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Impressum<br />
Publisher<br />
<strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong>, <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich<br />
HCW, Hochstrasse 60a, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland<br />
Editors<br />
Ursula Gugger Suter,<br />
Communication Manager, <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong><br />
Barbara Becker,<br />
Managing Director, <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong><br />
Layout<br />
Art Direction Stacy Müller, Zurich<br />
Reproduction<br />
With permission of the <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> <strong>Centre</strong><br />
Photos<br />
Cover: A. Zabel (left: Household interview in a village<br />
at the Bandhavgarh National Park boundary, India),<br />
C. Jans (right: Patrick Njage preparing to sample<br />
camels of a herd near Isiolo, Kenya);<br />
p. 1: M. Zoss;<br />
p. 2: R. Schulin;<br />
p. 4: A. Fotso Kuate;<br />
p. 5: D. Niedzwiecka;<br />
p. 6: M. Egloff;<br />
p. 9: A. Jenet (left), Sandec (right);<br />
p. 10: U. Janssen-Tapken;<br />
p. 11: M. Zoss;<br />
p. 14: M. Egloff;<br />
p. 18: Z.L. Urech;<br />
p. 19: L.H. Andriambelo;<br />
p. 21: P. Rüegg;<br />
p. 22: CSRS;<br />
p. 23: S. Impa Muthappa (top), C. Jans (bottom);<br />
p. 24: U. Janssen-Tapken (top), S. Abbeddou<br />
(bottom);<br />
p. 25: NADEL;<br />
p. 26: CDE;<br />
p. 27: C. Jans (top), S. Engel (bottom);<br />
p. 29: Sandec;<br />
p. 31: IITA;<br />
p. 32: S. Abbeddou;<br />
p. 36: S. Krishnan;<br />
p. 37: A. Zabel;<br />
p. 38: N. Buchmann, S. Dorn;<br />
p. 39: M. Sonnevelt;<br />
p. 40: E. Frossard;<br />
p. 41: S. Abbeddou;<br />
p. 42: C. Jans;<br />
p. 43: R. Schulin;<br />
p. 46: F. Verones;<br />
p. 47: F. Verones (left), K. Bartl (right);<br />
p. 49: S. Graham;<br />
p. 51: S. Krank;<br />
p. 53: E. Frossard (left), D. Or (right);<br />
p. 62: C. Orek;<br />
p. 65: L.H. Andriambelo, C. Dirac Ramohavelo, V.K.<br />
Hgaza Kouassi, A. Fotso Kuate, P.N. Njau, C. Flury, M.<br />
Jemo, C.L. Olds, C. Cavalcanti, S. Contzen,<br />
M. Zoss, D. Rustagi, Z.L. Urech, M.F. Rabenilalana,<br />
S. Andrade de Sa, D.I. Kiba, C. Orek, S. Patel,<br />
S. Impa Muthappa; H.D.N. Comoé;<br />
p. 66: C. Dirac Ramohavelo;<br />
p. 67: V.K. Hgaza Kouassi;<br />
p. 68: A. Fotso Kuate;<br />
p. 69: P.N. Njau;<br />
p. 71: M. Jemo;<br />
p. 72: C.L. Olds;<br />
p. 73: C. Cavalcanti;<br />
p. 74: S. Contzen;<br />
p. 75: M. Zoss;<br />
p. 76: D. Rustagi;<br />
p. 77: Z.L. Urech;<br />
p. 78: S. Andrade de Sa;<br />
p. 79: D.I. Kiba;<br />
p. 80: C. Orek;<br />
p. 81: S. Patel;<br />
p. 82: S. Impa Muthappa;<br />
p. 83: H.D.N. Comoé;<br />
p. 85: S.R. Barsila;<br />
p. 87: D. Or (left), M. Filippini (right);<br />
p. 89: M. Egloff;<br />
p. 90: NADEL;<br />
p. 91: C. Huggel;<br />
p. 104: S. Abbeddou;<br />
p. 107: M. Egloff;<br />
p. 108: M. Egloff;<br />
p. 109: Ú. Oswald Spring;<br />
p. 111: D. Niedzwiecka;<br />
p. 112: D. Niedzwiecka;<br />
p. 113: F. Hintermann;<br />
p. 114: D. Niedzwiecka;<br />
p. 115: D. Niedzwiecka;<br />
p. 116: M. Zoss;<br />
p. 130: D. Rustagi<br />
Printing<br />
Druckerei Feldegg AG, Schwerzenbach<br />
List of acronyms<br />
All units of the <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich are in italics.<br />
ACW Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil<br />
ADAPT African dams project, CCES<br />
AGS Alliance for Global Sustainability<br />
AIM Association Intercooperation Madagascar<br />
AIT Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand<br />
ALP Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux<br />
ARD Agricultural Research for Development<br />
ART Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon<br />
AVRDC World Vegetable Center<br />
C Carbon<br />
CAS Certificate of Advanced Studies<br />
CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences<br />
