Ento Nation Podcast: The Lady of the Flies
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Ento Nation Podcast: The Lady of the Flies

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

I am back again with an update and a new link this time 😃 You will not only read about my research but rather get to hear my voice talking all about our research with the Black Soldier Flies. I was the Ento Nation’s podcast guest this week and I enjoyed conversing with the Cricket Man….

Bonn Sciences Night/Bonner Wissenschaftsnacht
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Bonn Sciences Night/Bonner Wissenschaftsnacht

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

The 11th „Science Night“ of the University of Bonn took place at the Münsterplatz and the Central Building of the University of Bonn. Tailored to the common topic “Cycles”, there were exhibitions, presentations and performances by universities and research institutes of the local area “Bonn-Rhein Sieg”. The event that takes places every other year offers…

A spring full of bug activities
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A spring full of bug activities

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland We did experience a long harsh winter this year, but at the end, spring did not skipp us and it did arrive in a full swing. The arrival of spring  means being able to walk around our beautiful  200 years old university campus…

About books and cooks: How ZEF’s NutriHAF project developed ways to combat malnutrition by sharing knowledge about agriculture and nutrition in Ethiopia
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About books and cooks: How ZEF’s NutriHAF project developed ways to combat malnutrition by sharing knowledge about agriculture and nutrition in Ethiopia

ByJochen Duerr

The question of how to best put science into practice is not new but still subject of  public and experts’ debate. In reality it is not that easy to accomplish. An amazingly successful approach to put theory into practice was taken by ZEF’s NutriHAF project, a German-Ethiopian participatory research and capacity building project. It is…

From theory to practice: How food security criteria can be implemented in palm oil production in Sabah, Malaysia
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From theory to practice: How food security criteria can be implemented in palm oil production in Sabah, Malaysia

ByTina Beuchelt

March 2018. Team members of the project “Implementation of food security criteria within biomass sustainability standards” (FSS I Project) with its partners ZEF, Welthungerhilfe and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) traveled together with the consulting firm “Meo Carbon Solutions” to Malaysia. Aim of the trip was to learn how food security aspects can be addressed…

We made it to a list of great blogs on edible insects associated with an article on edible insects & food security for “The Independent”
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We made it to a list of great blogs on edible insects associated with an article on edible insects & food security for “The Independent”

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

University of Cambridge researcher Charlotte LR Payne wrote an article for the independent on edible insects & food security with an accompanying supplementary list on blogs related to edible insects including my ZEF blog section 🙋🏽‍♀️☺ Here is a link to Charlotte LR Payne’s blog http://www.libertyruth.com/blog/an-article-for-the-independent-and-a-list-of-great-blogs

Marwa Shumo featured in EntoNation Magazine
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Marwa Shumo featured in EntoNation Magazine

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

I was delighted to be featured in one of Ento Nation, USA posts 😊 Click here for a full view of the EntoNation post on Marwa Shumo The EntoNation article Some info about Ento Nation: Your online resource for all things Ento. Bringing the benefits of bugs to people and planet. If you love bugs,…

Back in Berlin: International Green Week 2018
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Back in Berlin: International Green Week 2018

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

I woke up on the morning to the 14th of November 2017 to a very beautiful and delighting email from the wonderful Anne Borisch, a junior consultant working for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)  (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation ) which is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides…

18th Bonn Science Slam
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18th Bonn Science Slam

ByDr. Marwa Shumo

2018 started in a fantastic way. You could see the atmosphere we had from the fireworks we enjoyed and that ignited our city’s skyline. Somewhere in December, I was hooked up with the agency in charge of organizing the 18th Bonn Science Slam through my supervisor who encouraged me to go for it. This comes…

Twelve months – twelve books: My 2018 reading list on cities
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Twelve months – twelve books: My 2018 reading list on cities

ByIrit Eguavoen

ZEF researchers read hundreds of academic articles, books, reports and media every year in order to stay  up to date about what is going on in their field of study, to collect information and contextualise their empirical data. For those among us who are interested in researching cities I particular – or even reading about…