Applied Geography of the Tropicsand Subtropics (APT)

University of Freiburg/Germany

Current APT Crew

Thomas Baumann: Student assistant, Web Page, Information Dissemination

Stefan Dongus: PhD-Student, UPA, Mapping, GIS

Prof. Dr. Axel Drescher: Coordination, UPA

Lisa Ernst: Student assistant, Practical, Master Thesis

Cathy Guettner: Student assistant Admin, Practical, Master Thesis

Prof. Dr. David Iaquinta (Freiburg-USA): Antropologist, UPA, Peri-urban Typology

Prof. Dr. Ruediger Mäckel: Resource niches in Africa

Dr. Arne Panesar: Ecosanitation

Conny Pfeiffer: Sociologist, PhD-Student Evaluation of Development Projects in Africa

Short History

1985-1990Working on GroupMediterranean

Research

Early Reserach projects:

• Landuse Changes and Agrarian Land use in Southern Spain (Costa del Sol, Huelva)

Böll-Stftg. u. GraFöG- Elke Ecker u. Axel Drescher

• Vegetation Geographie Southern Spain (Alpujarra)

GraFöG- Thomas May

Short History1990 - 1995

First Research in Africa:

Home gardens in African SpacesFood Security/SpeciesDiversity/sustainableDevelopment

(Zambia and Zimbabwe)

FAO und DFG- Axel Drescher

Garten in a Compound in LusakaDry season

Rainy Season

Key words:

Urban and peri-urbane Agriculture

Short History 1995 – 2000

Research projects:Erosion Northern SpainEprodesert -Evaluation ofProcesses Leading to Land Degradation andDesertification Under Extensified FarmingSystems in North-East Spain)

DfG – Johannes Ries und Irene Marzolff

Short History 1995 – 2000

Research Project:

Urban Vegetable Production in Dar esSalaam (Tanzania)- GIS-supported Analysis ofSpatial Changes from 1992 to 1999

GTZ/DAAD- Stefan Dongus

FAO 1998 - 2003Evaluation of the FAO “Priority Area of Interdisciplinary Action (PAIA)”, Food for the Cities (Agriculture Department AGS) (David Iaquinta/Axel Drescher)Concept note on the role of School Gardens for Food Security in Developing Countries (Technical Cooperation Department TCO in collaboration with WFP and the FAO TeleFood Programme)Development of a new concept of peri-urban typology based on institutional contexts (David Iaquinta/Axel Drescher)Co-ordination and moderation: FAO/ETC Electronic Conference on Urban and Periurban agriculture on the Policy Agenda (Rural Institutions and Participation Service SDAR and Comparative Agricultural Development Service ESAC)Production of the SPFS Guide for the Implementation of Urban andperi-urban Agricultural Projects in Developing Countries and Countries of Transition (Special Programme for Food security –SPFS), including management practices, irrigation techniques, soil conservation, plant protection.

APT Evaluations related to UPA

• RUAF (Resource Centre for Urban Agrciulture and Forestry) -IDRC/DGIS (2000)

• Cities Feeding People (CFP) IDRC (2001)

• FAO Food for the Cities (FFC) (2002/3)

Short History2000 – 2006

Vulnerability to ill-healthamong nomadic pastoralistsin Chad

A case-study from health-geography

GraFöG/DAAD- Martin Wiese

Short History2000 – 2006

Gis based Urban Environment and Food Security Project in Cagayan de Oro (Philippines), 2002 – 2004

EU-AsiaUrbs- A. Drescher, S. Dongus, J. Gerold, A. Wachtler

Awarded with the BMZ Award „Global vernetzt – lokal aktiv“ (2004)

Press Release of the University: Victory for Freiburg Geography: Gardens for the poor in the Philippines: Federal Ministry gives award to Freiburg Geography for a successful project in Asia

From „Garbage Pickers“

To „ Waste Experts“

Now to what is going on:

2005 – 2008

Ensuring Health and Food Safety from Rapidly Expanding Wastewater Irrigation in South Asia(with IWMI and ILRI)Duration: 2005 - 2008

Status: ongoing

BMZ/GTZ - Philipp Weckenbrock, Axel Drescher

Main Tasks of APT:

Cartography of irrigatedareas, land use classification, risk assessment, food chain monitoring using GIS, Establishment of a GIS database

Actual Dissertations in AfricaResearch Project:Malaria risk resulting from urban agriculture – persisting misconception or urgent need for mitigation? - GIS-supported spatial analysis in Dar esSalaam (Tanzania)

Swiss Tropical Institute –Stefan Dongus, Axel Drescher

Actual Dissertations in AfricaResearch Project:

Integrating Urban Agriculture in Land Use Planning and Management for Sustainable Development in Tanzania

Wakuru Magigi, Land Use Planner, University of Dar es Salaam,

Axel Drescher

Network Participation

1985 -2006

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