Tropentag 2026 - programme

• Workshop 8: From Idea to Proposal: Co-designing Interdisciplinary Research on Land Use under Climate Change in Latin America (in-person)
• Workshop 9: Making better photos of research in and on landscapes and agriculture (in-person)
• Workshop 11: Conserving Landraces, Building Landscapes: Lessons from Karnataka's Policy and Field-Based Approach to Agroecological Transformation (hybrid posible)
• Workshop 12: Systems literacy for transformative outcomes at scale (in-person)
• Workshop 15: From field data to programme decisions: Participatory agrobiodiversity assessment for scalable interventions in Sahelian farming systems (DATAR + R, Niger case) (hybrid)
• Workshop 16: Fincas Sostenibles — A Decision Game on Sustainability Trade-offs in Coffee Smallholder Systems (in-person)
• Workshop 17: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR): A community-led approach to restoring landscapes, livelihoods and climate resilience (in-person)
• Workshop 18: Science policy communication (in-person)
• Workshop 23: Promoting low-cost biochar and briquette production for methane reduction and environmental quality improvement (hybrid)
• Workshop 24: Co-creating Gender-Transformative (Agro)biodiversity Research: Methods, Intersectionality, and Field Insights (in-person)
• Workshop 25: Sharing or sparing: Modelling future pathways for multifunctional agricultural systems in the tropics with CLUinPy – a hands-on training (in-person)
• Workshop 26: Decolonial and Ecofeminist Post-Disaster Solidarity in Beutong Ateuh, Aceh, Sumatra: Locally Led Initiatives, Diasporic Collaboration and Principles of Mutual Aid as a Practice of Redistribution (hybrid)
• Workshop 29: Integrating AI into Empirical Workflows: Data Analysis with R in Agricultural Economics (in-person)
• Workshop 30: Smallholder Dairy Farmers, Pasture Biodiversity and Productivity (hybrid)

• Workshop 1: Designing for Who? User-Centered Problem Framing in Agricultural Research Proposals (in-person)
• Workshop 4: Towards Multifunctional Landscapes and Resilient Communities: the process, opportunities and challenges (hybrid)
• Workshop 5: Food Sovereignty at the Core of a Food System Transformation for Nature and People – Our Role as Agroecology Scientists in the Global South (in-person)
• Workshop 6: Designing Gender-Responsive Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (STIBs) for Climate-Resilient Agrifood Systems: The why, what and how (in-person)
• Workshop 10: From Demonstration to Transformation: Integrated Solutions for Water, Food, Agroforestry & Ecosystems in the Mediterranean (hybrid)
• Workshop 13: From Research to Practice: Strengthening Soil Health in Temperate and Tropical Agricultural systems (in-person)
• Workshop 14: Participatory research through decolonial lens: Process, Power, and Positionality (in-person)
• Workshop 19: Using bottom-up spatial-decision support systems to foster nature-based solutions in degraded tropical landscapes (hybrid)
• Workshop 20: Enhancing Resilience of Multi-Functional Maize Smallholder Systems in the Tropics. A side event of the DFG Research Unit MultiStress RU 6101 (in-person)
• Workshop 21: From Research to Results: Findings from and for Sustainable Land Management in sub-Saharan Africa (in-person)
• Workshop 22: African German Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science (UKUDLA) (in-person)
• Workshop 33: Engaging rural youth in Farmer Field Schools and practice research (in-person)
• Workshop 28: Can circular food resources safely transform ruminant feeding in the Global South? Exploring the potential of machine learning approaches (hybrid)
• Workshop 31: From science to social movement - why and how agroecology is used in development cooperation (in-person)
• Workshop 32: Participatory Action Research in Pastoral Systems: Tools for Empowerment, Innovation, and Resilience (hybrid)

Opening and setting the scene- Moderation: Prof. Dr. Reimund P. Rötter, University of Göttingen

Keynote speech and discussion

• dr. ir. Eric Smaling, Wageningen University & Research / International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), The Netherlands

Keynote speech and discussion

• Dr. Serena Ferrari, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), Ethiopia

• 1a. Innovation and resilience in smallholder cropping systems
• 1c. Agronomy and soil fertility I
• 1f. Large ruminant systems and dairy I
• 2b. Adapting agriculture to a changing climate I
• 3a. Food and nutrition security I
• 4a. Institutions, finance, and productivity in agricultural value chains I
• 4b. Gender and youth I
• 5b. Biodiversity conservation, and restoration I
• 5c. Agroecology, conservation, and restoration in farming landscapes I
• two to three online presentation sessions N.N.

• 1c. Agronomy and soil fertility II
• 1e. Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) I
• 1f. Large ruminant systems and dairy II
• 2b. Adapting agriculture to a changing climate II
• 3a. Food and nutrition security II
• 4a. Institutions, finance, and productivity in agricultural value chains II
• 4b. Gender and youth II
• 5a. Remote sensing applications
• 5c. Agroecology, conservation, and restoration in farming landscapes II
• two to three online presentation sessions N.N.

• 1e. Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) II
• 1d. Crop responses to abiotic stress in field and controlled environments
• 1g. Livestock forages, feeds and feeding
• 1h. Camelids and small ruminants
• 2a. Risks and impacts of climate change
• 4c. Rethinking agricultural extension through knowledge co-creation I
• 5b. Biodiversity conservation, and restoration II
• 5e. Value chain development for neglected and underutilised crops
• 6a. Digitalisation and AI
• two to three online presentation sessions N.N.

Keynote speech and discussion

• Dr. Lulseged Tamene Desta, Director of Multifunctional Landscapes CGIAR Science Program, Kenya

• 1b. Crop health under climate variability: pests, pathogens, and agroecological solutions
• 1e. Agroforestry and plantation systems (esp. coffee & cocoa) III
• 1i. Sustainable and resilient poultry production
• 2c. Climate change mitigation
• 3b. Inclusive food systems and livelihoods
• 3c. Food quality
• 4c. Rethinking agricultural extension through knowledge co-creation II
• 5d. Crop / tree genetics and conservation
• 6b. Data-driven technologies and innovations for climate-resilient agro-ecosystems
• two to three online presentation sessions N.N.

• Dr. Alice Laborte, Geospatial Scientist at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
• Dr. Patrick Roberts, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany