Alumni Workshop - Hohenheim 2025

7th - 14th September 2025

'Synthesis – Identifying Pathways for Sustainable Agro-ecosystems Transformation'

The DAAD Agriculture-Alumni Training Network is organizing a one-week workshop in Stuttgart and Bonn, Germany, to address this challenge by bringing together diverse stakeholders to collaborate, share experiences, and develop actionable strategies. The theme for this workshop is 'Synthesis - Identifying Pathways for Sustainable Agro-ecosystems Transformation'. This initiative will bring together German university alumni from across Africa for a 7-day workshop hosted by the University of Hohenheim including the international Tropentag conference in Bonn focusing on the topic 'Reconciling land system changes with planetary health.'

The entire program will last from 7th to 14th September 2025, participants are expected to arrive on 6th September and accommodation will be provided until 14th September. The workshop will include seminars, presentations, visits to sites and institutions that are into innovative approaches for successful scaling of sustainable farming practices aimed at transitioning agricultural systems toward sustainability. This will also provide the alumni with an excellent opportunity to strengthen the networks with both existing and new colleagues engaging in the agricultural sector. This initiative is jointly organised by the University of Hohenheim and Hawassa University. The Alumni program is supported by DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).