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Urbanization improves access to diverse diets — but also drives demand for cheap, ultra-processed foods.
New paper explores challenges & policy options 👉https://bit.ly/47Y0DDm
#FoodSystems #Nutrition
Urbanization improves access to diverse diets — but also drives demand for cheap, ultra-processed foods.
New paper explores challenges & policy options 👉https://bit.ly/47Y0DDm
#FoodSystems #Nutrition
Join us at ZEF Bonn for an in-person talk by Prof. Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on how to make evidence truly matter in policymaking.
☕ Coffee, tea & lively discussion to follow!
#ZEFBonn #PublicLecture #EvidenceBasedPolicy #OxfordUniversity
Join us at ZEF Bonn for an in-person talk by Prof. Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on how to make evidence truly matter in policymaking.
☕ Coffee, tea & lively discussion to follow!
#ZEFBonn #PublicLecture #EvidenceBasedPolicy #OxfordUniversity
“Lessons from Grassroots Civil Society Action in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Indian Sundarbans”
by Prof. Dr. Farhat Naz (IIT Jodhpur / TH Köln)
📍 ZEF, Bonn
Join us for insights on climate resilience, local action & social inclusivity.
“Lessons from Grassroots Civil Society Action in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Indian Sundarbans”
by Prof. Dr. Farhat Naz (IIT Jodhpur / TH Köln)
📍 ZEF, Bonn
Join us for insights on climate resilience, local action & social inclusivity.
Medicinal plants show how closely human health and biodiversity are intertwined🌿
A Social Ecology perspective shows community gardening, sustainable collection & shared knowledge as pathways to well-being and conservation.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/47a3Lfb
Medicinal plants show how closely human health and biodiversity are intertwined🌿
A Social Ecology perspective shows community gardening, sustainable collection & shared knowledge as pathways to well-being and conservation.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/47a3Lfb
🌾👶 1 in 4 children in rural #BurkinaFaso have malaria — nearly 9 in 10 are anaemic.
🥑 Diets rich in fat & vitamin A may help reduce malaria risk.
Healthy nutrition = stronger immunity.
Read here: bit.ly/4npu8CF
🌾👶 1 in 4 children in rural #BurkinaFaso have malaria — nearly 9 in 10 are anaemic.
🥑 Diets rich in fat & vitamin A may help reduce malaria risk.
Healthy nutrition = stronger immunity.
Read here: bit.ly/4npu8CF
Join us for the ZEF Public Lecture
🗓️ Oct 16, 2025 | 13:30–14:30
📍 ZEF Conference Room | Hybrid
👤 Prof. Anthony Amoah (UESD, Ghana)
Learn how faith-based collaboration boosts bill payment & water conservation in Ghana 🇬🇭
Join here: bit.ly/Zoom_PL_16Oct
Join us for the ZEF Public Lecture
🗓️ Oct 16, 2025 | 13:30–14:30
📍 ZEF Conference Room | Hybrid
👤 Prof. Anthony Amoah (UESD, Ghana)
Learn how faith-based collaboration boosts bill payment & water conservation in Ghana 🇬🇭
Join here: bit.ly/Zoom_PL_16Oct
People of Haitian descent face arbitrary detentions, raids, and violence under Abinader’s presidency (2021–2025).
Cover photo by Micely Díaz Espaillat 📸
Read the full report: bit.ly/3KDVs2g ✊💡
People of Haitian descent face arbitrary detentions, raids, and violence under Abinader’s presidency (2021–2025).
Cover photo by Micely Díaz Espaillat 📸
Read the full report: bit.ly/3KDVs2g ✊💡
Africa’s nutrition goals are still far from reach. Food environments, markets, and consumer behavior need transformation—and it starts with end-to-end approaches and bold, transformative leadership 🌍
Africa’s nutrition goals are still far from reach. Food environments, markets, and consumer behavior need transformation—and it starts with end-to-end approaches and bold, transformative leadership 🌍
Snowpacks, glaciers & groundwater are shrinking fast.
