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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Cluster of Excellence of the University of Bonn in cooperation with FZ Jülich receives continued support

Great news for the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob – Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production at the University of Bonn and the Forschungszentrum Jülich: The Excellence Commission of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has selected the project for a second funding phase. With this decision, PhenoRob enters its next phase, will receive funding until 2032, and will further strengthens its role as an internationally visible center for cutting-edge research in sustainable crop production driven by advanced technologies.

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PhenoRob cluster of excellence receives further funding⁹

It is a huge success for the University of Bonn: in the nationwide excellence competition, all six of the university's existing Clusters of Excellence were selected for further funding on 22 May 2025 and, in addition, both newly applied Bonn cluster initiatives will also receive funding. Among the clusters to receive further funding is the PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence of the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences - the only cluster in Germany in the field of agriculture.

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Tilo Freiherr von Wilmowsky Honorary Award for Prof. Matin Qaim¹⁰

Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim has received the Tilo Freiherr von Wilmowsky Honorary Award from the “Verbindungsstelle Landwirtschaft-Industrie” (VLI). Since 2012, the association has presented the award annually to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to German agribusiness. The prize has now been awarded at the VLI spring conference in Frankfurt.

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Agri-PV enjoys comparatively high acceptance¹¹

Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens’ approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more favorably, as researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to show. In this case, the solar cells are installed in spaces used for agriculture – such as on pastures or as a canopy over grapevines. According to a survey of almost 2,000 people, this form enjoys much higher acceptance than normal solar parks. The study has been published in the journal “Land Use Policy.”

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Climate change is lifting South Africa out of the ocean¹²

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 Startup¹³

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"¹⁴

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.

Saturday May 24, 2025

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Tag der Geodäsie¹⁵

Nußallee 17, 53115 Bonn

02:00 PM - 06:00 PM

An dem Tag erfährst Du, was sich eigentlich hinter dem Begriff Geodäsie verbirgt. Danach hast du bei einer Postersession Zeit, mit den einzelnen Arbeitsgruppen ...

Monday May 26, 2025

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Berufungsverfahren W3 "Agricultural Robotics"¹⁶

Institut für Landtechnik,...

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Einladung der Fakultäts-Öffentlichkeit zur Vorstellungsrunde des ersten Kandidaten. Weitere Vorträge von Kandidat*innen finden am 12.06.2025 und am 16.06.2025 ...

Monday Jun 02, 2025

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DETECT | Land and Climate Seminar¹⁷

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 Jun 04, 2025

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Infoveranstaltung rund um Core-Facilities¹⁸

Zoom

01:00 PM - 02:30 PM

An der Universität laufen seit Beginn des Jahres mehrere Initiativen, um den Zugang zu vorhandener Forschungsinfrastruktur zu vereinfachen und zu ...

Thursday Jun 05, 2025

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Geodätisches Kolloquium | Dr. Barbara Brilmayer et al.¹⁹

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 Jun 06, 2025

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PhenoRob & TRA "Sustainable Futures" | PILS²⁰

Zoom-Meeting

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

We are pleased to invite you to our Public Interdisciplinary Lecture Series. The event will take place via Zoom. Please feel free to share this invitation ...