🎓 Congrats to Chrispinus Mutsami on defending his PhD!
Key findings:
Off-farm work = major rural income 💰
Women’s participation boosts diet quality 🍎🥦
Gender-sensitive policies are essential ⚖️
📚More: www.zef.de/news/off-far...
#PhD #RuralDevelopment #Gender #Nutrition #OffFarmEmployment
🌊 ZEF Public Lecture – 26 Feb, 13:30 CET
From WICCI-WRC in India to Women of Wadden 🧑🔬
Speaker: Dr. Mansee Bal Bhargava
📍 Bonn / 💻 Zoom: lnkd.in/dSDKR8qz
☕ Coffee & cookies served!
#WomenInScience #Leadership #WaddenSea #ZEFBonn
🌍 New publication in Land Use Policy!
ZEF Senior Rresearcher Friederike Schilling analyzes funding models for smallholder carbon farming in Kenya — and how finance shapes viability & farmer inclusion.
Open access: lnkd.in/eGhCjvjF
#CarbonFarming #SoilHealth
We’re proud to congratulate Valentine O., Junior Researcher with ZEF’s Cultural and Political Change (ZEF CPC) research group, on successfully defending her doctoral thesis 👏
See more: lnkd.in/e5uMeEz2
🌾 Sind volle Supermarktregale wirklich selbstverständlich?
Krisen & Klimawandel machen Ernährungssicherheit zur Schlüsselfrage.
Agrarökonom Matin Qaim sieht Chancen in Innovation & vielfältigeren Kulturen.
👉 Heute investieren, um morgen vorbereitet zu sein.
🔗 lnkd.in/e6ew6qgq
🌳 SAVE THE DATE: Feb 5, 13:30 CET
Join Dr. Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola at ZEF or online as she explores deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon, its drivers, impacts & resilience strategies. Students & researchers welcome! 🌱
More info: lnkd.in/eU-Mdvtm
🎓 “The choice is not whether to build roads in Sub-Saharan Africa, but where and how.”
Congratulations to Philipo Jacob Mtweve on successfully defending his PhD!
Read more on the ZEF Website: bit.ly/3YPPgbn
🥗💸 Wenn Essen teurer wird, werden Kinder dicker – paradoxer Effekt von Preisschocks!
🔹 Nährstoffmangel trotz Kalorien
🔹 Langfristiges Wachstum & Übergewicht betroffen
🔹 Krisen wirken Jahre nach
📊 Hier mehr lesen: bit.ly/4r6IZUZ
#Ernährung #Kinder #Forschung
📢 We’re hiring! PR & Communications Support @ ZEF Bonn
Interested in PR, communications, visual content & social media?
Join an international research environment at the University of Bonn.
🕒 Up to 19 hrs/week
📅 Apply by Feb 9, 2026
🔗 bit.ly/PR_Support_vacancy
🌍 ZEF Public Lecture | Jan 29, 2026 | 13:30 CET
How can shared heritage foster peace?
🎤 Dr. Summar Iqbal Babar on the Kartarpur Corridor & India–Pakistan diplomacy
📍 Hybrid | ZEF Bonn & Online
🔗 bit.ly/ZEF_PL_Jan29
#ZEF #Peacebuilding #Diplomacy
New open-access research shows that inconsistencies in SOC measurements (NIR scanners + lab analyses) can strongly distort carbon stock change estimates—especially for smallholder carbon farming schemes.
📄 bit.ly/3NtDvVz
#CarbonMarkets #SoilCarbon #Smallholders
🌱🍽️ Your food is changing—and not for the better. Rising CO₂ is stripping nutrients from wheat, rice & potatoes, fueling a global “hidden hunger.”
Watch top experts discuss the future of food, health & climate.
📺 Panel with: Matin Qaim, Dr. Sumantra Ray & Lewis Ziska
👉https://bit.ly/3Z8lrTu
🔬 New open-access report in Molecular Oncology explores how P4 cancer medicine can drive innovation in prevention, care & equity worldwide.
Global perspectives from Ringborg, von Braun et al.
👉 bit.ly/49bfA5V
#CancerResearch #Oncology #GlobalHealth
🌍 New research on rural labor in Africa
Most rural workers are self-employed, few hold wage jobs, and many earn below the minimum wage. Job quality varies strongly across sectors.
📄 Read the paper to learn why job quality matters: bit.ly/495XYIw
As the year comes to a close, we thank our partners for their continued support. ✨
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Wishing you a joyful and successful year ahead. 🥂
Please note: ZEF PR Office is closed Dec 19–Jan 4. We’ll respond upon return.
🌍🌱 Global pest management transformation could deliver major environment & health benefits, with mixed economic effects and higher gains in low-income regions. A key lever for sustainable food systems.
👉 bit.ly/48EJVJQ
🤗 Don't miss out on today's Public Lecture at ZEF, Bonn or via Zoom!
Link: bit.ly/ZEF_PL_Dec11
More Details: bit.ly/PL_More_Info
At ZEF – Univ. of Bonn, the Right Livelihood College Workshop 2025 (2-3 Dec) united young researchers & global experts on #Sustainability, #Biodiversity, #ClimateResilience & #EnvironmentalJustice. 🌱🌳⚖️💧
For more info 👉
bit.ly/4iFGvd0
🌱 ZEF Public Lecture – Dec 11, 13:30 CET
Join Dr. Angelo Neira as he explores how rethinking our relationship with soil can lead to more just & sustainable futures.
📍 ZEF Bonn (Hybrid)
☕ Coffee & cookies after!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4atDcn2
🌱 ZEF Public Lecture – Dec 11, 13:30 CET
Join Dr. Angelo Neira as he explores how rethinking our relationship with soil can lead to more just & sustainable futures.
📍 ZEF Bonn (Hybrid)
☕ Coffee & cookies after!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/4atDcn2
🏙️ PUBLIC LECTURE1
Housing Crisis in Latin America
Nov 27 | 13:30 CET | at ZEF Bonn, Conference Room + Hybrid
Insights from Prof. Eva Youkhana’s research in Buenos Aires.
☕ Coffee & cookies after!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/PL_Nov27
Behind every industrial farm lies a world of unequal relations: animals bred for yield, workers under pressure, ecosystems pushed to collapse.
Alexander Rothenberg’s chapter in Ecological Interdependencies reveals these asymmetrical ties. 🌱🔍
Read here: bit.ly/Asymmetrical_Dependencies
Africa’s cities are reshaping how people access and choose food.
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
📢 ZEF Public Lecture | Nov 6, 13:30 CET
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
🌿 ZEF Public Lecture | Oct 30, 13:30 CET
“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.
+ New Research +
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
++ New Study++
🌾👶 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
Can faith move water?
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
📢 Deportaciones masivas y estado de excepción 🇩🇴
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 ✊💡
Reflecting on yesterday’s lecture by Dr. Namukolo Covic @ ZEF:
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 🌍
