Franz Heidhues

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Franz Heidhues (born November 1, 1939 ; † September 12, 2014 ) was professor of agricultural economics in developing countries at the University of Hohenheim and deputy chairman of the board of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe .

Life

Heidhues studied economics at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . During his studies he became a member of the KDStV Sauerlandia Münster in 1959 in the CV . After completing his studies, he received his doctorate for a thesis on the problem of international capital movements.

From 1969 to 1982 he worked in the areas of capital market analysis, the evaluation of macroeconomic and sectoral economic policy, project identification, evaluation and monitoring of agricultural and rural development projects at the World Bank in Washington DC, USA. He then became professor for development theory and rural development policy at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart.

He was a member of the Center for Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agriculture. Heidhues' main research areas included strategies for poverty reduction, food security, sustainable management of natural resources and institutional development in rural areas with a special focus on rural financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. He also dealt with macroeconomic and ecological evaluation problems of innovations.

Heidhues has been a member of the board of directors of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe since 1987 and deputy chairman since 2004; From 1998 to 2009 he was a member of the scientific advisory board at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, which he took over as chairman in September 2004. He was also the spokesman for the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center 564 at the University of Hohenheim “Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in the Mountain Regions of Southeast Asia”. In addition, he worked as co-editor of the Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture . Heidhues described participation and local knowledge as key elements of the sustainability of development projects. The key message of the concept of sustainability is that decisions made by today's generation should not limit the possibilities of future generations to maintain or improve their living conditions. With regard to development processes, there are three dimensions of sustainability: the ecological, the economic and the socio-cultural. In order to achieve sustainability in all three dimensions, it is essential to integrate the local population as well as local knowledge. This can be achieved through knowledge partnerships that bring farmers, local institutions, non-governmental organizations, advice and research together. Heidhues retired in 2007.

Publications

selection

  • C. Saint-Macary, A. Keil, M. Zeller, F. Heidhues, Pham Thi My Dung: Land titling policy and soil conservation in northern uplands of Vietnam . In: Land Use Policy , 27, 2010, pp. 617–627.
  • M. Zeller, T. Beuchelt, I. Fischer, and F. Heidhues: Linkages between poverty and sustainable agricultural and rural development in the uplands of Southeast Asia. In: Teja Tscharntke, Christoph Leuschner, Edzo Veldkamp, ​​Heiko Faust, Edi Guhardja (eds.): Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2009.
  • Franz Heidhues: Why is development in Sub-Saharan Africa so difficult? Challenges and lessons learned. In: Review of Business and Economics , Vol. LIV (3), Acco, Leuven 2009, pp. 398–409, 2009.
  • Franz Heidhues: The World Food Crisis: Causes and Challenges. Proceedings of the Jeju Peace Institute - Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty Joint Workshops 2007-2008 . In: Challenge and response in northeast Asia: Fulfilling the Jeju Process . JPI, Seoul 2009.
  • BT Ferenje, F. Heidhues: Fall in technical efficiency of small farm households in the post reform period of Ethopia. In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture , Vol. 46 (3), 2007, pp. 241-261.
  • Xiangping Jia, Franz Heidhues, Manfred Zeller: Taking the hands off the rural credit market: An evidence from China. In: IAMO Forum 2007 Sustainable rural development: What is the role of the agri-food sector? Halle (Saale), June 27, 2007
  • F. Heidhues, J. Möllers, G. Buchenrieder: Non-farm diversification decisions of rural households in Macedonia. 26th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) in Queensland, Australia, “Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues”. Canberra, December 12-18 August 2006
  • F. Heidhues, D.Belle-Sossoh, G. Buchenrieder: Transaction Costs of Group and Individual Lending and Rural Financial Market Access: The Case of Poverty-Oriented Microfinance in Cameroon. In: M. Zeller, R. Meyer (eds.): The microfinance triangle: Sustainability, outreach and impact. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2002, pp. 196-218.

Publication directories

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Complete directory of the CV. 1995, Munich 1995, p. V-456.
  2. ^ Author portrait of Franz Heidhues DLG-Verlag
  3. ^ Franz Heidhues: Participation and local knowledge as supporting elements of the sustainability of projects . ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 643 kB) pp. 73–77
personal data
SURNAME Heidhues, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural economist, deputy chairman of the board of Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1939
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2014