Urban Urban Food Plus Food Plus African-German partnership to enhance resource use efficiency and improve food security in urban and peri-urban agriculture of West African cities PI-Meeting 14.05.2013 Witzenhausen Steinstr. 19 (H21)
UrbanFood plus Timeline Vorlesung Jahr Ferien Termine Aktivitäten 2013 Monat KW 14 April 15 Einladungsschreiben von PIs an alle Stipendiaten 16 17.04.2013 Bewilligungsbescheid 17 Stipendienvereinbarungen von RUB an alle Stip. 18 April/Mai 19 Mai Visa und Reisevorbereitungen Stipendiaten 20 14.05. Planungstreffen 21 Mai 22 23 Juni 03.06.13 Projekt-Beginn 24 (bei PIs in Deutschland) 3 Monate Aufenthalt in Deutschland 25 26 Juni 27 Juli 28 29 30 31 Juli/August 32 August 33 34 35 1. Summer School in Witzenhausen August 24.08. - 30.08.2013 36 September 02.09.-09.09.2013 PI-Reise Westafrika: Auswahl Versuchsflächen 37 38 Feldarbeit in Westafrika 39
Scholarships and preparation for travel Invitation Scholarship contract via Project Function Name letter contract Visa Travel Accommodation SP2 PhD student RUB Akoto-Danso, Edmund Accra, Ghana von RUB Embassy informed 04.06.-31.08. Lufthansa Collmann Guesthouse � (Preis?) Steinstraße 17 an Stip show-up 06.05. 37213 Witzenhausen needs new passport SP2 PhD student UK Manka'abusi, Delphine Kamerun / Embassy Kamerun by train? Collmann Guesthouse � � Steinstraße 17 Belgien informed, show-up 37213 Witzenhausen in Belgium 13.05. SP3 PhD student RUB Mpouam, Serge Eugene Kamerun Embassy informed 03.06. - 30.08. Turkish Airlines Collmann Guesthouse � � ca 820 € Steinstraße 17 show-up 21.05. reserved until 13.05. 37213 Witzenhausen SP3 PhD student UK Muchemwa, Tiachona Zimbabwe Embassy informed 03.06. - 31.08. Egypt Air Collmann Guesthouse � � ca 760 € Steinstraße 17 show-up 13.05. 37213 Witzenhausen SP4 PhD student RUB Atiah, Kofi Cape Coast, von RUB Embassy informed � Ghana an Stip SP4/5 PhD student RUB Arthur, Barbara Ghana Embassy informed � � SP5 PhD student RUB Hope, Lesley Accra, Ghana von RUB Embassy informed � an Stip SP7 PhD student RUB Eric Sarpong Owusu Ghana Embassy informed � � needs insurance SP6 PhD student RUB Bogweh, Nchanji Eileen Kamerun Embassy informed � � show-up 21.05. SP8 PhD student RUB Takemore Chagomoka Zimbabwe / von RUB Embassy informed 03.06. - 31.08. Turkish Airlines � Kamerun an Stip show-up 16.05. ca 810 € booked
Employments Function Project Name Vertrag SP1 Postdoc UK Hoffmann / Stenchly besteht Postdoc UK offen SP2 PhD student UK Erbach ab 01.06. SP2 Postdoc RUB Häring, Volker besteht SP4 PhD student RUB Werner, Steffen ab 01.06. SP5 PhD student RUB Kätzl, Korbinian ab 01.06. SP7 Postdoc RUB Schakia, Martina besteht PhD student RUB Hansen, Marc ab 01.06. Postdoc GAU Belwood-Howard, Imogen ab 01.06. SP6 PhD student GAU Löhde, Barbara ab 01.06. Postdoc ALU Schlesinger, Johannes besteht SP8 PhD student ALU Karg, Hanna besteht
UF Plus Project Structure - Partnership Relations Point CSIR Sud CIR DES UG BEL WET SP3 SP4 KNUST IWMI SP7 UK RUB ABU SP2 SP5 SP1 SHU RUAF MAS Ghana UGoe ALU AVRDC SP6 SP8 RUAF INERA B-Faso GRIL UDS IER
UF Plus Project Structure – Project Staff Point CSIR Sud CIR DES UG BEL WET SP3 SP4 KNUST IWMI SP7 UK RUB ABU SP2 SP5 Coordi SP1 SHU nator RUAF MAS Ghana UGoe ALU AVRDC SP6 SP8 RUAF INERA B-Faso GRIL Post-docs Additional IGS UDS IER scholarships PhDs for Africans scholars 9 MSc-scholarships for Africans
Communication and management cascade: Coordinator Responsibilities: Donors ● Smooth work flow (PtJ, GIZ) between different SP ● Problem-solving in PIs overregional matters Postdoc ● Financial controlling Responsibilities: Coordinator at the consortium level, ● Smooth work flow distribution of funds within the own SP ● Compilation of the ● Supervision of PhD/MSc periodic reports ● Problem-solving at Postdocs Centres the own field site ● Financial controlling within the own SP and its African partners PhDs / scholars / MScs ● Timely delivery of results for the periodic reports
UF Plus Project Structure – Financial Flows Point Point CSIR CSIR Sud Sud CIR CIR DES DES UG UG BEL BEL WET WET SP3 SP4 KNUST KNUST IWMI SP7 UK RUB ABU ABU SP2 SP5 SP1 SHU SHU RUAF RUAF MAS MAS UGoe ALU Ghana Ghana AVRDC SP6 SP8 RUAF RUAF INERA INERA B-Faso B-Faso GRIL GRIL UDS UDS IER IER BMBF BMZ
UF Plus Project Structure – Financial Flows PtJ an dt. Unis: Unis: interne Verteilung SPs an afrikanische Partner: Zahlungsanforderung Umbuchungen auf SP-KS Auslands-Überweisungen � Bankdaten anfordern!
