UKUDLA is preparing to open a call for two-year postdoctoral positions for German postdocs to conduct research at its centre in Southern Africa. The announcement came during a Tropentag 2026 workshop exploring how data science can help address food system challenges across Africa.
What if how money reaches farmers matters as much as how much they get? Research from Tropentag 2026 suggests that the delivery channel can change what farmers do next. For years, the answer to slow
How do rising food prices, falling crop prices, droughts and floods affect food security when they hit rural households together? At Tropentag 2026, Shamsurrahman Hamdard presented new research on how economic and environmental shocks shape food security and resilience among rural households in Afghanistan.
By Chidi Emenike What happens when smallholder farmers stop working entirely on their own? Can working together help them produce more, reduce costs and negotiate better prices? These were the questions behind Farrukh Shahzad’s presentation
Gender exclusion isn’t incidental, it’s built into how innovations land and finance are designed. 2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer, spotlighting the role of women from production to trade in farming systems
Low vegetable consumption is a key indicator of poor diet quality in low, medium, and high income countries. Elisa Langella (University of Bonn) presented her study into vegetable consumption from 846 households in Ghana during
Tropentag is a place where researchers meet, exchange ideas and build new connections. But what happens after the conference? We spoke with ATSAF representatives about young researchers, collaboration and how to turn conference connections into lasting partnerships.
Like many countries, food waste is a major challenge in Africa. The question is how to reduce food waste and make better use of it. Charachimwe’s study explored the utilization of agri-food by products within
At Tropentag 2026, an ARTS community gathering took an unexpected and painful turn. As alumni, students and faculty came together to remember their 2026 Nepal excursion, they were also confronting the urgent reality facing one of their own. ARTS alumnus Bhogendra Khatri has been missing since the devastating flash flood in Rasuwa on 26 August. As his family continues to wait, the ARTS community is coming together to support him and other families affected by the disaster.
A 2026 Tropentag case study from Malawi found that 92% of smallholder farmers knew recommended practices, but only 14% were still using them. The problem was never knowledge. Source: Intersnack Group Ms Banda, a hypothetical
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