Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development

Towards a green economy for Northwest Ethiopia

An institutional interdisciplinary cooperation is setup between the university of Bahir Dar (Ethiopia) and the Flemish universities on an interdisciplinary range of research topics in Northwest Ethiopia: land resilience, hydrogeology, postharvest and food processing, aquatic ecology and water-borne diseases and socio-economic development. The university of Antwerp leads the research on the socio-economic aspects of agriculture and environmental management. This project supports the transition to a climate resilient green economy in Northwest Ethiopia. About 20 PhD students work on phase 1 of this project, across the Flemish universities. The project is coordinated by Ghent University.