CCES Competence Center Environment and<br />
Sustainability of the <strong>ETH</strong> Domain<br />
CDE <strong>Centre</strong> for Development and Environment,<br />
University of Bern<br />
CDM Clean Development Mechanism<br />
CEPE <strong>Centre</strong> for Energy Policy and Economics<br />
CFPF <strong>Centre</strong> de Formation Professionnelle<br />
Forestière, Madagascar<br />
CGIAR Consultative Group on International<br />
Agricultural Research<br />
CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture<br />
CIFOR <strong>Centre</strong> for International Forestry Research<br />
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat<br />
Improvement <strong>Centre</strong><br />
CIP International Potato <strong>Centre</strong><br />
ClimPol Climate Policy Making for Enhanced<br />
Technological and Institutional Innovations, CCES<br />
CNRE <strong>Centre</strong> National de Recherches sur<br />
l’Environnement, Madagascar<br />
CO 2<br />
Carbon dioxide<br />
CSRS <strong>Centre</strong> Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques,<br />
Côte d’Ivoire<br />
D-AGRL Department of Agricultural and Food<br />
Sciences<br />
D-ARCH Department of Architecture<br />
D-BAUG Department of Civil, Environmental and<br />
Geomatic Engineering<br />
D-BIOL Department of Biology<br />
D-ERDW Department of Earth Sciences<br />
D-GESS Department of Humanities, Social and<br />
Political Sciences<br />
D-INFK Department of Computer Science<br />
D-ITET Department of Information Technology<br />
and Electrical Engineering<br />
D-MTEC Department of Management, Technology<br />
and Economics<br />
D-UWIS Department of Environmental Sciences<br />
DC Developing countries<br />
DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft<br />
DFID Department for International Development, UK<br />
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid<br />
DSM DSM Nutritional Products AG<br />
Eawag Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental<br />
Science and Technology<br />
ECOS Laboratory of ecological systems, Lausanne<br />
EPFL Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne<br />
ERA-ARD European Research Area on Agricultural<br />
Research for Development<br />
ERA-NET European Research Area Network<br />
ESA Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie, Côte d’Ivoire<br />
ESSA Ecole supérieure des sciences agronomiques,<br />
Université d’Antanarivo, Madagascar<br />
<strong>ETH</strong>IIRA <strong>ETH</strong> Independent Investigators’ Research<br />
Awards<br />
EU European Union<br />
FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation of the<br />
United Nations<br />
Fe Iron<br />
FiBL Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau<br />
FOAG Federal Office for Agriculture<br />
GEF Global Environmental Facility<br />
GFAR Global Forum on Agricultural Research<br />
GIS Geographic Information System<br />
GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische<br />
Zusammenarbeit<br />
ha Hectare<br />
HGU School of Business, Economics and Law,<br />
University of Gothenburg, Sweden<br />
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency<br />
IBAMA Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos<br />
Recursos Naturais Renovaveis<br />
ICARDA International <strong>Centre</strong> for Agricultural<br />
Research in the Dry Areas<br />
ICT Information and Communication Technology<br />
IED Institute for Environmental Decisions<br />
IHEID Graduate Institute of International and<br />
Development Studies, Geneva<br />
IIA International Institutional Affairs<br />
IIM Indian Institute of Management<br />
IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture<br />
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute<br />
INERA Institut de l’Environnement et Recherches<br />
Agricoles, Burkina Faso<br />
INRA French National Institute for Agricultural<br />
Research<br />
INTA Nicaraguan Institute of Technology<br />
