Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin: FiW is participating in the cooperation exchange with an exhibition stand for the BMFTR funding measure RePhoR
Around 2,000 international visitors gathered in Berlin between 14 and 17 January to discuss the sustainable use of water in agriculture under this year’s theme ‘Water. Harvest. Our Future.’ The FiW was represented with an exhibition stand for the BMFTR funding measure RePhor Regional Phosphorus Recycling.
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) international conference offers a wide range of opportunities for international networking on key issues for the future of global agriculture and food policy, with a total of 16 expert panels, three high-level panels and a cooperation exchange. The two-day cooperation exchange offers participants from business, science, associations and start-ups a space and opportunity for dialogue and exchange of experiences. The FiW was involved with its own stand on the BMFTR funding measure RePhoR – Regional Phosphorus Recycling – and was able to present and explain the project content in detail in numerous individual discussions with international participants.
Many of the people we spoke to had a professional background in agricultural and agrarian policy and were grateful to learn more about the potential for innovative phosphorus recycling in wastewater management. The feedback showed that there is still considerable potential for interdisciplinary cooperation in both fields and that even among experts, interdisciplinary solutions for securing resources and food security are not yet part of the mainstream approaches under discussion. Events such as the GFFA offer the opportunity to share knowledge beyond the boundaries of one’s own field and to identify synergies that can be further developed within future collaborations.
We would like to thank the organisers of the GFFA for the opportunity to participate as exhibitors at the cooperation exchange and look forward to being there again next year!