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GEWISOLA 2020: Call for Submissions - deadline extended
The deadline for submitting written contributions has been extended to 19 March. The 60th annual conference of GEWISOLA on the topic "Challenges for rural development - economic and social perspectives" will take place from 23-25 September 2020 in Halle (Saale). Submit now!
IAMO aims to reconcile of career, family and private life
For over 100 years, 8 March has been celebrated as International Women’s Day. On this date women worldwide demonstrate for equal rights and against the discrimination of women. This day is also an occasion on which to reflect where women are in the world of science and what measures IAMO can utilise...
IAMO holds workshop on Central Asian agricultural development
On 17 February, IAMO organized the workshop "Agricultural Innovations, Rural Development and Globalization Processes in Central Asia" bringing together researchers studying the ongoing processes of agricultural development in the region.
Special exhibition "Making Crises Visible" open to visitors until 2 June 2020
From 11 February to 2 June 2020, the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main is presenting the interdisciplinary exhibition "Making Crises Visible", which brings together science, art and design. Students of the Offenbach Academy of Art and Design have developed creative visualizations of research...
IAMO hosted a research workshop of the SUSADICA doctoral programme
A research workshop of the “Structured Doctoral Programme on Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia” (SUSADICA) was held at IAMO in Halle (Saale), Germany, from 18 to 19 February 2020. The event was organized jointly by IAMO, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), Martin Luther...
IAMO Forum 2020: Interview with keynote speaker Kateryna Schroeder (World Bank)
“The public sector has a role to play in identifying public goods, policies, and investments to ensure the efficient, equitable and environmentally sustainable distribution of digital dividends of agricultural transformation.”
IAMO supports women in science
The “International Day of Women and Girls in Science” takes place worldwide every year on 11 February. This day recognizes the signifiant role women and girls play in science and technology. IAMO also appreciates what women scientists from various disciplines achieve in research and for society.
GFFA 2020: Report and photo gallery available online
Within the framework of the International Green Week, an expert panel entitled “Conducting trade, delivering trust: Quality and transparency in the international agricultural trade with Eastern Europe and Asia” was held at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin, Germany, on 17...
SALON Global Agriculture invites to a discussion on plant based bio-economy at the Dutch embassy
On 5 March 2020, the event "Impulses for the plant-based bioeconomy - focus on photosynthesis" will take place at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin with the participation of the ScienceCampus Halle (WCH).
Interview on fair food prices in the Tagesthemen
IAMO Director Alfons Balmann was interviewed on the topic dumping food prices in Tagesthemen (Das Erste).