World Food Day Colloquium 2011

40 Years of Farming Systems Research for Food Security

11 November 2011 | University of Hohenheim

Overview

In November 1971, Hans Ruthenberg at that time professor at the University of Hohenheim, published the first edition of “Farming systems in the tropics”, developing a functional and acceptable classification of various types of farms, farm households and their decision-making in tropical and subtropical agriculture. With his book he contributed significantly to the on-going systems research in agricultural development research.

World Food Day Colloquium 2011 discussed the farming systems approach under the aspect of its contribution to food security in the past 40 years and its future contribution to research and global food security as well as the necessity of a renewal of the farming systems perspective in light of the new challenges.