Proceedings - Tropentag

that the effects of inadequate system resilience are most acute. This conference will
provide the platform for discussing and planning new research and development initiatives.
From the many abstracts received, a panel of reviewers selected contributions that
present new information on:
• How agricultural systems can be made more resilient to cope with crises such
as high climate variability, volatile markets, biotic and abiotic stresses.
• What do resilient farming systems look like?
• Scientific approaches that are practical, innovative, scalable and integrative.
• Model approaches that provide insights to system resilience.
These aspects will be addressed in TROPENTAG 2012 by several internationally
renowned keynote speakers, via 19 oral sessions presenting almost 100 talks and 24
guided poster sessions presenting 360 posters. A special session to commemorate
the International Center for Tropical Agriculture’s (CIAT) 45th anniversary is also
planned.
Our special thanks goes to the Universities of Göttingen and Kassel for providing
substantial financial and logistical support, and TROPENTAG’s regular donors whose
financial contributions ensure conference costs are kept low.
We welcome you to the university town of Göttingen and wish you an enjoyable and
rewarding stay
The organising committee of the TROPENTAG 2012
Prof. Dr. Anthony Whitbread (Göttingen)
Prof. Dr. Andreas Buerkert (Kassel-Witzenhausen)
Dr. Esther Fichtler (Göttingen)
Dr. Christian Hülsebusch (DITSL - Witzenhausen)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn (Göttingen)
Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht (Kassel-Witzenhausen/Göttingen)
Dr. Eric Tielkes (DITSL - Witzenhausen)
Dr. Christian Lambertz (Göttingen)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus-Peter Czerny (Göttingen)
Göttingen, September 2012
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