The University of Bonn Faculty of Agriculture is dedicated to tackling the problems facing agriculture such as global shortage of energy and raw materials, competing use of land for energy or food production, and more. The Faculty of Agriculture is ideally placed to develop the scientific basis for the sustainable safeguarding of energy supply and needs-based nutrition through the unique combination of agricultural, nutritional and food science, and to support its implementation in practice.
Publications
Journal Article
Context matters: Oil palm production and women’s dietary diversity in the tropical forest of Cameroon
Journal Article
Oil palm expansion, food security and diets: Comparative evidence from Cameroon and Indonesia
Journal Article
COVID-19 in rural Africa: Food access disruptions, food insecurity and coping strategies in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania
Events
Virtual Event – Hindsight is 2020: Reflecting on IFPRI’s ‘2020 Vision Initiative’
Discussion on the achievements and remaining challenges since IFPRI’s landmark series that aimed to catalyze global action to eradicate hunger & malnutrition while protecting the environment.
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Transforming Food Systems to Deliver Healthy, Sustainable Diets : The View from the World’s Science Academies
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science academies, recently brought together regional networks of science academies from four continents—Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This project aimed to spark a new global commitment to research the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition security and agriculture today. This seminar will provide details […]
Bioeconomy – the new transformation of agriculture, food, and bio-based industries – implications for emerging economies
Speaker: Moderator: Bioeconomy is the knowledge-based production and utilization of biological resources, innovative biological processes and principles to sustainably provide goods and services across all economic sectors. It employs biomimicry, and utilizes biosciences to transform established economic sectors, such as chemical industries, pharmaceuticals, food, and construction industries into sustainable ones. The bioeconomy has been rapidly […]