Tropentag 2024:Explore opportunities... for managing natural resources and a better life for all September 11 - 13, 2024 General informationThe annual interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development (Tropentag) is jointly organised by the universities of Berlin, Bonn, Göttingen, Hohenheim, Kassel-Witzenhausen, ZALF e.V. (all Germany), Ghent University (Belgium), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Czech Republic), BOKU Vienna (Austria), and the Council for Tropical and Subtropical Research (ATSAF e.V.) in co-operation with the GIZ Fund International Agricultural Research (FIA). Tropentag 2024 (TT24) will be organised as a hybrid 'green event' by University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria (Insitute and Cluster for Development Research), in cooperation with ATSAF e.V.
We will have an in-person conference, but all oral presentation sessions will be streamed live via our conference app. There will also be in-person poster presentation sessions and pre and post-conference workshops - these will not be streamed but will be available on our website.
Preliminary overview of the TT2024 program:
The organisers will ensure that TT24 attendees can interact with the presenters, chairs- and participants. All MSc and PhD students, scientists, extension workers, decision-makers and policy-makers interested in natural resources management, agricultural research, and rural development in transition and developing countries are cordially invited to attend and actively contribute. We encourage early stage researchers (MSc and PhD students) to participate.
Target of the conferenceThe Tropentag is a development-oriented trans- and interdisciplinary. Following the long tradition, we want to
encourage participants of TT24 to explore the conference's overarching aim of exploring opportunities for managing natural resources
sustainably and improving the quality of life for all individuals and communities.
The Tropentag 2024 conference themeExplore opportunities... for managing natural resources and a better life for allTropentag is a trans- and interdisciplinary conference. Following the long tradition of Tropentag, we encourage participants of Tropentag 2024 to contribute to the conference's overarching aim of exploring opportunities for managing natural resources sustainably and improving the quality of life for all individuals and communities. Tropentag 2024 addresses issues such as the urgently needed transformation in agriculture and food systems, agroecology, livestock management, food and nutrition sovereignty, forestry, sustainable water resources and fisheries, environmental conservation, socio-ecology, structural inequalities in the governance of natural resources based on gender, age, socio-economic status and other social categories, in the context of rural development, sustainable natural resources management, and poverty alleviation worldwide. The following topics collectively contribute to the conference's overarching aim of exploring opportunities to manage natural resources sustainably and improve the quality of life for all individuals and communities.
Keynote speakersThe following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation: Jennie Barron, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Dept. for Soil and Environment, Uppsala, Sweden Anja Gassner, Managing Director, CIFOR Germany gGmbH; Director Europe Johanna Jacobi, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Agrarökologische Transitionen, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Nzula Kitaka, Egerton University, Dept Biological Science, Kenya Lerato Thakholi, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands / University of the Western Cape, South Africa Johannes M. Waldmüller, Department of Political Science, International Politics, University Vienna, Austria Feras Ziadat, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and as invited speaker in the oral presentation session "cropping systems": Achille Assogbadjo, Lab of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
fiat panis award sessionOn the occasion of this conference a special session will be devoted to the presentation of the "Hans H. Ruthenberg-Graduate-Award" and the " Hermann Eiselen-Science Award 2024" by the fiat panis foundation, Ulm.
Oral and poster presentationsThe oral presentations of the Tropentag 2024 will be organised in four sessions, probably six parallel thematic groups. Posters will be presented in parallel guided poster sessions (in-person and online sessions). The exact time frame of these sessions will be communicated after selection of the submitted abstracts. Abstracts can be submitted until 3 May 2024 via our submission portal.
Pre- and post-conference workshopsOrganise your own Workshop We offer you the opportunity to organise your own workshop, tailored to your target audience. The idea is that you either network around a specific topic or offer capacity building and task forces for projects and follow your initiative. The only condition is that your topic should be related to tropical agriculture in a broader sense. The workshops will take place on Tuesday September 10, 2024 from 13:00 to 18:00 h, Wednesday September 11, from 08:30 to 11:30 h. or Friday September 13 from 15:00 to 18:00 h. If you are interested you need to apply and describe the aim and topic of the workshop using the following template. Fill in the template and send it to infotropentag.de no later than 20 May, 2024. You will receive your application feedback by June 20th. In case of approval, details such as room allocation, further logistics and potential additional services will be discussed individually with the Tropentag secretariat. The complete workshop plan with contact addresses will be made available on our website.
Conference feeEspecially for a hybrid Tropentag conference, registration fees are required to pay for software and the organisation of the sessions. For those attending in-person, the fee includes a conference bag, and refreshments during the conference breaks. The fee does not include accommodation, lunches or the conference dinner. In-person participants can purchase the book of abstracts for ten euros only. The conference fee and payment conditions can be found here.
Organising committee of the Tropentag 2024 conferenceLead local organisation team:
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