📉 Snow cover dropped from 16.1% → 10.6% in 6 years
🌊 Groundwater is nearing unsustainable levels
🍽️ 9.5M face food insecurity
🔗 bit.ly/ZEF_News51_Afghanistan
Snowpacks, glaciers & groundwater are shrinking fast.
📉 Snow cover dropped from 16.1% → 10.6% in 6 years
🌊 Groundwater is nearing unsustainable levels
🍽️ 9.5M face food insecurity
🔗 bit.ly/ZEF_News51_Afghanistan
"Entangled Lives: Climate, Gender & Place" dives into how climate change deepens social inequalities.
📘 Read more: bit.ly/ZEFnews_No_51_
#ClimateJustice #GenderEquality #FoodSystems #UrbanResilience #GlobalSouth
"Entangled Lives: Climate, Gender & Place" dives into how climate change deepens social inequalities.
📘 Read more: bit.ly/ZEFnews_No_51_
#ClimateJustice #GenderEquality #FoodSystems #UrbanResilience #GlobalSouth
Wie stoppen wir das? 🎙️Neue Podcast-Folge mit Welthungerhilfe, Matin Qaim & mehr.
🎧 bit.ly/47GKYcb - jetzt hören!
Wie stoppen wir das? 🎙️Neue Podcast-Folge mit Welthungerhilfe, Matin Qaim & mehr.
🎧 bit.ly/47GKYcb - jetzt hören!
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25 PhD students, 5 days of insights, collaboration & digital solutions for global nutrition.
Thanks to TRA, BIGS-DR & Dr. Rainer Wild Foundation!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3I08p5y
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25 PhD students, 5 days of insights, collaboration & digital solutions for global nutrition.
Thanks to TRA, BIGS-DR & Dr. Rainer Wild Foundation!
🔗 More info: bit.ly/3I08p5y
Plant-forward, culturally tailored and climate-smart.
🔗 bit.ly/45OUkQk
#ZEF #SustainableDiets #RODAMStudy
Plant-forward, culturally tailored and climate-smart.
🔗 bit.ly/45OUkQk
#ZEF #SustainableDiets #RODAMStudy
Public Lecture @ ZEF 🌍
🗓️ Aug 27, 2025 | 09:00 CEST
👤 Dr. Gabriel Kallah-Dagadu (Univ. of Ghana)
🗣️ Sustainable diets through optimization modelling
Focus: Ghanaian diets, health & climate.
🔗 bit.ly/478QDra
Public Lecture @ ZEF 🌍
🗓️ Aug 27, 2025 | 09:00 CEST
👤 Dr. Gabriel Kallah-Dagadu (Univ. of Ghana)
🗣️ Sustainable diets through optimization modelling
Focus: Ghanaian diets, health & climate.
🔗 bit.ly/478QDra
How do global greening agendas play out in Nairobi's informal settlements?
🔹 State-led greening deepens inequality
🔹 Grassroots actors reclaim space through care & resistance
🔹 Urban sustainability is local, political & contested
📖Read: bit.ly/4fMBopV
How do global greening agendas play out in Nairobi's informal settlements?
🔹 State-led greening deepens inequality
🔹 Grassroots actors reclaim space through care & resistance
🔹 Urban sustainability is local, political & contested
📖Read: bit.ly/4fMBopV
Afghanistan faces worsening droughts (1974–2023). Our study using SPI & SPEI reveals:
🔹 More severe, frequent, prolonged droughts
🔹 Regional hotspots
🔹 Climate drivers: temp, evapotranspiration
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Jn8zEn
#ClimateChange #Drought
Afghanistan faces worsening droughts (1974–2023). Our study using SPI & SPEI reveals:
🔹 More severe, frequent, prolonged droughts
🔹 Regional hotspots
🔹 Climate drivers: temp, evapotranspiration
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3Jn8zEn
#ClimateChange #Drought
Was trennt Wissenschaft von Pseudowissenschaft? Wie passt Glaube dazu?
Ein lesenswertes Interview mit dem Präsidenten der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
🔗 bit.ly/46XjLBw
Was trennt Wissenschaft von Pseudowissenschaft? Wie passt Glaube dazu?
