Succurro, Antonella ORCID: 0000-0003-0227-2803, Schuler-Bermann, Mara, Ivanov, Rumen ORCID: 0000-0001-7909-4123, Jacoby, Richard ORCID: 0000-0002-6777-7012, Kopriva, Stanislav ORCID: 0000-0002-7416-6551 and Jobe, Timothy O. (2019). Orphan crops at the food for future conference. Planta, 250 (3). S. 1005 - 1011. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1432-2048

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Abstract

In her 1929 essay A Room of One's Own, Virginia Wolf famously wrote, One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. While this popular quote is perhaps not the most inspiring, it is an elegant reminder that food and the cultural practices surrounding food are paramount for our wellbeing. However, in our quest to feed a growing global population, we have become focused on increasing the production of a few staple crops and overlooked hundreds or thousands of locally and regionally important crops that may represent the future of agriculture. The growing interest in identifying and developing promising new crops and novel food sources prompted the 1st Cologne Conference on Food for Future, which took place between the 5 and 7th of September 2018 at the Rautenstrauch-Joest museum in Cologne, Germany. It offered a unique platform for researchers, journalists, politicians, and entrepreneurs to present and discuss their views, visions, and concerns on the topics of Food Security. This interdisciplinary meeting acted as a stage to cover diverse aspects of crop science, food research, and food production in the context of global food and nutrition security. Three sessions accommodated scientific contributions on the topics of Orphan Crops, Functional food, and Innovative food sources and production systems, and two public events (a public lecture and a plenary discussion) engaged the citizens with informative discussions on relevant and mediatic topics. With delegates from Africa, Europe, and the United States of America, the conference aimed at building bridges between different communities through scientific exchange.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Succurro, AntonellaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-0227-2803UNSPECIFIED
Schuler-Bermann, MaraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ivanov, RumenUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-7909-4123UNSPECIFIED
Jacoby, RichardUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-6777-7012UNSPECIFIED
Kopriva, StanislavUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-7416-6551UNSPECIFIED
Jobe, Timothy O.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-143668
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03229-9
Journal or Publication Title: Planta
Volume: 250
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 1005 - 1011
Date: 2019
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1432-2048
Language: English
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Biology > Botanical Institute
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
TEF ERAGROSTIS-TEF; DIVERSITYMultiple languages
Plant SciencesMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14366

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