Brüntrup, Michael

Photo: Dr. Michael Brüntrup is an Agricultural Economist and Senior Researcher in the Research programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems."

Dr. Michael Brüntrup

Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Senior Researcher

Specialization
Agricultural Economy

Work areas

  • Agricultural (trade) policy
  • Supply chains
  • Rural development
  • Food security
  • Drought resilience

Regional expertise

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Responsibilities in education and training

  • Agricultural and rural development

Vita

since 1/2018German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
(until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
Senior Researcher, Research Department "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"
3/2006-12/2017German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Department "Sustainable Economic and Social Development"
Senior Researcher
2003-2006German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Department "Poverty-oriented development; regional integration; governance"
Region: Sub-Sahara Africa
Researcher: International and national agricultural policies, world markets for agricultural products
1997-2003Freelance consultant
Subjects: Agricultural and resource economics, microfinance in Africa and South Asia
1997-1998University of Hohenheim/ Stuttgart
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics
Research assistant (part-time) in the Special Research Program “Adapted Farming in West Africa”
Project: The Role of Local Organisations in the Development and Dissemination of Agricultural Innovations in the Rural Areas of Benin
1996-1997University of Hohenheim/ Stuttgart
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics
Research Coordinator for South East Asia: Conceptualising and preparing a Special Research Program "Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development for Poverty Alleviation in South East Asia"
Region: Thailand and Vietnam
1990-1996University of Hohenheim/ Stuttgart
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics
Research assistant in the Special Research Program "Adapted Farming in West Africa"
Project: Agricultural Price Policy and its Effect on the Adoption of Innovations, Production, Income, and Employment
1982-1990Technical University of Munich/ Weihenstephan
M.Sc. Agronomy, plant production

Expertise work for

  • Science correspondent of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD)

Member of

  • Inter-Governmental Working Group (IWG) on drought der UNCCD

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects

Contact

E-mail  Michael.Bruentrup@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-164
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130

Highlight

Plea for a stronger role for the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Brüntrup, Michael (2024)

The Current Column of 17 June 2024

Agriculture and climate change

Highlight

Agricultural growth corridors in sub-Saharan Africa – new hope for agricultural transformation and rural development? The case of the Southern agricultural growth corridor of Tanzania
Brüntrup, Michael (2020)
in: Richard Sikor / Eugene R. Terry / Paul L.G. Vlek / Joyce Chitja (eds.), Transforming agriculture in Southern Africa, New York: Routledge, 258-270