Research projects

The goal of the current project is to make agriculture more sustainable through technical methods. For example, artificial intelligence or the Internet of Things could be used to optimize the use of resources such as water or fertilizer. The project builds on its predecessor, “Advanced ICT for Tropical Medicine,” which ran from 2022 to 2025. The latter resulted in dozens of joint publications and projects.

The project is coordinated by Professor Anna Förster, head of the Sustainable Communication Networks research group. The project team also includes researchers from Mahidol University (Thailand), General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Sri Lanka), the University of Ngaoundere (Cameroon), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (Cameroon), and the University of Namibia. Additional partners are based in Germany and Italy.

The project aims to connect professors, researchers at various career stages, and students. At its core is an annual two-week summer camp. Furthermore, the project seeks to support mobility among students and researchers, for example through internships, theses, and guest lecture roles.

The DAAD is supporting the project as part of the “SDG Partnerships” program. This program supports university partnerships that contribute to sustainable development in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to the establishment of high-performing and globally oriented universities in both the partner countries and in Germany.

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Wissenschaftlicher Ansprechpartner:
Prof. Dr. Anna Förster
Chair of Sustainable Communication Networks
Faculty of Physics / Electrical Engineering
University of Bremen
Tel.: +49 421 218-62383
Email: anna.foerster@uni-bremen.de

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Weitere Informationen:
https://www.daad.de/en/information-services-for-higher-education-institutions/further-information-on-daad-programmes/sdg-partnerships/
https://iot-summercamp-bremen.de/