Tropentag 2023:

Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation:
trade-offs and synergies

September 20 - 22, 2023
organised by
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
in cooperation with
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany


Tropentag 2023 - programme

time zone UTC+2

the programme booklet can be downloaded as pdf
(will be distributed on-site as well)


Tuesday,
19.09.2023
Wednesday,
20.09.2023
Thursday,
21.09.2023
Friday,
22.09.2023


Time
UTC+2

programme

Tuesday, 19.09.2023

13:30-19:00 Pre-registration of participants
timeslot: 13:00-18:00 Pre-conference workshops
18:30-20:00 Film event "The Potato Guardians" as part of the Tropentag's Art in Science event

Wednesday, 20.09.2023

8:00 onwards Registration of participants
timeslot 08:30-11:30 Pre-conference workshops
11:45-12:30 Lunch break
12:30-12:40 Plenary - Welcome to Tropentag + streaming via the Internet - link will be made available via Whova.
12:40-13:45 Hans H. Ruthenberg Award for Graduates 2023
Dr. Andrea Fadani, Foundation fiat panis Ulm, Germany
13:45-14:30

Welcome addresses and opening

  • Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany
  • Julia Von Blumenthal, President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
  • Frank A. Ewert, Scientific director of ZALF Müncheberg, Germany
  • Dagmar Mithöfer (HU Berlin) and Stefan Sieber (ZALF), heads of organising committee
  • Folkard Asch, ATSAF / University of Hohenheim
14:30-15:00 Coffee and tea break
15:00-16:45

Keynote speeches and discussion

16:45-17:15 Coffee and tea break
17:15-18:45 Parallel oral thematic sessions I
all sessions will be streamed via the whova platform
   
 
 
 
18:45-22:00
Apéro / Social gathering 19:30-20:30 Meet & Greet: discussion rounds of junior scientists with keynote speakers 19:30-22:00 Mini film-festival 19:00-20:00 Talk “A view on trends in food security research - Analysing three years of submissions to Food Security" Fritz-Reuter-Hall by SERGE SAVARY, Editor-in-Chief, Food Security 19:30 ATSAF e.V. members assembly in SR 1.204

Thursday, 21.09.2023

08:30-09:15 Guided poster sessions P1 (parallel poster sessions plus online poster sessions)
1a. Crop production and management (elevator pitch)
2a. Optimisation strategies, synergies and trade-offs between sustainability, productivity and profit in farming systems
3a. Climate change, agriculture and adaptation
4a. Agrobiodiversity and (agro)forestry to transform food systems
5a. The role of livestock production systems in food systems transformation
7a. Agrifood markets and value chains
8a. Food system diversification for food security
11a. Social learning and knowledge systems: understanding and integrating multiple actor perspectives to foster food systems transformation
13f. DAAD Alumni seminar
online: 6a/12a. Knowledge systems and energy nexus (online)
online 10a/10b. Social justice and gender (online)
09:30-10:15 Guided poster sessions P2 (parallel poster sessions plus online poster sessions)
1a. Crop production and management II (elevator pitch)
1d. Abiotic stress
2a. Optimisation strategies, synergies and trade-offs between sustainability, productivity and profit in farming systems II
3a. Climate change, agriculture and adaptation II
4a. Agrobiodiversity and (agro)forestry to transform food systems II
5a. The role of livestock production systems in food systems transformation II
7a. Agrifood markets and value chains II
8a. Food system diversification for food security II
11a. Social learning and knowledge systems: understanding and integrating multiple actor perspectives to foster food systems transformation II
13f. DAAD Alumni seminar II
online 8a/8b. Food and nutrition security (online)
online 11a/11b. Social learning (online)
10:15-10:45 Coffee and tea break
10:45-12:15 Parallel oral thematic sessions II
all sessions will be streamed via the whova platform
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
10:45-12:15 Special memorial session: Seeds of change - this session will not be streamed.
12:15-13:45 Lunch break
13:45-15:15 Parallel oral thematic sessions III
all sessions will be streamed via the whova platform
   
 
 
 
 
 
15:15-15:45 Coffee and tea break
15:45-17:15 Parallel oral thematic sessions IV
all sessions will be streamed via the whova platform
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
17:30-18:10 Guided poster sessions P3 (parallel poster sessions plus online poster sessions)
1a. Crop production and management III (elevator pitch)
1c. Soil and plant nutrition management
2b. Sustainable land use, food systems, and commodity chains in regions of climate vulnerability, deforestation, and conflict
3b. Resilience and adaptation to climate change (elevator pitch)
4b. Management and biodiversity in agroforestry and tree systems
5a. The role of livestock production systems in food systems transformation III
6a. Knowledge systems and digitalisation
8b. Food environment and consumer behaviour for improved nutrition and health
10a. Gender and intersectional perspectives in transforming food systems (elevator pitch)
13g. International partner projects - University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan Triesdorf
online 2a/2b/2c. Landscape and land use (online)
online 7a/7b. Food chains, food processing and consumers (online)
18:20-19:00 Guided poster sessions P4 (parallel poster sessions plus online poster sessions)
1c. Soil and plant nutrition management II
2c. Agricultural landscape and land use change
3b. Resilience and adaptation to climate change II (elevator pitch)
4b. Management and biodiversity in agroforestry and tree systems II
5b. Livestock and income, livelihoods and resilience
6a. Knowledge systems and digitalisation II
7b. Food processing, food quality and food safety
8b. Food environment and consumer behaviour for improved nutrition and health II
9a. Governance and (bio)economic aspects of food systems transformation
10a. Gender and intersectional perspectives in transforming food systems II (elevator pitch)
online 1b.+1d. Biotic and abiotic stress (online)
online 5a/5b. Animals and livestock systems (online)
19:30-23:00 Conference dinner

Friday, 22.09.2023

08:30-09:30 Guided poster sessions P5 (parallel poster sessions plus online poster sessions)
1b. Pest, diseases and control options
2c. Agricultural landscape and land use change II
7b. Food processing, food quality and food safety II
9a. Governance and (bio)economic aspects of food systems transformation II
10b. How to foster inclusive food systems? Approaches to assessing social vulnerability and foster social equity
11b. Social dynamics of food systems transformation
12a. Renewable energy and circular economy in the frame of water-food-energy nexus
online 1a.+1c. Crop management and plant nutrition (online)
online 3a/3b. Climate change (online)
online 4a/4b/4c. (Agro)forestry and (agro)biodiversity (online)
09:30-10:00 Coffee and tea break
  Plenary session
10:00-10:15Poster awards
10:15-10:35Photocompetition - best photo / best photo series
10:35-10:45Conference review by the student reporters
10:45-11:15 short break
11:15-13:00Keynote speeches and discussion
13:00-13:15 Closing remarks and handing over to Vienna, Austria
End of Tropentag 2023 around 13:15
13:15-14:15 Lunch break
14:30-18:00 Post-conference workshops
14:15 Post-conference excursions