Women in Science & Eduction

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 🦅 🦅
ByDr. Marwa Shumo July 10, 2020January 21, 2025

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…

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2020 | black soldier fly | Capacity building | Climate Change | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Europe | Field research | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Science Policy | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

The tassel was worth the hassle: on running the final lap of the PhD marathon
ByDr. Marwa Shumo February 6, 2020January 21, 2025

ماضٍ فيَّ حُكمُك عَدْلٌ فيَّ قضاؤُك “I was able to push from within, I had an innate desire to succeed.” Joan Benoit A bit before I was born and on February 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart were the two men ever to walk untethered in space for the first time. Six…

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2019 | Capacity building | Community outreach | Conference | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Elevator Pitch | Europe | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Science Policy | Uncategorized | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

Celebrating the World Food Day in Hohenheim
ByDr. Marwa Shumo October 30, 2019January 21, 2025

World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people worldwide suffer from…

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2019 | Africa | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Europe | Field research | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Urban | USA | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

A review by Prof Jeff Tomberlin 😍
ByDr. Marwa Shumo August 26, 2019January 21, 2025

Please follow the link to read an exclusive review on our latest publications by the one and only BSF expert Jeff Tomberlin. https://www.evoconsys.com/blog/globalization-of-the-black-soldier-fly-a-series-of-well-timed-publications

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2019 | Asia | Capacity building | Climate Change | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Field research | Food Security | Global | Japan | Marwa Shumo | Migration | Resilience | Science Communication | Science Policy | Uncategorized | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

Road tripping in Japan : Impressions from our field work/trip in Yui, Shizuoka
ByDr. Marwa Shumo August 8, 2019January 21, 2025

On a coach heading to Yui But why Yui? Because Yui Port is located in a great position immediately off the southern coast of Suruga Bay in Shizouka prefecture and is famous for being one of the only two ports (the other one is Oigawa Port) where the fishing of the rare Sakura shrimp is…

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2019 | Asia | Capacity building | Community outreach | Edible Insects | Food Security | Global | Japan | Marwa Shumo | Resilience | Science Communication | Science Policy | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

一期一会 Japan “One life, one encounter.”
ByDr. Marwa Shumo July 15, 2019January 21, 2025

一期一会 An awesome Japanese idiom that translates to “One life, one encounter.” We sometimes tend to forget that every encounter is a once-in-a-lifetime encounter — this really underscores how many first-and-only-time things happen in the day-to-day and it also explains the way I felt while gazing at the scramble. Interested in knowing more about the…

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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
ByDr. Marwa Shumo July 14, 2019January 21, 2025

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…

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2019 | Elevator Pitch | Women in Science & Eduction

Elevator Pitch: “Sorority”
ByMaryoriet Salgado April 29, 2019January 21, 2025

“What does sorority mean to you?” This is what ZEF Junior Researcher Namrata Rawat and Margee Salgado decided to ask people around ZEF during an elevator pitch.

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2019 | Elevator Pitch | Global | Science Policy | Women in Science & Eduction

Sorority has been excluded from sexist vocabularies
ByMaryoriet Salgado April 29, 2019January 21, 2025

Thinking on the outcomes of their Elevator pitch on Sorority, Salgado states: “Sorority has been excluded from the developing vocabularies!

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2019 | Africa | Agroecology | Edible Insects | Edible Insects | Field research | Food Security | Global | Information | Marwa Shumo | Science Communication | Urban | Women in Science & Eduction | ZEF/Bonn

New Publication ” Insects for Feed”
ByDr. Marwa Shumo April 18, 2019January 21, 2025

Our open access peer-reviewed article entitled “Influence of Temperature on Selected Life-History Traits of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Reared on Two Common Urban Organic Waste Streams in Kenya” was published in Animals Special Issue Insects: Alternative Protein Source for Animal Feed. Here is a simple summary of the article: Rapid population growth and urbanization,…

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