Field site selection Ouagadougou Tamale
Requirements for field sites at each location 1. Central field experiments (800-1000m 2 ): - soil treatments (biochar, compost etc.) - controlled irrigation - testing of crop (vegetables-cereals) / variety responses - field replicates (n = 3) - lysimeters & resin boxes - water treatment technology - composting - gas fluxes 2. Farmers fields (n = 5-10) - plot size > 40 m 2 - soil treatments - lysimeters & resin boxes (selected sites) - conventional crops (& varieties?) - individual irrigation practice Urban Urban Food Plus Food Plus
Site selection criteria for central field experiment Available size > 500 m 2 1. 2. Location within urban-periurban area 3. Known land owner with secured title 4. Secure location to reduce risk of theft and disturbance 5. Availability of nearby wastewater for irrigation 6. Flat topography 7. Upland location, no floodplain 8. Minimum distance to next buildings or trees: 20 m 9. Homogeneous present and past land use 10. Soil depth > 100 cm, sandy texture 11. No stagnic or gleyic poperties 12. Good accessibility for frequent sampling
Site selection criteria for farmer‘s field experiments Available plot > 50 m 2 (?) 1. 2. Location within urban-periurban area 3. Known land owner with title 4. Willingness and interest in cooperating 5. Wastewater irrigation 6. Flat topography 7. Upland location, no floodplain 8. Soil depth > 100 cm, sandy to loamy texture 9. No stagnic or gleyic poperties (water logging, groundwater > 100 cm) 10. Good accessibility for frequent sampling 11. Variability of cropping practices
Ouagadougou: Traditional well irrigation of temporarily flooded terrain
Ouagadougou: Traditional well irrigation
Ouagadougou: Pipe irrigation
Tamale: Japan-funded laboratory facilities
Tamale: Japan-funded laboratory facilities
Tamale: Traditional can irrigation
Tamale: Pipe irrigation
UF Plus Summer School 2013 Time SA SO MO DI MI DO FR SA 24.08.2013 25.08.2013 26.08.2013 27.08.2013 28.08.2013 29.08.2013 30.08.2013 31.08.2013 Morning UFplus PIs sessions UFplus-PIs: and students: 09:00-11:00 Arrival Arrival Defining Peri-Urban, Agronomy Engineering Anthropology Conclusions Departure Urban & Rural Spaces Challenges and Methods of Studying Agroecoystems in Peri-Urban Spaces 11:00-13:00 Application of GIS Economics Geography and Remote Sensing in Agroecosystems Research The Scope of UrbanFoodPlus Afternoon sessions UFplus-students: Invited instructor: 14:00-16:00 Arrival Presentation Product quality Livestock First aid and Departure of PhD project health risks 16:00-18:00 Get-together outlines in the tropics Evening activities
UF Plus Homepage
UF Plus Homepage
UF Plus Homepage
UF Plus Homepage Contents to include in the public domain: Vacancies Subproject descriptions (as in the proposal?) PIs and newly recruited staff � links to other homepages? Titles and exposés of the PhD-theses � Text? Pictures (portraits)? African partners � Links ...? Maps of experimental sites? Summer School Programme? Contents to include in the internal domain: Accounting tool Meeting documentation (agenda, presentations, minutes) Reports PRA-questionnaire? Results? ...? News? (what kind of news? public / internal?)
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