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Technical University of Munich

At the Chair of Production and Resource Economics, we are committed to fostering research collaboration and academic cooperation with African partners to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing agricultural and food systems as well as sustainable resource management across the continent. By engaging in interdisciplinary research and outreach as well as capacity building, we aim to contribute to sustainable agricultural development, food security, and dynamic economic growth in Africa. Collaborative efforts with African researchers, policymakers, NGOs and public institutions allow us to tailor innovative solutions that are context-specific and impactful, while also building state-of-the-art capacity and strengthening strong partnerships that drive long-term change. Together, we seek to bridge knowledge gaps, enhance local and regional expertise, and create a shared vision for a more resilient and prosperous agricultural and rural as well as urban future.

 

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Green Pin: Project & Network Partners

  • Cairo, Egypt: Cairo University (SIGMA Nexus, SCALARE)
  • Moyamba, Sierra Leone: Njala University (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Lagos, Nigeria: Aglobe Development Center (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Ibadan, Nigeria: University of Ibadan (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Franceville, Gabon: Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Bamenda, Cameroon: Bamenda University of Science and Technology (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Nairobi, Kenya: SunLight Future Africa Limited (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Machakos, Kenya: Youth 4 Development (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Nakuru, Kenya: Egerton University (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Nairobi, Kenya: Kenyatta University (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Nairobi, Kenya: African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Tamale, Ghana: University of Development Studies (INCiTiS FOOD)
  • Cape Town, South Africa: University of Cape Town
  • Stellenbosch, South Africa: University of Stellenbosch
  • Pretoria, South Africa: Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP)
  • Pretoria, South Africa: Water Research Commission
  • Johannesburg, South Africa: University of South Africa
  • Tunis, Tunisia: National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (INRGREF) (SCALARE)

 

