Poster Exhibition

In the course of the inauguration of the North-South Centre a poster exhibition took place. The poster give an overview of the Swiss activities in research for development.

Stakeholder participation in joint research projects

Andriambelo L H, Dirac C, Sorg J-P, Zosso: Enhancing the livelihood of the local population in a biodiversity hotspot in Central Menabe, Madagascar: Scientific basis for a participatory forest landscape management; ESSA-forêts, Madagascar / Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich - pdf, 491kb
Bartl K, Gómez C A, Kreuzer M, Mayer A, Hess H D: Participatory development of improved dry season feeding strategies for dairy cattle in the Peruvian Andes; Institute of Animal Sciences, ETH Zurich / Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru / ALP, Posieux - pdf, 945kb

Youan Bi A, Dumondel M, Daouda D, Comoe H, Bamba Y, N’gbo A, Lehmann B: Impact of system and zone on bovine stock breedings productivity; Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Côte d’Ivoire / Université Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire / ETH Zurich - pdf, 152kb

Eawag: Household-centred environmental sanitation: Bellagio principles, Eawag, Zurich - pdf, 348kb

Goetschel L, Péclard D, Carton M: Governance and conflict transformation for sustainable development; NCCR North-South / Swisspeace Berne / Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva - pdf, 407kb

Hetzel M W, Lengeler C, Obrist B, Dillip A, Makemba A, Mshana C, Schulze A, Mshinda H : Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment in the Kilombero valley, Tanzania; Ifakara Health Research & Development Centre, Tanzania / Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle / Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Basle - pdf, 289kb

Intercooperation: Supporting farmers in applied research; Intercooperation, Berne - pdf, 144kb

Michelon B: Electrification of isolated areas by interconnecting different renewable sources of energy: a sustainable approach;Cooperation@epfl, EPF Lausanne - pdf, 743kb

Sandoval V, Kaaria S: Bénéfices en termes de capital humain & impacts sur les communautés des méthodes de recherche participativesle cas des CIAL (Comités de recherche agricole locale) en Colombie; Centro International de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia - pdf, 80kb

de Savigny D, Sewankambo N, Sonoiya S, Dodge C, Were M, Mshinda H, Munishi G, Tanner M : Knowledge management: towards an evidence brokerage for health policy in East Africa; Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle / Makerere University, Uganda / East Africa Community Health Desk, Tanzania / National AIDS Control Council, Kenya / Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Tanzania / University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, pdf, 54kb

Schmid A: Organisation and quality of residential street children’s projects in Brazil; Department of Psychology, University of Zurich / Centre for Organisational and Occupational Sciences, ETH Zurich - pdf, 173kb

Local knowledge systems in research

Gurtner M, Roden P, Kohler T: Local knowledge in soil and water conservation in the Central Highlands of Eritrea; Centre for Development and Environment, Berne - pdf, 226kb

Pasche N, Schmid M, Wehrli B, Wüest A: How does nutrient cycling influence methane production in Lake Kivu?, Eawag, Zurich, pdf, 115kb

Plath M, Mody K, Dorn S: Increased health of locally-known timber tree species used in pasture-afforestation and silvopastoral systems; Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich

Premchander S: Impact of microfinance on women's livelihoods, India; NCCR North-South / Sampark, India / University of Durham, UK- pdf, 163kb

Impact of research partnerships

Brunner M, Zürcher E, Wüthrich K, Frimpong-Mensah K, Kankam C K, Kofi J: Research on lesser used timber species for light bridges in Ghana; Bern University of Applied Sciences, Berne - pdf, 362kb

Roden P, Abraha N, Bhasker Raj A G, Bidinger F R, Kohler T: Development and adoption of improved pearl millet seed in Eritrea, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), Berne / MoA NARI / ICRISAT - pdf, 194kb

Strasser B: Income generating strategies of natural rubber smallholders in Kerala, South-India; NCCR North-South / DSG, Zurich - pdf, 148kb

