School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL

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ONLINE - MSc in Life Sciences – Forest Science, major in Forest Engineering 17.05.2021

Would you like to learn how encourage innovative digital solutions for a sustainable forestry sector? Find out more about our new major in «Forest Engineering» in our next info event.

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17.05.2021, 6.30pm-7.30pm – Online via MS Teams

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ONLINE – Master of Science in Life Sciences - Agricultural Science 08.06.2021

Would you like to specialise in a particular field within the agricultural sector and hone your methodical and management skills with a master’s degree? Find out more about the MSc in Life Sciences –...

08.06.2021, 6.30pm-7.30pm – ONLINE

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ONLINE – Master of Science in Life Sciences - Food, Nutrition and Health - Focus nutritional counselling 08.06.2021

Are you a nutritionist looking for a master's degree that will enable you to both expand your know-how at the interface with food science and deepen it along the value chain? Find out more about the MSc in...

08.06.2021, 6.30pm-7.30pm – ONLINE

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ONLINE – Master of Science in Life Sciences Forest Science and Regional Management in Mountain Areas (the Alpine Master’s) 08.06.2021

Would you like to hone your methodical and management skills in order to develop sustainable solutions for the forestry sector or for mountain areas? Attend the information evening to learn more about the...

08.06.2021, 6.30pm-7.30pm – ONLINE

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Taking Action Now – how does applied research address the food and climate emergency? 15 June 2021 – Save the date

The HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute for International Cooperation and Development second annual event will focus on two pressing and closely interlinked challenges – the food and climate emergency. It will...

15.06.2021, 2pm-6pm – mixed hybrid format

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5th international conference on Soil, Bio- and Eco-Engineering SBEE 19-25 June 2021

As in the preceding SBEE conference series, we will bring together researchers, practitioners, geotechnical and civil engineers, biologists, ecologists, geomorphologists and foresters to discuss current...

19.06.2021 until 25.06.2021 – Main conference: Museum of natural history, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerlarnd | Tool and practical courses: BFH-HAFL, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland.

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Change always gives you opportunities to learn new things

29.04.2021 We had a chance to sit down with the newest member of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute and the International Agriculture Group, Dr Gurbir Singh Bhullar to talk about his research and what areas he is...

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Researcher Diaries: Network for Water and Life – Research Collaboration between Switzerland and West Africa

22.03.2021 To mark the #WorldWaterDay our Researcher Diaries series features a post from Lucille Gallifa, a BFH-HAFL Master’s student in agricultural science participating in NEWAL – Network for Water and Life.

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HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute Annual Report 2020

15.03.2021 The first annual report of the Institute combines project highlights and main stories from 2020.

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A panel of development cooperation experts joins HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute as strategic advisory board members

19.02.2021 The Institute ended the year by convening its first strategic advisory board composed of the BFH-HAFL senior leaders and a panel of external development cooperation experts.

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HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute gets off to a successful start thanks to wide-ranging networks

05.01.2021 The HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute, founded a year ago, contributes to the sustainable development of smallholder farms, forestry and food systems worldwide. In these Covid-19 times, the BFH-HAFL institute...