Recipient award: Female researcher’s grant 2021

The gender board is pleased to announce that Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa has been chosen for the Female Researcher’s Grant 2021 with her research project “From subsistence to commodity production in rural communal areas of northern Namibia”

Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa works at the University of Namibia, Department of Social Sciences, and is an associate researcher at Future Rural Africa project, (CRC 228). Her research will investigate the transformation processes of subsistence to commodity production in the rural communal areas of northern Namibia. She will analyze the integration of the rural farmers into commodity relations, including the examination of former subsistence products in agricultural value chains, as well as assess their impacts on rural livelihoods and communities.

We look forward to the collaboration and the research findings thereof. We wish Romie much success in her project and want to thank all the other applicants!

More CRC News

cover for a website post

One Man’s Terrorist? Mishake Muyongo and the Caprivi African Nationalist Union: David Anderson Gives Lecture at University of Birmingham

Hybrid Event I February 5th, 2025 | 14:00 – 15:30  (CET) David Anderson (Project A02 Past Futures) will give a lecture at the University of ...
Read More »
screenshot of an article in "the namibian"

Green Hydrogen and Namibia’s Future: Insights from Future Rural Africa Scientists Linus Kalvelage and Benedikt Walker

A recent article in The Namibian explores Namibia’s growing role in the global green hydrogen economy, highlighting the country’s major projects and international partnerships. The ...
Read More »
cover for a web post

GSSC Seminar Series: Wildlife, Tsetse and Pathogens – Rewilding Between Disease Eradication and Coexistence in Southwestern Zambia with Léa Lacan

Tue | February 4th, 2025 | 12:00 – 13:30  (CET) Future Rural Africa & ERC Rewilding researcher Lèa Lacan (Project A04 Future Conservation) will present ...
Read More »

CRC-TRR Public Lecture: Sebastian Haug

Mon | February 3rd, 2025 | 16:00 – 17:30  (CET) Unpacking Power Shifts: The Global South, China, and Multilateral Cooperation Dr. Sebastian Haug (German Institute ...
Read More »
cover for a web post

CRC-TRR Future Rural Africa at Northeast Africa Forum, University of Oxford

Hybrid Event I 29 January 2025 I 15:00 – 18:30 (CET) The uncertainties of rural life in Eastern Africa’s underdeveloped arid and semi-arid districts have ...
Read More »
Scroll to Top