Annual Report Capacity Building in the Global South 2015 - 2016 1 Abbreviations AGRODEP African Growth and Development Policy Cooperation Modeling Consortium HEALTHCAP Health Research Capacity and Water-Related ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Diseases Research in Eastern and Central Africa IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute AVRDC World Vegetable Center ISSER Institute of statistical, social and economic research BMBF German Federal Ministry of Education and ICARDA International Center for Agricultural Research in Research the Dry Areas BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre and Development IHEID Graduate Institute of International and Development BMUB German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Studies Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety IIPHG Indian Institute of Public Health BICC Bonn International Center for Conversion IGIDR Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research BRAC Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences INRA National Institute of Agronomic Research CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research IOA Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies CCAP Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich DAAD German Academic Exchange Service IPAM International People's Agroecology Multiversity DLR German Aerospace Center ILR Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University EEA Ethiopian Economic Association of Bonn EC-JRC Joint Research Centre of the European Commission IZNE International Center for Sustainable Development ECFF Environment and Coffee Forest Forum KUL Catholic University of Leuven ECFS Eurasian Center for Food Security KoGa Horticulture Competence Centre ECOWAS Economic Commission of West African States MCC Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons ENTRO Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office and Climate Change FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa RWI Rhenish-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research FAS Sustainable Amazonas Foundation UAB Autonomous University of Barcelona FANRPAN Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy UDS University of Development Studies of Tamale Analysis Network UNU-EHS United Nations University - Institute for FOFIFA National Center for Applied Research in Rural Environmental and Human Security Development UoA University of Antananarivo FZJ Research Centre Jülich LEI-WUR Wageningen Economic Research GlobalHort Global Horticulture Initiative WHH Wold Hunger Help GIZ German Federal Enterprise for International Imprint www.zef.de Publisher: Contact: Editor: Alma van der Veen Center for Development Research (ZEF) Press and Public Relations Layout: Katharina Zinn / Sebastian Eckert University of Bonn Phone: # 49 (0) 228 73-1846 Printers: Köllen Druck+Verlag Walter-Flex-Str. 3, D-53113 Bonn e-mail: [email protected] Photos: ZEF. Cover photo by Till Stellmacher Germany Published in December 2016 Contents 1. Introduction by ZEF’s directors 4 2. Lead article: If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together 5 3. ZEF’s research agenda 7 3.1 Innovation, knowledge and science policy 8 3.2 Mobility, migration and urbanization 11 3.3 Land, water, food and energy 12 3.4 Health, nutrition and ecosystems 20 3.5 Governance, conflicts and natural resources 22 3.6 Markets and public services 24 4. Capacity development 26 4.1 ZEF’s doctoral studies program 27 4.2 ZEF doctoral defenses mid 2015 - mid 2016 28 4.3 Capacity development in Asia and Africa 29 4.4 Right Livelihood College 32 5. Selected outreach 33 6. Selected publications 34 7. Budget 2015/2016, ZEF‘s funding partners 36 8. ZEF’s International Advisory Board 38 9. Map with ZEF’s major research countries 39 3 STRENGHENING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS 1 Introduction by ZEF’s directors Since its foundation 19 years ago, one of Senegal’s University of Cheikh Anta Diop. Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the State ZEF’s major focuses has been its engage- Since 2011, ZEF has been hosting one of of North-Rhine Westphalia, the German ment in capacity building at the highest the eight campuses and the international Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the academic level. ZEF’s doctoral program, coordination office of the Right Liveli- European Union, the Robert Bosch Foun- which has so far trained over 650 stu- hood College, linking winners of the Right dation, the Foundationfiat panis, and the dents from more than 120 countries, Livelihood Award, better known as the Volkswagen Foundation. has become one of the Center's flagship “Alternative Nobel Prize”, with applied ZEF’s capacity building partnerships have activities, and recently became the 10th and interdisciplinary research