Red: Publications

  • Behrendt, Lena; Kolossa, Silvia; Vrachioli, Maria; Abate Kassa, Getachew; Ayenew, Habtamu; Gedrich, Kurt; Crinot, Geraud Fabrice; Houssou, Paul; Sauer, Johannes: Assessing the impact of a personalised application-based nutrition intervention on carbohydrate intake in rural Benin. Agriculture & Food Security 13 (1), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-024-00465-5
  • Jacal, Samara; Straubinger, Franziska Brigitte; Benjamin, Emmanuel Olatunbosun; Buchenrieder, Gertrud: Economic costs and environmental impacts of fossil fuel dependency in sub-Saharan Africa: A Nigerian dilemma. Energy for Sustainable Development 70, 2022, 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2022.07.007
  • Behrendt, Lena; Estruch, Elisenda; Sauer, Johannes; Ayenew, Habtamu Y.; Abate-Kassa, Getachew; Wobst, Peter: Decent Rural Employment in a specialised and a diversified production system in Tanzania. Development Southern Africa, 2021, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2021.1948389
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel O.; Ola, Oreoluwa; Sauer, Johannes; Buchenrieder, Gertrud: Interaction between agroforestry and women's land tenure security in sub-Saharan Africa: A matrilocal perspective. Forest Policy and Economics 133, 2021, 102617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102617
  • Daum, Thomas; Villalba, Roberto; Anidi, Oluwakayode; Mayienga, Sharon Masakhwe; Gupta, Saurabh; Birner, Regina: Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria. World Development 144, 2021, 105480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105480
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel O.; Buchenrieder, Gertrud R.; Sauer, Johannes: Economics of small-scale aquaponics system in West Africa: A SANFU case study. Aquaculture Economics &Management 25 (1), 2020, 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1793823
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel Olatunbosun: Smallholder Agricultural Investment and Productivity under Contract Farming and Customary Tenure System: A Malawian Perspective. Land 9 (8), 2020, 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9080277
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel Olatunbosun; Ola, Oreoluwa; Lang, Hannes; Buchenrieder, Gertrud: Public-private cooperation and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of Nigerian growth enhancement scheme and e-voucher program. Food Security 13 (1), 2020, 129-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01130-y
  • Guo, Qian; Ola, Oreoluwa; Benjamin, Emmanuel O.: Determinants of the Adoption of Sustainable Intensification in Southern African Farming Systems: A Meta-Analysis. Sustainability 12 (8), 2020, 3276. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083276
  • Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Nguefo Gnilachi, Josephine; Benjamin, Emmanuel Olatunbosun: Poverty alleviation through microcredit in Sub-Saharan Africa revisited. Agricultural Finance Review, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1108/afr-03-2018-0019
  • Habtemariam, Lemlem Teklegiorgis; Gandorfer, Markus; Kassa, Getachew Abate; Sieber, Stefan: Risk experience and smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation decision. Climate and Development 12 (4), 2019, 385-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1630351
  • Ola, Oreoluwa; Benjamin, Emmanuel: Preserving Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in West African Forest, Watersheds, and Wetlands: A Review of Incentives. Forests 10 (6), 2019, 479. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10060479
  • Ola, Oreoluwa; Menapace, Luisa; Benjamin, Emmanuel; Lang, Hannes: Determinants of the environmental conservation and poverty alleviation objectives of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs. Ecosystem Services 35, 2019, 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.10.011
  • Wuepper, David; Zilberman, David; Sauer, Johannes: Non-cognitive skills and climate change adaptation: empirical evidence from Ghana’s pineapple farmers. Climate and Development, 2019, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1607240
  • Ayenew, Habtamu Yesigat; Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Schickramm, Lena; Abate-Kassa, Getachew; Sauer, Johannes: Production diversification, dietary diversity and consumption seasonality: panel data evidence from Nigeria. BMC Public Health 18 (1), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5887-6
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel O.; Ola, Oreoluwa; Buchenrieder, Gertrud: Does an agroforestry scheme with payment for ecosystem services (PES) economically empower women in sub-Saharan Africa? Ecosystem Services 31, 2018, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.03.004
  • Benjamin, Emmanuel O.; Sauer, Johannes: The cost effectiveness of payments for ecosystem services—Smallholders and agroforestry in Africa. Land Use Policy 71, 2018, 293-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.001
  • Ayenew, Habtamu Yesigat; Estruch, Elisenda; Sauer, Johannes; Abate Kassa, Getachew; Schickramm, Lena; Wobst, Peter: Decent rural employment and farm production efficiency: empirical evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics 6 (2), 2017, 587-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12359
  • Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Mack, Christina; Balgah, Azibo Roland: Human Security and the Relocation of Internally Displaced Environmental Refugees in Cameroon. Refugee Survey Quarterly 36 (3), 2017, 20-47. https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdx005
  • Habtemariam, Lemlem Teklegiorgis; Abate Kassa, Getachew; Gandorfer, Markus: Impact of climate change on farms in smallholder farming systems: Yield impacts, economic implications and distributional effects. Agricultural Systems 152, 2017, 58—66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.006
  • Wuepper, David; Sauer, Johannes: Moving Forward in Rural Ghana: Investing in Social and Human Capital Mitigates Historical Constraints. Economic History of Developing Regions 32, 2017, 177-209. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1042.0082
  • Wuepper, David; Sauer, Johannes; Kleemann, Linda: Sustainable intensification amongst Ghana's pineapple farmers: the complexity of an innovation determines the effectiveness of its training. Environment and Development Economics 23 (01), 2017, 98-119. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x1700033x
  • Wuepper, David; Yesigat Ayenew, Habtamu; Sauer, Johannes: Social Capital, Income Diversification and Climate Change Adaptation: Panel Data Evidence from Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Economics 69 (2), 2017, 458-475. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12237
  • Ayenew, Habtamu Yesigat: Production Efficiency and Market Orientation in Food Crops in North West Ethiopia: Application of Matching Technique for Impact Assessment. PLOS ONE 11 (7), 2016, e0158454. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158454
  • Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Shumetie, Arega; Yesigat, Habtamu: Does Economic Growth Reduce Childhood Undernutrition in Ethiopia? PLOS ONE 11 (8), 2016, e0160050. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160050
  • Habtemariam, Lemlem Teklegiorgis; Gandorfer, Markus; Abate Kassa, Getachew; Heissenhuber, Alois: Factors Influencing Smallholder Farmers' Climate Change Perceptions: A Study from Farmers in Ethiopia. Environmental Management 58 (2), 2016, 343-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0708-0
  • Explaining the performance of contract farming in Ghana: The role of self-efficacy and social capital. Food Policy 62, 2016, 11 – 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.05.003
  • Sauer, Johannes; Tchale, Hardwick: The economics of soil fertility management in Malawi. Review of Agricultural Economics 31 (3), 2009, 535-560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01452.x
  • Sauer, Johannes; Tchale, Hardwick; Wobst, Peter: Alternative soil fertility management options in Malawi: An economic analysis. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 29 (3), 2007, 29-53. https://doi.org/10.1300/J064v29n03_05
  • Sauer, Johannes; Yilma, Tsegaye: Consistent evidence on the efficiency of maize production in southwest Ethiopia. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 46 (1), 2007, 23-48.
  • Seebens, Holger; Sauer, Johannes: Bargaining power and efficiency — Rural households in Ethiopia. Journal of International Development 19 (7), 2007, 895-918. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1347
  • Sauer, J; Abdallah, JM: Efficiency, Biodiversity and Resource Management - Tobacco and Forest in Tanzania. Forest Policy and Economics, 2006.
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