PartnerName:
KU Leuven

Members:
Prof. Miet Maertens (principal investigator, contact)
Hendrik Feyaerts (PhD student)
Anna Fabry (PhD student)

Involvement:
WP2, WP3, WP4

Description:
The Division of Bio-economics at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KUL has considerable experience and a long tradition in research on global food value chains, private standards, and coordination and sustainability in food value chains. Within the research group Agricultural and Rural Development Economics these issues are studied from the perspective of how they affect low- and middle-income countries and the rural development process in these countries, with specific attention to pro-poor growth, market access, food security, gender and empowerment. These issues are investigated using mainly micro-economic approaches and state-of-the-art econometric techniques. The division has substantial expertise in micro-economic research on the local implications of participation in international trade in several African countries, including extensive research on horticultural exports in Senegal. The division includes some thirty junior and senior researchers, including researchers from different African countries. The division collaborates with research institutes from around the world, and from low- and middle-income countries in particular.

PartnerName:
Georg-August-Universität

Members:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brümmer (project co-ordinator, contact)
Dr. Simone Pfeiffer (ATMA4FS administration, project management)
Dela-Dem Doe Fiankor (PhD student)

Involvement:
WP1, WP3, WP4

Description:
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is an internationally renowned university devoted to excellent research as well as research-based teaching, with more than 31,000 students, and scientific staff exceeding a headcount of 3,500. The key strengths of the University lie in its long tradition of top research in a number of different areas, in its integration with first-class independent research organisations in the area, and in its autonomous status as a public law foundation. The Faculty of Agriculture sees its core areas of competence in the combination of natural and social sciences, applied to agriculture and the environment, both in Germany, Europe, and worldwide.

PartnerName:
University of Ghana

Members:
Dr. Edward Ebo Onumah (principal investigator, contact)
Theophilus Tweneboah Kodua (PhD student)

Involvement:
WP1, WP3, WP4

Description:
The University of Ghana, the premier university and the largest university in Ghana was founded for the purpose of providing and promoting university education, learning and research. As part of its vision to become a world class research intensive institution, UOG focuses on establishing international collaboration in research initiatives to enhance food security and to promote internal and international trade. UOG recognizes that the project requires expertise with appropriate skills for good execution of deliverables. UOG has the capacity for undertaking this research, given its knowledge of international trade, food security analysis, micro- and macro-economic analysis and related previous experiences in conducting similar works.