Waibel P: Business opportunities in activities of multinational corporations by contributing to private sector development in rural areas of Latin America; Chair of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm, University of Zurich - pdf, 67kb

Wolff H-P, Doppler W, Shechter M, Fleischer A, Salman A, Hijawi T, Kan I: Transboundary water governance in the socio-economic watershed of the Jordan Valley - the way from co-joint research to dissemination among national decision makers; University of Hohenheim, Germany / National Resource and Environmental Research Center (NRERC) University of Haifa, Israel / Hebrew University, Israel / ATEEC Jordan / Arab Agronomist Association and Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee - pdf, 428kb

Impact of capacity development

Böni H, Widmer R: Electronic waste: Threat or opportunity?  Experiences from knowledge and research partnerships with India and South-Africa; Technology and Society Lab EMPA, St Gallen - pdf, 140kb

Eawag: SODIS - safe drinking water through sunlight and PET-bottles; Eawag, Zurich - pdf, 280kb

Mayer A C, Marquardt S, Alzérreca H, Kreuzer M: Fruitful collaboration of ETH scientists with Bolivian students, farmers and experts: capacity building during intensive field work including controlled grazing experiments in a subtropical mountain forest; Institute of Animal Science, ETH Zurich / WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos / Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Bolivia

Milzow C, Kgotlhang L, Burg V, Kinzelbach W: The Okavango Delta: A hydrological model supporting water management decisions; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zurich / Department of Water Affairs, Botswana - pdf, 499kb

NCCR North-South: PAMS-Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes: Bridging the gap between research and society; NCCR North-South - pdf, 147kb

Obrist B, Tanner M : Risk, vulnerability and resilience in sustainable health development; NCCR North-South / Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle - pdf, 117kb

Tejada G: A Swiss network of scientific diasporas to enforce the role of highly skilled migrants as partners in development; Cooperation@epfl, EPF Lausanne - pdf, 171kb

Research for development: projects

Ducommun G, Ouedraogo S, Cecchini H, Bengaly A: L’agriculture vivrière comme moteur du développement en Afrique de l’Ouest - le cas du Burkina Faso ; Swiss College for Agriculture, Zollikofen / Centre d'Études, de Documentation et de Recherche Économique et Sociale, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - pdf, 95kb

Flury C, Tapio M, Hanotte O, Simianer H, Rieder S: Marker-based estimation of effective population size: Application to the conservation of indigenous African cattle populations; Swiss College for Agriculture, Zollikofen / International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya / Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Germany - pdf, 118kb

Good S, Shiferaw Y, Egli I, Davidsson L, Randolph T F, Hurrell R F: Animal source foods and nutrition during early life; Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich / International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi&Addis Ababa / International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna - pdf, 91kb

Ogutu W O, Day R, Schaffner U, Edwards P J, Mueller-Schaerer H: Is Prosopis meeting its match in Baringo?; Département de Biologie/Ecologie & Evolution, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg / CABI Africa, Kenya / CABI Europe, Delémont / Geobotanical Institute, ETH Zurich

Rupitak Q, Aulinger-Leipner I, Messmer R, Stamp P: Effect of drought on the flowering pattern of maize in Thailand; Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich - pdf, 537kb

Shiferaw Y, Randolph T F, Peters K J, Good S, Davidsson L, Hurrell R F: Household-level economic and nutritional importance of small animal production in rural and urban areas of Ethiopia: Case study in East Shewa zone, Ada’a Liben woreda; Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich / International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi & Addis Ababa / International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna

Wullschleger S, Egger S, Lacroix C, Bonfoh B, Tembely S, Farah Z, Meile L: Antibiotic resistance analysis of Enterococcus sp. isolates from the fermentation process of fènè, a spontaneously fermented sour-milk product in Mali; Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, ETH Zurich / Institute of Sahel, Mali / Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle / Central Veterinary Laboratory, Mali - pdf, 191kb

