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Their continuous support over the past decade has strengthened our efforts to build capacity for the developing world. The main donors of BiGS-DR are: the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation. For a complete list of all donors please have a look at table 2, page 6 in this brochure. The facts and figures listed in this brochure are based on data made available to ZEF by students, donors, cooperation partners, etc. Therefore, this list is not exhaustive. 2 CONTENTS FIGURE 1: World map of home countries of BiGS-DR students 4 TABLE 1A: Number of PhD students at ZEF 5 TABLE 1B: Number of PhD students at ZEF and external participants in the BiGS-DR courses per year 5 TABLE 2: Donors of BiGS-DR 6 TABLE 3: Number of publications authored or co-authored by alumni and students of BiGS-DR 7 TABLE 4: Guest lecturers of BiGS-DR courses 8 TABLE 5: Cooperation partners of PhD students during their field research 16 TABLE 6: ZEF alumni who finished their PhD study at or in affiliation with ZEF 21 ZEF uses the term PhD equivalent to doctoral. However, students from the BiGS-DR receive a doctoral degree from their respective university faculty. 3 WORLD MAP FIGURE 1: World map of home countries of BiGS-DR students (green) 4 NUMBER OF STUDENTS TABLE 1A: Number of PhD students at ZEF; August 1999–August 2009 Number of students Alumni (finished with doctoral degree) 206 Current doctoral students at ZEF 126 Drop-outs (without doctoral degree) 24 External participants of the BiGS-DR courses 77 Total: 433 TABLE 1B: Number of PhD students at ZEF and external participants in the BiGS-DR courses per year; August 1999–August 2009 External participants Academic Total per PhD students at ZEF in the BiGS-DR year year courses 1998* 27 27 1999 27 3 30 2000 29 6 35 2001 28 9 37 2002 46 5 51 2003 32 4 36 2004 28 7 35 2005 29 11 40 2006 26 8 34 2007 38 15 53 2008 24 9 33 2009 22 - 22 356 77 Total PhD students of ZEF: 433 * PhD students, who came with ZEF Directors Prof. J. von Braun and Prof. P. Vlek to ZEF in 1998 5 DONORS TABLE 2: Donors of BiGS-DR; 1999–2009 • National Council of Research, Science and MAIN DONORS (GERMANY) Technology (Comisión Nacional de Investigación • German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation Científica y Tecnológica – CONICYT), Chile and Development (BMZ) via the German Academic • National Council on Science and Technology Exchange Service (DAAD) and (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) CONACYT), Mexico • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research • National Counsel of Technological and (BMBF) Scientific Development (Conselho Nacional de • Robert Bosch Stiftung Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq), • State Funds of North Rhine-Westphalia Brazil • Volkswagen Foundation INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS PUBLIC, CHURCH & POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS • Asian Development Bank (ADB) (GERMANY) • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- • Church Development Service (EED) Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) • Eiselen Foundation • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center • Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (CIMMYT) • German Research Foundation (DFG) • International Rice Resarch Institute (IRRI) • Heinrich-Böll Stiftung • International Water Management Institute (IWM) • Helmholtz Society • United Nation University – Environment and Human • International Postgraduate Studies in Water Security (UNU-EHS) Technologies (IPSWaT) • United Nations Volunteers (UNV) • Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (KAAD) • World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) • Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) • Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) OTHER DONORS • Ökumenisches Studienwerk (ÖSW) • Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft (SDW) • Dreyer Foundation, Munich, Germany • Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes • Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany • German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn, Germany • Germanwatch, Bonn/Berlin, Germany FUNDS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES • Golden Rice Humanitarian Board • Centre deÉtudes et de Recherches sur le • Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Dévelopment International (CERDI), France (IFEU), Heidelberg, Germany • China Scholarship Council, China • Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Virginia, USA • Fulbright Association, USA • Network for International Development and • Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Cooperation (NIDECO), Zürich, Switzerland (Fundayacucho), Venecuela • Research project “Impact of changing land cover • Government of Ghana on the production and ecological functions of • Government of Italy vegetation in inland valleys in West Africa” (VINVAL) • Government of Malaysia • SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen • Government of Sudan und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, Walldorf, • High Education Comission (HEC), Pakistan Germany • Ministry of Education, Indonesia • STRIVER: Strategy and methodology for improved • Ministry of Education, Taiwan IWRM, EU project, Brussels, Belgium • Ministry of Higher Education, Lybia • US-Indonesia Society, Washington DC, USA 6 PUBLICATIONS TABLE 3: Number of publications authored or co-authored by alumni and students of BiGS-DR; status June 2009 Peer Discussion PhD & Book ZEF Research area reviewed Books & working Master Total articles articles papers Theses Land Use, Desertification, Agriculture, 106 30 3 7 53 199 Farming Systems Water, Irrigation 37 18 11 16 82 Climate, Climate Change 9 4 4 17 Health, Public Health 18 5 3 6 32 Energy, Renewables 8 1 2 2 13 Methods 21 4 1 2 3 31 Theories of Development 4 1 1 6 Development Politics 9 10 4 23 Knowledge and Development, Capacity 10 7 1 5 1 24 Development, Education Reforms, Transition, Decentralization, 9 17 3 4 7 40 Privatization, Structural Adjustment Politics & Democracy, History 5 6 2 13 Conflict & Governance 9 16 2 4 4 35 Cultural Diversity, Social Change 1 2 1 2 6 Gender 2 6 2 4 14 Human Rights, Law 2 1 2 5 Institutions, Strategic Groups & Networks 10 11 1 6 12 40 Risk & Vulnerability 9 8 1 4 6 28 Poverty Reduction 12 4 1 2 6 25 Food & Aid Policy 10 10 1 3 4 28 New Technologies, Biotechnology, 36 29 1 5 16 87 Information & Comunication Technology Trade, Globalization & Markets 9 9 5 7 30 Migration 5 4 1 2 5 17 Development Macroeconomics & Banking 5 2 5 3 15 Development Microeconomics 14 3 3 3 23 Ecosystems, Ecology 24 9 11 44 Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity 32 20 3 12 67 Conflicts over Natural Resources 10 12 1 7 30 Environmental Impact Analysis 11 1 1 1 6 20 Urbanisation & Population Growth 5 2 1 8 Total 442 250 21 84 205 1002 7 GUEST LECTURERS TABLE 4: Guest lecturers of BiGS-DR courses; status June 2009 Title Name Family name Institute Dr.