IOB Netherlands Policy and Operations<br />
Evaluation Department of the Ministry of<br />
Foreign Affairs,Netherlands<br />
IREDU Institut de Recherche sur l’Éducation,<br />
Université de Bourgogne, France<br />
IRRI International Rice Research Institute<br />
IUCN International Union for the Conservation<br />
of Nature<br />
IUT Isfahan University of Technology, Iran<br />
KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute<br />
KFPE Commission for Research Partnerships with<br />
Developing Countries<br />
KfW KfW Entwicklungsbank<br />
Kg Kilogramme<br />
KIRFOR Kyrgyz-Swiss Forestry Support Programme<br />
LAB Lactic acid bacteria<br />
LCA Life cycle assessment<br />
LCV Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire du Mali<br />
MAS Master of Advanced Studies<br />
Mn Manganese<br />
MO Microorganism<br />
MoU Memorandum of Understanding<br />
MSc Master of Science<br />
N Nitrogen<br />
NADEL Postgraduate Studies for Developing<br />
Countries<br />
NATURA Network of European institutions for<br />
higher education in agriculture for the tropics and<br />
subtropics (new: AgriNatura)<br />
NCCR <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong> National <strong>Centre</strong> of<br />
Competence in Research <strong>North</strong>-<strong>South</strong><br />
NGO Non-governmental organisation<br />
NSF ATM National Science Foundation,<br />
Atmosphere Program, USA<br />
NSL Network City and Landscape<br />
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and<br />
Development<br />
OPEC Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting<br />
Countries<br />
P Phosphorus<br />
PRS Poverty reduction strategy<br />
PSI Paul Scherrer Institute<br />
R4D Research for development<br />
RDA Recommended daily allowance<br />
RFPP Research Fellow Partnership Programme<br />
S-EN<strong>ETH</strong> former School Domain of Earth,<br />
Environment and Natural Resources, <strong>ETH</strong> Zurich<br />
SAHA Programme de Développement Rural,<br />
Intercoopération – Délégation Madagascar<br />
Sandec Department of Water and Sanitation in<br />
Developing Countries, Eawag<br />
scnat Swiss Academy of Sciences<br />
SCRID Sustainable Farming and Rice Cropping<br />
Systems Unit, Madagascar<br />
SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation<br />
SECO State Secretariat for Economic Affairs,<br />
Switzerland<br />
SENACYT Ecuadorian Secretary of Science and<br />
Technology<br />
SER State Secretariat for Education and Research,<br />
Switzerland<br />
SFIAR Swiss Forum for International Agricultural<br />
Research<br />
SHL Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen<br />
SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences<br />
SNF Schweizerischer Nationalfonds<br />
SPLASH European Research Area Network of the<br />
European Water Initiative<br />
spp. Species<br />
STI Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel<br />
(new: Swiss TPH)<br />
STRI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,<br />
Panama<br />
TWAS Academy of Sciences for the Developing<br />
World<br />
UAS University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore,<br />
India<br />
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme<br />
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and<br />
Cultural Organization<br />
WARDA Africa Rice Center<br />
WBGU German Advisory Council on Global Change<br />
WFP World Food Programme<br />
WHO World Health Organisation<br />
WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and<br />
Landscape Research<br />
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature<br />
ZALF Leibniz <strong>Centre</strong> for Agricultural Landscape<br />
Research, Germany<br />
ZEF Center for Development Research, University<br />
of Bonn, Germany<br />
ZESCO Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation<br />
Zn Zinc<br />
ZnSO 4<br />
Zinc sulphate<br />
Impressum / List of acronyms