Future of Food: Feeding Tomorrows World

About

The International Spring School "Future of Food: Feeding Tomorrow’s World" offers key notes, various lectures, and workshops covering main trends in nutrition and food research. The participants will gain in depth insights into possible ways of feeding the world's growing population. Furthermore, they will discuss these trends regarding their compatibility with a sustainable management of our planet's resources – be it from a social, an environmental or an economic perspective.

Course leader

Prof. Dr. Marc Birringer

Target group

Bachelor, Master and PhD students in the fields of agriculture, food and nutritional sciences, life sciences

Course aim

Students will gain in depth insights into possible ways of feeding the world's growing population. Focus will be on current trends in Gene Technology, Functional, Fortified and Novel Food. Students will discuss these trends regarding their compatibility with a sustainable management of our planet's resources – be it from a social, an environmental or an economic perspective.

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