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The European Horticulture Congress in May 2024 in Bucharest, Romania attracted 700 participants from 67 countries. The congress was held in the Palace of Parliament, the largest administrative building (for civil use) worldwide built for Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Land-use conversion from tropical forests to monoculture cash crop plantations such as rubber and oil palm has been associated with many adverse ecological effects including increases in air temperature and in land-surface temperatures.

We are happy to announce the publication of a new research paper titled “False springs in the Netherlands - climate change impact assessment with the false spring damage indicator model,” which was just published in the journal “Regional Environmental Change”. With some support from HortiBonn’s Eike Luedeling, a team of students from Wageningen University, led by Joep Bosdijk, looked in to the past and projected occurrence of False Spring events in The Netherlands.

Wild edible plants (WEPs) can provide diverse and nutrient-rich food sources that contribute to the health and well-being of communities worldwide. In northwestern Kenya …

The NIFAM (Nutrition Intervention Forecasting and Monitoring) held it’s project progress workshop in March 2024. It was a pivotal platform for researchers, stakeholders, and guests to come together in a collaborative spirit.

We are not on track to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, with current food systems perpetuating inequalities and failing to tackle rising food insecurity. Systemic innovation “concerns how people engage in a process to support systemic thinking and action” and can be considered a game-changer for sustainability.

From 11th to 15th March, 2024, a group of leading scientists and researchers in the field of plant phenology gathered at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, for a pivotal workshop on the future of phenological studies in the context of climate change.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new review paper in Frontiers in Plant Science, titled “Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Phenology.” Led by Juliana Osorio-Marín and Nicolas Cobo from the Universidad de La Frontera in Temuco, Chile, a team of researchers including Eike Luedeling and Eduardo Fernandez reviewed the evidence on the intricate relationship between climate dynamics and plant life cycle events.

In February 2024 INRES participated in the lecture series “Smart Horticultural Practices” that was a joint project of GIZ, Green Innovation Centre India and Competence Centre for Fruit Cultivation at Lake Constance (KOB).