Press Releases
| Press Release 03/2024
Who owns the land in Brandenburg?
The agricultural land market in Germany has been the focus of political debates for years, with calls for stronger regulation growing louder. The latest FORLand Policy Brief ‘Who owns the land?’ by Clemens Jänicke, Alfons Balmann, and Daniel Müller discusses planned land regulations based on a…
| Press Release 02/2024
Conclusion of the IAMO Forum 2024: Land as a Key Resource for a Sustainable Future
The IAMO Forum 2024 focused on the challenges and opportunities of land use in a changing world. From June 26 to 28, more than 200 participants from science, practice and politics with diverse disciplinary backgrounds gathered at the IAMO in Halle (Saale) to discuss the crucial importance of…
| Press Release 01/2024
Global food security and agricultural production of the future in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
On 19 January 2024, IAMO together with the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) organises a panel discussion entitled “Sovereign, resilient, sustainable. World food and agricultural production of the future on the Eurasian continent”. The expert panel will take place as part of the Global Forum for…
| Press Release 04/2023
World food and agricultural production of the future on the Eurasian continent
Within the framework of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), IAMO in cooperation with the German Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) organises a panel discussion entitled “Sovereign, resilient, sustainable. World food and agricultural production of the future on the Eurasian continent” on 19…
| Press Release 03/2023
International cooperation at risk?! IAMO Forum discussed global challenges of agricultural trade and hunger eradication
The IAMO Forum on International Agricultural Trade, Geopolitics and Global Food Security took place in Halle (Saale) from 21 to 23 June 2023. The forum brought together distinguished representatives from research, civil society, agribusiness, and policy to discuss the current challenges of…
| Press Release 02/2023
Leibniz Senate confirms IAMO's excellent results
The Leibniz Senate has announced the results of the evaluation of the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) and recommends the continued joint funding of the institute by the federal government and the state of Saxony-Anhalt for the next seven years. In its…
| Press Release 06/2022
Keep calm and trade on: China’s decisive role in agricultural markets under turmoil
IAMO Policy Brief 45 looks at how China is ensuring its domestic food security in the face of recent crises
| Press Release 05/2022
No one-size-fits-all solution for resilient rural development
IAMO Forum 2022 took place in Halle (Saale) from 22–24 June. Over the three-day conference, 154 participants came together to discuss the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on rural development in transition economies in regions including Southeast Europe and Central and…
| Press Release 04/2022
IAMO Forum 2022 focuses on the impact of the pandemic on rural development
IAMO's annual conference will be held in Halle (Saale), Germany, June 22-24, 2022, on the topic "Enhancing resilience in a post-pandemic era: challenges and opportunities for rural development".
The Corona pandemic has affected rural areas worldwide in many ways. Impacts extend to agricultural…
| Press release 03/2022
Global trade not self-sufficiency is key to overcoming food shortages in times of war and crisis
IAMO Policy Brief 44 examines the effects of the war in Ukraine on global food markets