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- 2020 | Capacity building | Community outreach | CORONA | COVID-19 | Elevator Pitch | Europe | Global | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn
Young Entrepreneurs in Science & online engagements during Corona times 🦅 🦅
Do you know how much am I fond of the Wright brothers ?? So much that I could spend the whole night talking about the endless documentaries, books and articles I read about them. The Wright brothers were nothing but genius entrepreneurs who where way ahead of their time. They began their experimentation in flight…
- 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…
Guten Rutsch/Happy New Year
Upon our return from South Africa,Christmas was just around the corner and it was that time of the year when you see a mad Santa hanging outside of windows. It was also that time of the year when our beautiful city usually gets filled with beautiful markets and decorations. It was also that time of…
- 2015 | Africa | Field research | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
Nature is imagination itself
So Marwa remains to be actively busy, September like the rest of 2015 months – so far – flew by so fast. Marwa remains to be exploring possibilities on how to feed the 9 billion people expected to live on this planet by 2050 and she does that by taking good care of her good little friends: the black…
- 2018 | Capacity building | Conference | Edible Insects | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | ZEF/Bonn
A quest for insects along the trail of the ‘Game of Thrones’
Despite its dragons, dire wolves and white walkers, the Game of Thrones world isn’t quite as make-believe as it may seem. In fact, its capital, King’s Landing, is almost entirely filmed in the very real—and very beautiful—city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Well, I happen to have visited Dubrovnik recently and while many people flock every summer to this…
- 2015 | Africa | Field research | Location | Marwa Shumo | Researchers
Everything is just SAWA
It’s my second week here and I am getting very used to my surroundings and life in Nairobi. I moved out of icipe’s guest house and into my own place. I am renting a residential unit within the household of Mama Halima and her family. My new home is less than ten minutes walk from…