Ein lesenswertes Interview mit dem Präsidenten der Päpstlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
🔗 bit.ly/46XjLBw
"Governing the Ungovernable"
Sarkar & Sarkar (2025) analyze groundwater governance in India since the 1970s.
Keywords:
– Fragmented regulation
– Weak implementation
– Demand-side reform needed
🔗 bit.ly/4oGCc3J
#WaterPolicy #Groundwater #India
"Governing the Ungovernable"
Sarkar & Sarkar (2025) analyze groundwater governance in India since the 1970s.
Keywords:
– Fragmented regulation
– Weak implementation
– Demand-side reform needed
🔗 bit.ly/4oGCc3J
#WaterPolicy #Groundwater #India
"Deep learning-based extraction of Kenya’s historical road network from topographic maps"
A deep learning approach applied to 500+ maps (1950s–1980s) yields 56,000+ km of digitized roads. Avg. F1 score: 0.84.
🔗 Read: bit.ly/46WJf1S
"Deep learning-based extraction of Kenya’s historical road network from topographic maps"
A deep learning approach applied to 500+ maps (1950s–1980s) yields 56,000+ km of digitized roads. Avg. F1 score: 0.84.
🔗 Read: bit.ly/46WJf1S
How does electrification reshape labor in rural Ethiopia? 🔌
Findings:
✔️ More off-farm work for women
✔️ Less unpaid/farm work for adults
✔️ Girls fetch less water, boys do more farm work
📄 bit.ly/4mcBZnl
How does electrification reshape labor in rural Ethiopia? 🔌
Findings:
✔️ More off-farm work for women
✔️ Less unpaid/farm work for adults
✔️ Girls fetch less water, boys do more farm work
📄 bit.ly/4mcBZnl
Can rural communities lead conservation & sustainability? In Colombia’s Peasant Reserve Zones, they already are.
Peasants in Venecia are protecting forests & transitioning to agroecology.
📖 Read more: blog.zef.de?p=9305
Can rural communities lead conservation & sustainability? In Colombia’s Peasant Reserve Zones, they already are.
Peasants in Venecia are protecting forests & transitioning to agroecology.
📖 Read more: blog.zef.de?p=9305
📖 Read more: blog.zef.de/?p=9284
#Conservation #Kenya #CulturalHeritage
📖 Read more: blog.zef.de/?p=9284
#Conservation #Kenya #CulturalHeritage
We spoke with Dr. Muthio Nzau about her research on sacred landscapes in Coastal Kenya and her stay in Bonn.
Her work is part of a project on UNESCO World Heritage sites as living cultural landscapes in Kenya & Ethiopia.
👉 bit.ly/Interview_MuthioNzau
We spoke with Dr. Muthio Nzau about her research on sacred landscapes in Coastal Kenya and her stay in Bonn.
Her work is part of a project on UNESCO World Heritage sites as living cultural landscapes in Kenya & Ethiopia.
👉 bit.ly/Interview_MuthioNzau
Dr. Eric M. Kioko (Kenyatta University) shares insights on cultural heritage as a living, evolving practice.
🌍 Joint project with Dilla University, hosted at ZEF & funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/Interview_EricMKioko
🔗 Info: bit.ly/UNESCO_Heritage_Project
Dr. Eric M. Kioko (Kenyatta University) shares insights on cultural heritage as a living, evolving practice.
🌍 Joint project with Dilla University, hosted at ZEF & funded by Volkswagen Foundation.
📺 Watch: bit.ly/Interview_EricMKioko
🔗 Info: bit.ly/UNESCO_Heritage_Project
Obstbauer Roland Schmitz-Hübsch und Agrarökonom Matin Qaim im Handelsblatt Podcast über Ernährung und Klimawandel.
🎧 Jetzt hören: bit.ly/41fqliY
#Klimawandel #Ernährung #Landwirtschaft
Obstbauer Roland Schmitz-Hübsch und Agrarökonom Matin Qaim im Handelsblatt Podcast über Ernährung und Klimawandel.
🎧 Jetzt hören: bit.ly/41fqliY
#Klimawandel #Ernährung #Landwirtschaft