and educa- a strong research focus and are aligned member of the Bonn International Grad- tion. In November 2016, Cuba’s Universi- with the Center’s evolving research agen- uate Schools initiative. Furthermore, ZEF dad Central ‘Marta Abreu’ de las Villas in da on sustainability. They result from and has also contributed to the development Santa Clara and ZEF began developing a further contribute to ZEF’s extensive in- and establishment of several graduate Cuban-German School for Interdisciplin- ternational networks by improving the programs and research initiatives across ary Development Studies, an initiative education of students worldwide at Mas- the globe. Recently, this kind of coopera- with a strong emphasis on e-learning and ters and doctoral levels. Moreover, ca- tion has advanced even further to include data management, among others. pacity building itself is also an emerging close partnerships between ZEF/Univer- One of the reasons for ZEF’s considerable research issue in some of ZEF’s research sity of Bonn and its various partner uni- scientific output are its strong networks that focusses on outcomes. Besides the versities, research institutions and their and the untiring commitment of its Inter- strong ongoing initiatives such as WAS- programs worldwide. national Advisory Board, directors, junior CAL, BiomassWeb, NutriHAF, Volatility Examples are the Ghanaian-German Cen- and senior researchers, its alumni, senior Project, PARI – see the following pages for ter for Development Studies, a University fellows and its various international and more details – we are happy to welcome of Ghana and ZEF partnership; the Ger- national partners. ZEF remains success- ‘newcomers’ such as the new graduate man-Bolivian partnership for integrating ful in acquiring competitive grants from program on One Health and Urban Trans- biodiversity measures in environmental a variety of major donors and is deeply formation, under which 13 new doc- impact assessments involving the Catho- grateful for their continuous support, toral students will start to conduct their lic University of Cochabamba and ZEF; which contributes over 80% of the Cen- research in the metropolitan regions of ZEF’s partnership with the University of ter’s overall budget and thus constitutes Sao Paulo (Brazil), Accra (Ghana), Ahmed- Tokyo’s International Program in Agri- the backbone of ZEF’s scientific success abad (India) and the German Rhine-Ruhr cultural Development Studies; and ZEF’s and outreach. Among the major donors region in 2017. They will be supervised by engagement in the Graduate Studies Pro- are the German Federal Ministry of Edu- a consortium of scientists from various gram of WASCAL (West African Science cation and Research (BMBF), the German faculties of the University of Bonn, the Service Centre on Climate Change and Federal Ministry for Economic Coopera- University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhe- Adapted Land Use), for instance the Cen- tion and Development (BMZ), the Ger- in-Sieg and the United Nations University. ter's close cooperation with the doctoral man Federal Ministry for the Environment program on climate change economics at (BMUB), the German Federal Ministry of 4 IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALONE, IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER By Jan-Henning Sommer and Christian Borgemeister (AFRICAN PROVERB) 2 Collaboration and strong and inter- ity that another does not have always that address a topic from different an- linked networks are promising instru- holds an advantage. However, the rel- gles and perceptions, although more ments for sustained progress in a glo- evant questions here are: “What is labor-intensive, provide much more balizing world that is characterized by a capacity?” and “How is a capacity tailored solutions than any monodisci- inequality in regard to human develop- valued?” Evidently there are different plinary approach can offer. In addition, ment. Building such “capacity for devel- ways of valuing and perceiving both there is a need to account for the con- opment” generally means strengthen- success stories and capacities. For in- text-specific nature of results, findings ing the ability of individuals, groups, stance, many important capacities like and insights, necessitating their adap- institutions and organizations to identi- indigenous and local knowledge have tation before any successful transfer to fy and solve problems. Building science been neglected in the past. Hence, ca- a new context can be made. capacity is a key element in this context. pacity building can only be a success if Even more importantly, the perception all the parties involved perceive each of challenges often differs depending Capacity building is no unidirectional other as being equal partners, and if on the contexts they are situated