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Beautiful Endings…New Beginings
Two years ago, the idea of spending two years on a field research in Kenya seemed overwhelming. Yes, it seemed like forever and it seemed a bit risky. The 6 months prior to traveling to Kenya, Marwa was fully absorbed in preparations. She was planning her research and reading more about a place she never visited…
- 2017 | Europe | Irit Eguavoen | Urban
Postcard from Paris/ Rive Gauche: Urban renewal and controversies about the Right to the City in the South
The quarter Rive Gauche (literally: left bank) between the Seine River and the Avenue de France has undergone urban renewal since 1995. One of the objective was to create better connections between the city and the river by extending the main roads to the banks, as well as by building waterfront promenades and rehabilitate old…
- 2019 | Africa | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Europe | Field research | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
Research on Black Soldier Fly shows amazing results published by Nature Research in Scientific Reports
In Africa, livestock production currently accounts for about 30% of the gross value of agricultural production. However, production is struggling to keep up with the demands of expanding human populations, the rise in urbanization and the associated shifts in diet habits. High costs of feed prevent the livestock sector from thriving and meeting the rising…
- 2016 | Global | Marwa Shumo
Take life one cup at a time :-)
After some 9 months spent mostly in Nairobi, Marwa was running out of batteries. It was difficult for her to sit on a chair and focus on her research while thinking that she is a few days away from going on a well-earned holiday and where else better than home for a soul therapy. Maya…
- 2017 | Capacity building | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Researchers | Uncategorized | ZEF/Bonn
Marwa & the Fellas week in Petershagen
Towards the upper most region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, we decided to travel all the way from Bonn to approximately 10 kilometres northeast of Minden and precisely to the little town of Petershagen on the banks of the River Weser. The trip from Bonn to Petershagen lasted for around 6 hours, the journey started…
- 2018 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Conference | Edible Insects | Europe | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Urban | ZEF/Bonn
Back in Berlin: International Green Week 2018
I woke up on the morning to the 14th of November 2017 to a very beautiful and delighting email from the wonderful Anne Borisch, a junior consultant working for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation ) which is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides…
