systems. The expansion of crop farming by smallholders hasresulted in crop-livestock conflictsand outbursts of violence. Furthermore, one can observe an increasing number oflarge-scale land acquisitionsin savanna regions, often associated withnegative social and environmental consequences.An important toolfor analyzing land use changein savanna ecosystemsare coupled biophysical and socioeconomic models.TheUniversity of Hohenheim has special expertisein this area.The proposed projectwill build uponcurrent researchactivitiessuch asthe coupling ofthe landuse change impact assessmentmodel LUCIAwith theagent-based socioeconomic model MPMAS, both of which have been developed in Hohenheim. To analyze potential impacts of land use change in savanna ecosystems, a livestock modelwill be developed and linked with theLUCIA model, which will capturethe biophysical dimensions of plant-animal interactionsand which is suitable to assess different grassland use options. The MPMAS model will be expanded to capture the specific features of land use decisions in savanna regions, which depend on the prevailing governance conditions and involve collective decision-making as well as theinteraction of competing land users, including large-scale investors.The coupling of the two expanded models will make it possible to analyze feedback loopsbetween changes in biophysicalandsocioeconomic parameters and to simulate different scenariosof change in savanna ecosystems, such as degradation, intensification,and conversion.The modeling system will also be used to identify governance instruments and processes that will promote more sustainable land use options

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  • Ellrichshausen-Stiftung

Wastewater use in agriculture and its socio-economic, environmental and health impacts: a case study of Faisalabad

Project begin: 01.10.2013

Project end: 30.11.2016

Sponsor mark: DAAD

Keywords: Urbane Landwirtschaft

 

Description

Wastewater is widely used as a low-cost alternative to conventional irrigation water. The practice is old, but the level of risk has increased as new types of pollutants found their way into the system. Though pervasive, this practice is largely unregulated in poor countries, and the health and environmental costs and benefits are unknown or unacknowledged. Existing options to treat wastewater for reuse are beyond the means of municipalities and farmers in these countries. The current research will address this problem by quantifying the extent of wastewater irrigation and its health and environmental impacts in selected areas of Faisalabad city. This study will develop a framework to explore the impacts of this practice on agriculture, health and environment.

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