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Road tripping in Japan : Impressions from our field work/trip in Yui, Shizuoka
On a coach heading to Yui But why Yui? Because Yui Port is located in a great position immediately off the southern coast of Suruga Bay in Shizouka prefecture and is famous for being one of the only two ports (the other one is Oigawa Port) where the fishing of the rare Sakura shrimp is…
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2019 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Conference | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Elevator Pitch | Europe | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Science Policy | Uncategorized | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim
World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people worldwide suffer from…
2017 | Africa | Field research | Irit Eguavoen | Urban | Water
Waterfronts and green spaces in central Cairo – what´s the way forward?
The city of Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of now eight million inhabitants in its inner core, which has witnessed an Europeanising of its urban fabric some 160 years ago under Pasha Ismael who was inspired by French squares and boulevards after visiting the World Exposition in Paris in 1867. Afterwards, Ismael initiated the construction…
2018 | Capacity building | Conference | Edible Insects | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | ZEF/Bonn
A quest for insects along the trail of the ‘Game of Thrones’
Despite its dragons, dire wolves and white walkers, the Game of Thrones world isn’t quite as make-believe as it may seem. In fact, its capital, King’s Landing, is almost entirely filmed in the very real—and very beautiful—city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Well, I happen to have visited Dubrovnik recently and while many people flock every summer to this…
2017 | Asia | Irit Eguavoen | Urban | Water
Postcard from Yazd in Iran: Knowledge hub on qanats, water reservoirs, wind catchers and cloud seeding
The Iranian oasis town Yazd is known as the capital of wind catchers. Its surrounding province has around 500,000 inhabitants. The ancient city was built in around 3000 BC and has many historic clay buildings built in narrow streets and an amazing, century-old water system. In 2017, it was declared a UNESCO heritage site. UNESCO…