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
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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
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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.
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.
Related publications:
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
Description
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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Sponsors
- DAAD
Project begin: 01.10.2015
Project end: 30.11.2018
Description
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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Sponsors
- 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
Description
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
Description:
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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Publications in the course of the project
- Using Participatory Impact Diagrams to Evaluate a Community Development Project in Kenya
2013: Kariuki, J. and Njuki, J.
- Guidelines on integrating gender in livestock projects and programs.
2013: Njuki, J., Waithanji, E., Bagalwa, N. and Kariuki, J.
- Intra-household access to livestock information and financial services in Kenya.
2012: Mburu S, Njuki J and Kariuki J
- Greening livestock: Assessing the potential of payment for environmental services in livestock inclusive agricultural production systems in developing countries.
2012: Silvestri, S., Osano, P., de Leeuw, J., Herrero, M., Ericksen, P., Kariuki, J., Njuki, J., Bedelian, C. and Notenbaert, A.
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
Description
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
Involved persons
- Prof. Dr. Folkard Asch
- Christian Bateki
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Berger
- Prof. Dr. Regina Birner
- Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch
- Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer
- Dr. sc. agr. Carsten Marohn
- Dr. Christian Troost
- M.Sc. Benjamin Warth
Involved institutions
- Land Use Economics in the Tropics and Subtropics (Josef G. Knoll Professorship)
- Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development
- Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Management of Crop Water Stress in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute)
Sponsors
- 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.