DITSL GmbH Witzenhausen
the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, and Transdisciplinary and Social-ecological Landuse Research
DITSL is a centre of expertise for transdisciplinary research for development and transformation in social ecological land-use systems worldwide. It specialises in innovation in agriculture and livestock-based food and farming systems in highly heterogeneous and variable environments.
DITSL contributes to promoting food and income security, and sustainable value chain development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It employs an actor-oriented approach to integrate the perspectives, interests and capacities of different societal actors and to co-create contextual knowledge and options for actions to mitigate or solve complex problems.
DITSL does methodological, conceptual and applied research to foster innovation processes. This includes system analysis, knowledge management, knowledge integration and co-creation, gender analysis, multi-stakeholder processes, collaborative learning and action research.
DITSL generates decision support for society and policy and supports capacity building through academic, professional and extracurricular education and training programmes.
News & Events
PhD scholarship: Co-creating knowledge to improve mothers’ child-feeding practices in the drylands of Kenya
DITSL is recruiting a highly motivated young scientist to conduct a PhD study in the framework of the international collaborative project NaviNut: “Enhancing women’s agency in navigating changing food environments to improve child nutrition in African drylands”.
The project is designed as transdisciplinary research project in which knowledge co-creation between different disciplines and societal stakeholders is core. It is conducted by a network of partners in Benin, Kenya and Germany and led by the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL). The project will likely receive funding by BMEL as from 1 October 2020.
Please find the complete announcement here.
International Alumni Seminar BIOFACH 2021
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Organic agriculture in developing countries – quality management along organic agricultural value chains: Production, post-harvest technology, processing, marketing and trade
10 - 15 February 2021 in Witzenhausen, Germany
followed by the
Participation in the BIOFACH 2021
the world´s leading trade fair for organic food
17 - 20 February 2021 in Nuremberg, Germany
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6-session online course: PARTICIPATORY VIDEO FOR SOCIALLY INCLUInternational Germany Alumni Seminar 2021
Researchers, scientists, extension officers and facilitators involved in agricultural research are invited to participate in a 6-session online course:
PARTICIPATORY VIDEO FOR SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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