Tchabi A, Coyne D, Lawouin L, Hountondji F,Wiemken A, Oehl F: Towards nematode management on yam (Dioscorea spp.), using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Botanical Institute, University of Basle / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Uganda / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin - pdf, 132kb

Aulinger-Leipner I, Bandara K R M U, Bogahawatte C, Egodawatte C, Eisenbeiss H, Grün A, Kandapola S, Lehmann B, Liedgens M, Neelawala P, Samarakoon L, Sangakkara R, Sonnevelt M, Stamp P, Tutkun-Tikir A: Integrating agronomic and socioeconomic aspects of reversing soil degradation by tropical legume trees using GIS; Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand / Agricultural Economics and Business Management, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka / Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics, Crop Science Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Agronomy and Plant Breeding , ETH Zurich - pdf, 157kb

Balderer W, Müller Y: Investigation of thermal, mineral and normal ground waters in Iran by Isotope and chemical methods - A chance for an intercultural research partnership; Engineering Geology, ETH Zurich - pdf, 271kb

Beck L, Meier P, Walker D, Kinzelbach W, Bernauer T: Water resources management in the Zambesi basin; Institute of Environmental Decisions, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich - pdf, 139kb

Dyune Barenstein J, Joshi V, Shinde S S, Vyas S, Jadeja Y: Should cash-based approaches be used more widely in post-disaster housing reconstruction? The Gujarat experience; Department of Environment, Construction and Design, University of Applied Sciences, Lugano / Department of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich / Ecosmart, India / Arid Communities and Technologies, India - pdf, 109kb

Kastner S, Tschannen A, Farah Z, Lacroix C, Meile L: Microbes in cassava fermentation: Key factors for ‘attiéké’ quality and safety in Côte d’Ivoire; Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich / Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Côte d’Ivoire

Schmid C, Blum J, Vounatsou P, Burri C: The long way to an abridged melarsoprol treatment for sleeping sickness (IMPAMEL programme) - Proof of effectiveness; Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle - pdf, 189kb

Schneider M, Marison I, Mbwette T, Katima J, Hassanali A: Drinking water treatment in Tanzania using seed protein extracts from the pan-tropical tree Moringa oleifera Lam; Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Engineering, EPF Lausanne / University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya - Schneider.pdf

Tiemann T, Lascano C E, Kreuzer M, Hess H D: May tannins help the poor? Challenging a highly complex relationship between the needs of plants and cattle in the tropics;Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia / Institute of Animal Science, ETH Zurich / Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux, Posieux - pdf, 136kb

Swiss institutions in research for development

Cooperation@epfl / UNESCO Chair in technologies for development; Cooperation@epfl, EPF Lausanne - pdf, 670kb

Research, development and capacity building in water and sanitation for Developing Countries; Eawag/SANDEC, Zurich - pdf, 268kb

International cooperation in organic agriculture; Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick - pdf, 120kb

The Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED); Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich - pdf, 113kb

Selected projects in Developing Countries; Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich - pdf, 69kb

Indo-Swiss collaboration in biotechnology; Cooperation@epfl, EPF Lausanne - pdf, 254kb

Info Resources - We communicate research results and their implementation worldwide; Info Resources, Zollikofen - pdf, 527kb

NCCR North-South: Research partnerships for mitigating syndromes of global change; NCCR North-South - pdf, 564kb

Education and training in the NCCR North-South; NCCR North-South - pdf, 138kb

NIDECO; Network for International Development and Cooperation (NIDECO) - pdf, 110kb

Transdisciplinary and international research for sustainability: Innovative research collaboration between society and science; seed sustainability, Zurich - pdf, 247kb

Livestock systems research in support of poor people: Research priority of the Swiss Centre for International Agriculture ZIL; Swiss Centre for International Agriculture ZIL, ETH Zurich - pdf, 302kb