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Austrian Development Agency (ADA), Zelinkagasse , 1010 Wien, Austria

Developing resilient and profitable rural livelihood systems in semi-arid Mozambique: A conceptual approach
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.07.2012-31.12.2015
Nudging Sustainability Transitions Using Innovation Platforms and Market-Oriented Development in Mozambique (MOREP II)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Kral Rosana ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.10.2015-30.09.2018
Improving Agricultural Extension Systems for Wider Adoption of Technologies (IAES)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Melcher Andreas ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Sustainable Economic Development ;
Duration: 01.07.2016-30.06.2019

Ministry of Financial Affaires, Hintere Zollamtsstraße 2b, 1030 Wien, Austria

Participatory production and marketing of safe vegetable in Peri - urban West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Senegal)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Organic Farming ;
Duration: 01.01.2007-31.12.2012
Going to scale: Developing strategies for scaling out market-oriented organic agriculture from farmer group to association level.
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Organic Farming ;
Duration: 01.01.2007-31.12.2012
Improving Farmers’ Livelihoods through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Platforms for Linking Smallholder Farmers to Research, Extension and Business Development Services (FLIP)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.12.2009-30.11.2013
Increasing total farm productiviti in vulnerable production systems in Mozambique through improved garmplasm, water and nutrient use efficiencies.
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics (AFO) ; Institute of Agronomy ; Institute of Organic Farming ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ;
Duration: 01.01.2007-31.12.2012

Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft, Stubenbastei 5, 1010 Wien, Austria

Carbon storage and soil biodiversity in forest landscapes in Ethiopia: Participatory management (Carbo-part2)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 15.06.2013-31.07.2017
Carbon storage and soil biodiversity in forest landscapes in Ethiopia: Knowledge base and participatory management (Carbo-part)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Godbold Douglas L. ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Forest Ecology ; Institute of Silviculture ;
Duration: 15.06.2013-31.10.2017

Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

INnovative Conservation Agriculture Approaches: Food Security and Climate Action Through Soil and Water Conservation (INCAA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.09.2014-31.12.2017

Euroleague of Life Science Universities (ELLS), Austria

Circular Case Studies: Food systems transformation through transdisciplinarity and cooperation (2CS)
Project type : Small projects: Summary account (§ 27)
Project Leader: Melcher Andreas ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.06.2023-31.12.2023

Austrian Science Fund (FWF) , Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Austria

Re-structured, Re-focused, Re-thought: Exploring values-based modes of production & consumption in the corporate food regime (FoodValues)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Plank Christina ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.03.2021-28.02.2026

Commission for Development Studies at Oead GmbH, Austria

Development in Ethiopia: Changing Trends, Sustainability and Challenges (FO13)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Habermann Birgit ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 15.07.2013-30.09.2014
Transdisciplinary & transformative learning in university education for sustainable development (Trans²)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.09.2014-30.11.2017

Niederösterreichischer Landschaftsfonds, Landhausplatz 1, Haus 13, 3109 St. Pölten, Austria

HUMOWAS - Use of organic humic substances to support the growth phase of cuttings for use in dry areas. (HUMOWAS Rhizoboxen)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Stangl Rosemarie ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction ;
Duration: 01.04.2023-31.12.2024
Use organic humic substances to support the growth phase of cuttings in dry areas (HUMOWAS)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Melcher Andreas ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction ;
Duration: 01.03.2023-30.11.2024
Climate effects of soil conservation systems in drylands (KLIBO)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Melcher Andreas ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ;
Duration: 01.06.2021-31.05.2023

OeAD-GmbH, Ebendorferstraße 7, 1010 Wien, Austria

Development in Ethiopia: Changing Trends, Sustainability and Challenges (FO13)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Habermann Birgit ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 15.07.2013-30.09.2014

City of Linz, Hauptstraße 1-5, A-4041 Linz, Austria

Climate-social Linz (KSLinz)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Plank Christina ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.06.2023-31.05.2025

