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Separating sisters from brothers: ethnic relations and identity politics in the context of indigenous land titling in Indonesia

Steinebach, Stefanie / Yvonne Kunz (2017)
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Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review

Berlin, 22. May 2017

Global Soil Week (GSW) 2017 was a conference that brought together actors from politics, economics, science and civil society to discuss about sustainable land use. This year's theme 'Catalysing SDG Implementation through a Soil and Land Review' aimed at contributing to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2017. The GSW'17 Lab, an open…

Wastewater reuse in nexus perspective

Dresden, 17. May 2017

Moderation Birguy Lamizana , UNEP Co-chairs Ines Dombrowsky , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tamara Avellan , UNU-FLORES The seminar explored the opportunities of using wastewater within multifunctional land-use systems for the production of food and energy crops. In this approach the…

Agriculture & Climate Change

Bonn, 11. May 2017

COP 17 in Durban requested SBSTA to discuss “issues related to agriculture” as agenda item to inform the negotiations. So far, the debates have not come to a conclusion. In addition to this pre-Paris-assignment the Paris agreement in 2015 was built on the basis of (Intended) Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) of which over 90…

2017

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Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 7/2017

Can public-private partnerships in irrigation improve food security in Africa? Our briefing paper argues that it is possible if partnerships go beyond irrigation, farmers are organized and supported, and governments secure stable conditions especially for land and water use and protect public goods.

Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia: evidence from farm panel data

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu and / Gerber, Nicolas (2017)
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Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

2016

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Ölpalmenanbau in Indonesien verändert Wasserkreisläufe: mehr Dürren und Überflutungen

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2017

Ölpalmplantagen nehmen weltweit zu. In aktuellen Diskussionen über deren Umweltauswirkungen stehen die Abholzung von Regenwäldern, Treibhausgasemissionen sowie Biodiversitätsverlust im Vordergrund. Wenig Aufmerksamkeit wurde bisher den Auswirkungen auf lokale Wasserkreisläufe gewidmet.

Cash transfers, food security and resilience in fragile contexts: general evidence and the German experience

Camacho, Luis A. / Merle Kreibaum (2017)
Discussion Paper 9/2017

This paper provides an overview of the evidence on the impact of cash-based interventions (CBIs) on immediate, underlying, and basic causes of food and nutrition security. In particular, their high flexibility to contexts and needs and their ability to link short and long-term outcomes underline that CBIs should be part of every response analysis.

Introducing results-based approaches in agriculture: challenges and lessons learnt

Janus, Heiner / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Briefing Paper 2/2017

This Briefing Paper analyses the opportunities and challenges of applying results-based approaches in the agricultural sector. We review three pilot projects and apply the five rural worlds concept by the OECD to analyse targeting in the pilot programmes and interlinkages between population groups.

Factsheet 6: Research for the transformation of the cities towards sustainability

Kraas, Frauke / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind / in collaboration with Clara Brandi et al. (2016)
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Factsheet 6: Forschung für die Transformation der Städte zur Nachhaltigkeit

Kraas, Frauke / Claus Leggewie / Peter Lemke / Ellen Matthies / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Hans Joachim Schellnhuber / Sabine Schlacke / Uwe Schneidewind / unter Mitarbeit von Clara Brandi et al. (2016)
External Publications

Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods

Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Briefing Paper 1/2017

Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.

Africa and the G20

Johannesburg, 01. February 2017

Africa has shown strong commitment towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the Agenda 2063 the AU has defined a vision and action plan to support long-term sustainable development on the continent. At the G20 Hangzhou Summit in September 2016, G20-leaders agreed to enhance policy coherence on sustainable development and…

Landwirtschaft und Wasser – Schlüssel zur Welternährung

Scheumann, Waltina / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
The Current Column, 24. January 2017

Die Verfügbarkeit und das Management von Wasser sind ganz zentral dafür, ob das Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der Agenda 2030 der Vereinten Nationen „Beendigung von Hunger, Erreichung von Ernährungssicherheit und verbesserter Ernährung und Förderung nachhaltiger Landwirtschaft“ erreicht werden kann.

Why data access matters: the NDC Explorer reveals new insights on national climate action plans

Pauw, Pieter / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo (2017)
The Current Column, 16. January 2017

With the NDC Explorer, an online visualisation tool, we aim to create more transparency about countries’ ambitions and priorities.

Women, wealth and waterborne disease: smallholders’ willingness to pay for a multiple-use Water Scheme in Ethiopia

Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu / Martin Prowse (2018)
External Publications

Strategisches Handeln im translokalen Raum: eine Analyse translokaler Livelihood-Strategien in vier ländlichen Gemeinden des Senegal und an zwei europäischen Migrationszielen

Schöfberger, Irene (2016)
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