Synergies and trade-offs of carbon storage along pathways of land transformation (A01)

• Subject Area: Soil Sciences ; Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Sociology ; Ecology of Land Use ; Plant Cultivation, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Technology
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328966760

This interdisciplinary project continues to view the future-making in rural Africa through a carbon lens, focusing on two conflicting visions: wildlife conservation and agricultural intensification. A01 aims to understand how (1) historical settlement processes have co-determined current land-access and land-use patterns, how (2) farmers actively shape their future by improving the soil and vegetation quality of their farms, and (3) to what extent external shocks and spatio-temporal variations in policy regimes affect biophysical and socio-economic outcomes.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Wulf Amelung; Professor Dr. Jan Börner; Professorin Dr. Anja Linstädter