StartClim, Austria

StartClim2018.A: Evaluation of interactions between climate policy measures and the targets of the sustainable development goals (CliPo_Interlink)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Becsi Benedikt ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.07.2018-30.11.2019

University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Gregor Mendel-Strasse 33, 1180 Wien, Austria

UniNetz - Life on Land (SDG 15) (SDG 15)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Gratzer Georg ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Forest Ecology ; Institute of Forest, Environmental and Natural Resource Policy ; Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG) ; Institute of Integrative Nature Conservation Research (INF) ; Institute of Silviculture ; Institute of Spatial Planning, Environmental Planning and Land Rearrangement (IRUB) ;
Duration: 01.01.2019-31.12.2024

University of Natural Ressources and Life Sciences, Vienna; CO2 compensation system, Gregor Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien, Austria

Carbon offsetting as an opportunity for sustainable rural development in Nepal - a participatory, community based approach (CarbonNepal)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Ruffeis Dominik ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Forest Ecology ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ;
Duration: 01.02.2016-31.12.2025
Sustainable Landfill Gas Emission Reduction in Addis Ababa (SUGAR AA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Ruffeis Dominik ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Education ; Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ; Institute of Waste Management and Circularity ;
Duration: 01.12.2015-31.12.2023
Carbon Offset Project Exclosure - North Gondar, Phase Two (COPE 2.0)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Ruffeis Dominik ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Forest Ecology ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ;
Duration: 13.11.2018-12.11.2025
Carbon Offset Project Exclosure - North Gondar (COPE)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Ruffeis Dominik ;
BOKU Research Units: Centre for Global Change and Sustainability ; Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Forest Ecology ; Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management ;
Duration: 01.05.2013-01.04.2043
Las Mercedes "Reserva Natural de las Aguas" - Accompanying research CO2 compensation Colombia (Las Mercedes)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Melcher Andreas ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.01.2021-31.12.2023

International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia

Spatial trade-off analyses for site-sensitive development interventions un upland systemst of southeast Asia (Laos)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Hauser Michael ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics (AFO) ; Institute of Geomatics ;
Duration: 15.12.2004-31.12.2008

xWeaver IT Solutions, 68165 Mannheim, Germany

Conceptualizing and implementing a web platform for crowd-governance of socio-ecological systems (PINI)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.05.2014-01.05.2015

UN Food and agriculture organization, Italy

Development of Food Composition Research and Compilation Guidelines (Foodcomp)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Stadlmayr Barbara ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.01.2018-31.12.2018

Biovision - Foundation for Ecological Development, Heinrichstr. 147, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Beacons of Hope: Accelerating Transitions to Sustainable Food Systems (BEACONS)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 10.02.2017-09.05.2017
Trandisciplinary Trainings in KCOA (TD-KCOA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.11.2021-01.05.2023

Karl Kahane Foundation , CH-7505 Celerina, Switzerland

Fostering women voices through videos in Bangladesh
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.01.2010-31.08.2013
Sustainable Solid Waste Management - Composting of Local Organic Waste in Addis Ababa (SSWMAA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ; Institute of Waste Management and Circularity ;
Duration: 01.09.2010-28.02.2014

RSF Social Finance, United States (USA)

Women’s right to communal land: facing the climate crisis (WRCL_CC)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Lemke Stefanie ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.10.2023-31.03.2025

Commission of the European Communities, Rue de la Loi, Brussels, European Union

Support to the implementation of the Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security & Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) (LEAP4FNSSA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Probst Lorenz ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.11.2018-31.10.2022
Pro-IntensAfrica: Towards a long-term partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrion security in Africa
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Wurzinger Maria ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.03.2015-31.03.2017
Building resilience to climate change through strengthening adaptive small scale farming systems in rainfed areas in Bangladesh, India and Nepal (CARITAS-ASIA)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Wurzinger Maria ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.03.2011-30.04.2016
Supporting Women-Led Innovations in Farming and rural Territories (SWIFT)
Project type : Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Project Leader: Lemke Stefanie ;
BOKU Research Units: Institute for Development Research ;
Duration: 01.01.2023-31.12.2026
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