Forschungsprojekte

Videos der aktuellen Forschungsprojekte, erstellt anläßlich der "Nacht, die Wisssen schafft" 2012

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Forschungsprojekte des Institutes 2012

Video 2 (mp4, 38 MB), deutsch/englisch

DFG-Projekt FOR 756: Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty: consequences for development of emerging Southeast Asian economies


Titel	Improving the management of trypanosomiasis in smallholder livestock production systems in tsetse-infested sub-Saharan Africa

Forschungsziele	Overall objectives: To improve the sustainable livelihoods of resource-poor livestock producers in smallholder production systems through improved control of trypanosomiasis.
	Specific objectives:
	1. To improve capacity and capability of African laboratories and veterinary services to detect trypanocide resistance and to conduct quality control of trypanocidal drugs;
	2. To improve the effectiveness of available trypanocides in livestock;
	3. To promote and monitor the use of the technical and structural innovations developed in partnership at a regional and continental scale.

Methodologie	In order to evaluate the project’s impact
	1. Household level data collection to establish a panel data set
	2. Impact analysis using DD-models

Bearbeiter	Sabine Liebenehm / N.N.
Partner	Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (ITM)
	Free University of Berlin (FUB)
	Vétérinaires Sans Frontières – Belgium (VSF)
	Centre International de Recherche-Developpement sur l’Elevage en Zone Subhumide (CIRDES)
	National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Centre (NAHDIC)
	University of Pretoria (UP)
	Direction de l’Elevage du Togo (VetTogo)
	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (EMU)

Laufzeit	2012-2017
Geldgeber	EU Commission
Mittel	330 000 €
Schlagwörter	Impact assessment, Livestock disease, Sub-Saharan Africa
Website	www.trypanocide.eu/


Titel	Cost- benefit analysis of sustainability standards in small holder oil palm farming in Sumatra, Indonesia

Forschungsziele	This research aims to assess the acceptance and economic consequences of standards for sustainable oil palm farming among small holders in the province of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia.
	This study will draw from an existing panel data set of some 291 small holder oil palm farmers from 2010 and 2012 in two districts of Jambi.
	Three hypotheses will be tested:
	(1) smallholder oil palm farmers are aware of the environmental standards promoted by the Government in oil palm plantations;
	(2) the benefits of sustainable oil palm management practices are uncertain;
	(3) woman can play a major role in implementing sustainable oil palm management practices.
	Fieldwork to test the first hypotheses has already been conducted during July - August 2012.
	For 2013, additional data collection is proposed with the objective to test the second and the third hypotheses. Individual interviews, focus group discussions with village groups and a stakeholder workshop will be conducted to establish the empirical base for developing and applying cost benefit analysis.

Methodologie	Household level data collection to establish a panel data set

Bearbeiter	Ernah
Laufzeit	2012-2015
Geldgeber	Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
Mittel	14 000 €
Schlagwörter	Oil palm, Environment, Smallholder, Indonesia


Titel	Nachhaltiger Kautschukanbau in der Mekong-Region (SURUMER)
	Teilvorh.: Miroökon. Analyse nachhaltiger Managementkonz. natürliche Ressourcen, Kautschukanbau in Yunnan / China

Bearbeiter	Jan Meier / N.N.
Laufzeit	2011-2016
Geldgeber	BMBF / DLR
Mittel	310 000 €
Schlagwörter


Titel	Economics of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) management strategies under risk and time preferencies

Forschungsziele	The overall goal of this research proposal is to analyze livestock disease control options that can ensure the sustainability of livestock dependent household systems in West Africa.
	The research project has two specific objectives, i.e.:
	(i) Analyse the data on risk and time preferences as well as subjective probabilities that have been elicited by economic field experiments from January to February 2011
	(ii) Assess the long-term productivity of AAT disease control strategies including trypanocides in a dynamic modeling framework

Methodologie	Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of preferences
	Stochastic dynamic programming

Bearbeiter	Sabine Liebenehm
Laufzeit	2008-2013
Geldgeber	DFG
Mittel	110 000 €
Schlagwörter	Risk and time preferences, Livestock disease, West Africa


Titel	Assessing the Potential of Fair Organic Certified Products for Sustainable Livelihoods in Developing Countries - The case of Black Pepper in India

Forschungsziele	1. To what extent conversion and adoption to organic production and fair trade marketing arrangements can be a viable option for improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in India?
	2. What is the impact of organic agriculture under fair trade promotion structures on the income and consumption of the household?

Methodologie	1. Household level data collection to establish a panel data set
	2. Quantitative analysis using panel data models

Bearbeiter	Priyanka Parvathi
Laufzeit	2010-2013
Geldgeber	Leibniz Universität Hannover
Schlagwörter	Organic farming, Fair trade, Sustainability, Vulnerability, India


Titel	Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty: consequences for development of emerging Southeast Asian economies
	Teilprojekt TP 03
	"The capacity of agriculture to adjust to economic crisis and environmental shocks in Thailand"

Forschungsziele	1. Investigating the changing role of agriculture before and after economic crisis in Thailand
	2. Analyzing the capacity of agriculture to adjust to environmental shocks in Vietnam
	3. Comparing and assessing the structural adjustment processes in agriculture in Thailand and Vietnam in view of economic crisis and environmental change
	4. Contribute to advancing the vulnerability concepts by incorporating agricultural household decision models
	5. Advance the concept of risk measurement

Methodologie	1. Household level data collection to establish a panel data set
	2. Quantitative analysis using panel data models

Bearbeiter	Mulubrhan R. Amare, Bezawit B. Chichaibelu, Lena Hohfeld, Thi Hoa Vu
Partner	Das Projekt wird gemeinsam mit dem Lehrstuhl 'Umweltökonomik und Welthandel' (Prof. U. Grote) bearbeitet.
Laufzeit	2010-2013
Geldgeber	DFG
Mittel	250 000 €
Schlagwörter	Vulnerability, Shocks, Thailand, Coping strategies, Rural development
Website	www.vulnerability-asia.uni-hannover.de


Titel	The Impact of Contract Farming in the Oil Palm Industry on Poverty Reduction: An Analysis of Supply Chain Partnership in Sumatra, Indonesia

Bearbeiter	Eko R. Cahyadi
Laufzeit	2009-
Geldgeber
Schlagwörter	Contract farming, Oil palm, Treatment effect model, Vulnerability, Poverty


Titel	Der Einfluss von sozialen Netzwerken auf die Vulnerabilität: Fallstudie eines Dorfes in Thailand.

Bearbeiter	Theda Gödecke
Laufzeit	2008-
Geldgeber
Schlagwörter	Vulnerabilität, Thailand, Soziale Netzwerke, Fallstudie


Titel	Impact of shocks on vulnerability to poverty in Thailand and Vietnam: consequences for the development of emerging Southeast Asian economies

Bearbeiter	Duc Phung Tung
Laufzeit	2006-
Geldgeber
Schlagwörter	Vulnerability to poverty, Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asian economies