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University of Göttingen, Faculty of Agriculture
INSTITUTE OF AGRONOMY IN THE TROPICS
Mail address Grisebachstrasse 6, D-37077
Göttingen
Telephone +49(551)393-752 Fax
+49(551)393-759 Telex 96703 unigoe
Nature National government, academic
Mission Teaching, research
Financial support Government, grants
Working languages English, German
Scope of interest Agronomy, horticulture,
sustainability, land use systems
Research program
Locations Göttingen, Germany; Belém, Brazil;
IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria; Hisar, India; CIMMYT, Mexico; Evora,
Portugal
Subjects Use of secondary forests, soil biology,
nitrogen fixation, nitrogen efficiency, phosphorus-efficient
varieties of wheat
Status Ongoing
Internal Organization
Chief official Prof. Dr. P.L.G. Vlek
Professional staff 6
Total staff 10
Facilities
Office In Göttingen, 10 offices, 5
laboratories (chemical and botanical), greenhouses, workshop
Library Special collection with 3,300 monographs,
cat 70 current journals, 7,000 reprints, documentation on useful
tropical plants
Computer catalog Yes, using DBaselV
Local databases Extensive database on
tropical and subtropical crops
Publications
Serials Göttinger Beiträge zur Land- und
Forstwirtschart in den Tropen und Subtopen
Publications list Available from Verlag Erich Goltze,
Hans-Böckler-Str. 7, D-37079 Göttingen. Germany (Telephone. +49
(551) 506-760, Fax: +49 (551) 506-7622)
History
Established in 1967
University of Stuttgart
WORKING GROUP ON DESERT RESEARCH (GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT DER
UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART)
Mail address Silcherstrasse 9, D-70176 Stuttgart
Telephone +49 (711) 121 -3760, 121 -3764 Fax
+49 (711) 121 -3759
Nature Academic
Mission Research, instruction
Financial support Governmental
Working languages German
Scope of interest Geomorphology, hydrology.
geoecology
Locations Saharan Africa, southwestern Africa,
western United States, High Arctic Region (Spitsbergen)
Subjects Surface and subsurface crusts in deserts;
soils in deserts; playa hydrology and ecology
Status Ongoing
Findings Andisol formation in northwest
Spitsbergen; quantification of flooding indexes of playas via
satellite imagery; a new explanation of sliding mechanisms on
playa surfaces; applications of vegetation index (NDVJ) in Sahel
excluded below 250 mm/a; origin and mobilization of CaC03 for
calcrete genesis in Namibia; reconstruction of paleoclimates
within the last 30 ka in Namibia
Internal Organization
Chief official Prof. Dr. W.-D. Blümel
Divisions Division of Physical Geography
Professional staff 4
Total staff 8
Facilities
Office Geomorphological laboratory
Library Special collection of books, journals and
maps of arid regions
Exchange Facilities Oregon Exchange Program;
Exchange Facilities with Arizona State
University, Tempe. Arizona
Publications
Serials Stuttgarter Geographische Studien
(either in Exchange or to be bought directly)
Publications list Available
History
Major development of desert research in Stuttgart began
in 1960; Working Group on Desert Research established in 1974
University of Würzburg
GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, DIVISION I (GEOGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT,
LEHRSTUHL 1)
Mail address Am Hubland. 97074 Würzburg
Telephone +49 (931) 888-5555, 888-5585 Fax
+49 (931) 888-5544
Nature Academic
Mission Research and university teaching in
geography
Financial support State of Bavaria via University
budget, research funds mainly from Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschalt
Working languages German
Scope of interest Physical geography of arid lands;
emphasis on desert geomorphology, landscape History,
climatic History (Tertiary and Quaternary)
Research program
Locations Desert and Sahelian regions of Niger
and Mali, Namibia, southern Tunisia, Iran
Subjects Niger: landform History,
geomorphology, paleoclimatology, vegetation History,
remote sensing, savanna development (southern Niger); Mali:
vegetation and climatic History of the desert
north; Tunisia: chott development, climatic and vegetation History;
Namibia: landform History, Gross Brukkaros region
and southern Namib Desert, geohydrological processes in northern
Namibia, remote sensing; Iran: desert geomorphology
Status Ongoing, except for Iran, where work is to
be restarted after a longer interruption
Findings Namibia: Gross Brukkaros' shape is
non-volcanic; Sahara: very well developed paleosandstone and
iron-crust karstification, early Pleistocene mega-landslides very
frequent, complicated late Pleistocene/Holocene lake History,
former corrosive phases more important than today's, importance
of pre-Pleistocene elements, detailed knowledge of Saharan
vegetation History
Internal Organization
Chief official Prof. Dr. Horst Hagedorn,
Chairman, Lehrstuhl I (Division 1)
Divisions Arid lands geography (mainly physical
geography) is concentrated in Lehrstohl l, one of four Divisions
of the Department of Geography as a whole; economic geography of
the Maghreb and western Africa are dealt with in Lehrstuhl 3,
Economic Geography
Division heads Department faculty working on arid
lands topics are: within Lehrstuhl 1, Prof. Dr. Horst Hagedorn,
Prof. Dr. Detlef Busche, Dr. Erhard Schulz (vegetation
geography), Dr. Barbara Sponholz (geomorphology laboratory);
within Lehrstuhl 3, Prof. Dr. Horst-Günter Wagner
Professional staff 6 in Lehrstuhl I, 20 (variable)
in Geography Department overall
Total staff 9 in Lehrstuhl 1
Facilities
Office Standard offices, geomorphology
laboratory, remote sensing laboratory
Library 40,000 volumes on all fields of geography,
approximately 10% on arid lands; aerial photography collection of
I.G.N. photography of the desert parts of Niger; comprehensive
map Library with good collection of maps of North
Africa
Computer catalog In process
Exchange Facilities Available through DAAD
(Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) or Humboldt-Stipendien
Publications
Serials Würzburger Geographische Arbeiten (3-4
volumes per annum, mostly monographs)
Publications list Available for Würzburger Geographische
Arbeiten
History
Geography lectures at the University began in 1887