Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences

Supplying a growing world population with healthy food while at the same time reducing the negative environmental impact of agricultural production is one of the key challenges for agricultural and nutrition research.

The provision of energy and food security for an estimated 9 billion people in 2030 is a major challenge for global agriculture. The limited availability of arable land and resources such as water make it essential to farm sustainably and thus give future generations a chance of survival.

Thanks to the unique combination of agricultural, nutritional and food sciences with geodesy, the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences (AEI) has ideal opportunities to develop the scientific basis for a sustainable supply of energy and food to meet demand and to support its implementation in practice.

For the AEI, top scientific qualifications and professional skills are equally important educational goals. Graduates must not only acquire theoretical and practical specialist knowledge, but also methodological and social skills and the ability to think critically and interdisciplinarily. We meet the requirements of the job market with research-oriented Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

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News & Events

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Climate change is lifting South Africa out of the ocean

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water – by up to two millimeters per year depending on the region. It had been assumed up to now that this phenomenon was due to mantle flow in the Earth’s crust. However, a study carried out by the University of Bonn now provides another explanation: Droughts and the associated water loss are the main reason for this land uplift. The results have now been published in the “Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.”

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DynamoBot - a PhenoRob Startup⁹

At the PhenoRob and University of Bonn Start-Up DynamoBot, we are building the next generation of precision farming and precision weed management for farmers.

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Poster prize for "Mixture Toxicology"¹⁰

The awarded poster “Mixture toxicity of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in zebrafish larvae and HepG2 cells” was created by Shuhan Wang, with suggestions and guidance from Dr. Benedikt Bauer and Prof. Dr. Henning Hintzsche from the Department of Food Safety, Institute of Nutritional and Food Science.

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Seven Subjects among the Top 100 Worldwide¹¹

Higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published its international subject rankings for the year, in which 1,747 universities from around the world, including the University of Bonn, are compared based on various indicator criteria. Once again this year, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences achieved excellent rankings.

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Green insurance – an important tool for pesticide reduction? The example of wine in France¹²

At a press conference on April 26, John Barker, Director of the International Wine Organization, announced a 10% drop in world wine production by 2023. Extreme environmental conditions – such as heavy rainfall in vineyards – have led to the development of fungal diseases (mildew, powdery mildew, black rot, etc.) in certain regions, and to crop failure.

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UAV-based Spot Spraying Against Plant Diseases¹³

Plant diseases often exhibit a patchy distribution within fields. The application of fungicides, however, is often based on environmental conditions and visual assessment and then, in practice, is homogeneous over entire fields. A site-specific control of plant diseases with robotics and drone technology provides the potential to improve the efficacy of disease control while reducing the negative impact on agricultural ecosystems..

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Digital Agricultural Avatar¹⁴

The PhenoRob Digital Agricultural Avatar is a software that facilitates access and usability of process-based simulation agro-models under one roof. Our aim is to provide information and a usage platform to make process-based agro-models available in an appealing way both for users as well as for the public.

Monday May 05, 2025

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Change Agents for Sustainable Transitions¹⁵

IMPULSE - House for ...

09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

In light of the multiple crises we face, systemic changes in the way our societies operate towards greater sustainability are needed to ensure that we meet the ...

Monday May 05, 2025

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DETECT | Land and Climate Seminar¹⁶

Zoom-Meeting

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

In the DETECT Land & Climate Seminar, scientists of the CRC present the research progress of their project, but also international speakers external to the CRC ...

Wednesday May 07, 2025

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Forschungskommission (FoKo)¹⁷

Dekanat

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Die Sitzungen der Forschungskommission (FoKo) finden im Fakultätssitzungszimmer statt. Die unter "Weitere Informationen" angegebenen Links sind nur für ...

Wednesday May 07, 2025

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Finanz-, Immobilien-, Personal- und Strukturkommission (FIPS)¹⁸

Dekanat

02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Die Sitzungen der Finanz-, Immobilien-, Personal- und Strukturkommission (FIPS) finden im Fakultätssitzungszimmer statt. Die unter "Weitere Informationen" ...

Wednesday May 07, 2025

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Studienbeirat¹⁹

Dekanat

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Die Sitzungen des Studienbeirats / der zentralen Studienkommission finden im Fakultätssitzungszimmer statt. Die unter "Weitere Informationen" angegebenen Links ...

Thursday May 08, 2025

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Geodätisches Kolloquium | Prof. Dr. Michael Pound²⁰

Nußallee 17, 53115 Bonn

04:15 PM - 05:15 PM

Das Institut für Geodäsie und Geoinformation der Universität Bonn sowie der DVW NRW e.V. - Gesellschaft für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement - laden ...

Friday May 09, 2025

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Karrieremesse PhenoRob²¹

Unversitätsclub Bonn, ...

01:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Talente von morgen in den Bereichen Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Landwirtschaft mit hochkarätigen nicht-akademischen Arbeitgebern in diesen Bereichen in ...