Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Horticultural Economics

SERIDAR

Sociedad rural Economía y Recursos naturales Integrando competencias en el DesArrollo Rural

 

SD

 

Rural Society, Economy and Natural Resources – Integrating Competence in Rural Development

 

http://seridar.chapingo.net             

 

Project overview

Rural sectors in the Andean Region and Mesoamerica face large challenges to economic and social cohesion as well as in protecting the natural environment: insecurity of smallholders' incomes; rural poverty; weak institution-building; overuse of natural resources; low ability of rural households to react to effects of climate change – to name a few of them. These challenges call for high-quality transdisciplinary research, functioning knowledge exchange between academics and practitioners and problem-based trainings for facilitators of change. We aim to contribute to these goals by institutionalising a high-quality research, education and training network for sustainable rural development, natural resources and agricultural value chains which is integrated internationally, regionally and locally. Thereby we support stakeholders´ efforts to direct changes towards a balanced and equitable socio-economic development and environmental protection.

 

Team Seridar

 

Implementation period and budget

23 December 2010 – 22 December 2013, 1.61 Mio EUR

 

Project leaders

Prof. Dr Wolfgang Bokelmann, Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Uwe-Jens Nagel

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

 

Contact

Dr.Susanne Hofmann-Souki

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Division of Horticultural Economics

Philippstr. 13, D-10099 Berlin, Germany

Tel: +49-30-2093-6096, Fax: +49-30-2093-6236, s.hofmann-souki@agrar.hu-berlin.de

 

Open Leaflet (PDF)

 

- a Project within the ALFA III programme of the European Union -