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A delegation from the Institute of Market Analysis was invited to participate in the Sino-German Centre ceremony held at Northwest A&F University in Yangling (China) on the 4th of November 2023. This event served as a platform for enhancing collaboration between agricultural economics institutes in…

Our 7th workshop of the Thünen-coordinated MACS-G20 initiative against food waste took place in cooperation with India.

We recently hosted Prof. Yanjun Ren and Prof. Suiping Zhang from Northwestern University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology in China. The visit proved to be a fruitful and inspiring experience, sparking conversations about potential collaborations and exchange programs for…

On April 26, 2023, the Thünen workshop "Participative Research" took place in Braunschweig.

This was organized by the Thünen Network Participatory Research. More than 20 scientists from eight different institutes (AT, BD, BW, LV, MA, OF, OL, SF) took part.

The closing event of the IMMPEX project took place on 9th of March 2023 in the Forum of the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig. The IMMPEX project investigated the effect of European poultry and dairy exports to the two West African countries Ghana and Senegal. 40 guests participated in the final…

Lia Orr wins this year's Science Slam at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA). In competition with a total of five candidates, Lia Orr came out on top with her presentation on 'Food for Thought - The childhood dream of an apple and how the scientist helped' on 20.01.23 and won this…

A new project entitled the BrightSpace Project funded under Horizon Europe is launched to design a roadmap for effective and sustainable strategies for assessing and addressing the challenges of EU agriculture to navigate within a Safe and Just Operating Space.

The working groups "Food waste", "Community catering in municipal day-care centres and schools", "Contacts with local producers and local FoodCoops", "Edible city", "Nutrition education" and "Further development of structures and guidelines" are starting now.

Ziel: mehr gesunde und klimaverträgliche Nahrungsmittel

Wie sich durch eine Umgestaltung der globalen Agrarsubventionen eine gesündere und klimafreundlichere Landwirtschaft entwickeln lässt, haben Wissenschaftler der Universität Oxford und des Braunschweiger Thünen-Instituts untersucht. Die…

Großartige Auszeichnung für Annika Thies und Rebecca Derstappen: Beide wurden während des Deutschen Fleisch-Kongresses in Mainz mit dem „Förderpreis der Fleischwirtschaft“ ausgezeichnet