Alexander Wezel

Director of Research, HDR in Landscape Ecology

Expertise

Member of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition – Committee on World Food Security (CFS) – FAO

Research unit

Agroecology and the environment

Keywords

Agroecology, agroecosystem analysis, biodiversity management, water quality, and ecological corridors.

Ongoing or recently completed projects

  • AE4EU : Agroecology for Europe
  • PATH2DEA : Paving the Way towards Digitalisation Enabling Agroecology for European Farming Systems
  • AGRECOFARM : Agroecological farming education and training development in West Africa
  • PERFECO : Performance économiques des exploitation et transition agroécologique
  • ECOSTACK
  • GOODFOOD : Good teaching practices in experiential learning for effective education in embedded food systems
  • African Cases: Good practices in agroecology in food insecure African countries

Teaching activities

Senior Advisor, MSc Agroecology
Agroecology, Global agroecosystems and agricultural use, agroecosystem management

Professional experience and education

  • 2006-today: Isara, France.
  • 2004: Habilitation, University of Greifswald, Germany, thesis: Land use and resource conservation in rural areas of different developing countries.
  • 1998: Ph.D., University of Hohenheim, Germany, thesis: Fallow cultivation system and management possibilities in semi-arid Niger, West Africa,
  • 1993: Diploma (MSc) Geoecology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany,

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