Research Symposium Posters 2020

For the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit in 2021, five action tracks have been defined that drive food system transformation. Our recent Research Symposium Poster Session and Networking Event highlighted how work at ETH Zurich contributes to these action tracks.

Posters were displayed before the Networking Event here on the WFSC website and also on external page @ethzWFSC Twitter #ETHFoodDays. The Networking Event on 11 December was an oppoturnity to here from and talk with 15 selected poster finalists.

We congratulate this year’s poster winners, and we thank all presenters for making this networking event a great chance to connect.

Scroll through posters below or jump to an action track:

Ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all

*Poster Prize Winner: Authors: M. Huelsmann, I. Haberkorn, M. Schäfer, M. Ackermann, A. Mathys, J. A. Vorholt

Poster Title: Eating microalgae: How tiny organisms solve big problems

Shift to sustainable consumption patterns

*Poster Prize Winner: A. Perotti, J. Six, M. Sonnevelt

Poster Title: The true cost of food in Switzerland

Alessa Perotti's Thesis: Download Moving Towards a Sustainable Swiss Food System: An Estimation of the True Cost of Food in Switzerland and Implications for Stakeholders (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Boost nature-positive production

*Poster Prize Winner: M. Heuel, C. Sandrock, F. Leiber, A. Mathys, M. Gold, C. Zurbrügg, I. D.M. Gangnat, M. Kreuzer M. Terranova

Poster Title: Can Black Soldier Fly larvae meal replace soybean meal as a protein source in broilers?

Advance equitable livelihoods

*Poster Prize Winner: J. Oñate Narciso, L. Nyström

Poster Title: Ancient grain Kabog millet: Empowering farmers through food science research

Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress

*Poster Prize Winner: S. Pool, F. Frances, A.Garcia-Prats, M. Pulido-Velazquez, C. Sanchis-Ibor, M. Schirmer, H. Yang, J. Jimenez-Martinez

Poster Title: Irrigation and climate change: implications for water resources in the semi-arid region of Valencia, Spain

Action Track 1: Ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all

Eating microalgae: How tiny organisms solve big problems *Poster Prize Winner

Iron bioavailability from iron-biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: A stable isotope study in Malawian women

A combined approach of oral vaccination and bacterial competition eliminates gut pathogens in a targeted manner

Effects of maternal Spirulina supplementation on the meat quality of fattening pigs

Integration of Small-scale Circular Agroecosystems on Buildings in a High Density Urban Context

Effect of the supplementation of vitamin B9 and B12 on the human gut microbiota

An in vitro continuous fermentation model to investigate horizontal gene transfer in the chicken gut microbiota

Investigating the potential and safety of nutritional interventions against iron deficiency anemia using a novel African infant gut fermentation model

Potential and manipulation of intestinal microbiota to produce reuterin and detoxify dietary carcinogens

Action Track 2: Shift to sustainable consumption patterns

Temporal differentiation of resource capture and biomass accumulation as a driver for yield advantage in intercropping

Food shopping and panic buying in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

Measuring dietary iron absorption from mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) in young women and assessing the effect of chitin on iron bioavailability: a stable isotope study

Consumers' perception of meat alternatives containing pea or algae protein

The True Cost of Food in Switzerland *Poster Prize Winner

Diet-related compensatory behavior and its influence on healthy weight management and diet quality

Correlates of the willingness to consume insects: A meta-analysis

The comparability of consumers’ behavior in virtual reality and real life based on a cereal ranking task

Action Track 3: Boost nature-positive production

Improving yam cropping systems in West Africa - YamSys

Pesticide load and agricultural productivity: the case of Swiss winter wheat producers

European Union Membership and Agricultural Land Use Intensity: Evidence from Changes in Border Discontinuities

Can Black Soldier Fly larvae meal replace soybean meal as a protein source in broilers? *Poster Prize Winner

Reducing feed-food competition by using elevated proportions of grass silage in intensive beef production: effects of complementation with maize silage or corn-cob mix

Research Symposium Posters 2020

Action Track 1: Ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all

Eating microalgae: How tiny organisms solve big problems *Poster Prize Winner

Iron bioavailability from iron-biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato: A stable isotope study in Malawian women

A combined approach of oral vaccination and bacterial competition eliminates gut pathogens in a targeted manner

Effects of maternal Spirulina supplementation on the meat quality of fattening pigs

Integration of Small-scale Circular Agroecosystems on Buildings in a High Density Urban Context

Effect of the supplementation of vitamin B9 and B12 on the human gut microbiota

An in vitro continuous fermentation model to investigate horizontal gene transfer in the chicken gut microbiota

Investigating the potential and safety of nutritional interventions against iron deficiency anemia using a novel African infant gut fermentation model

Potential and manipulation of intestinal microbiota to produce reuterin and detoxify dietary carcinogens

Action Track 2: Shift to sustainable consumption patterns

Temporal differentiation of resource capture and biomass accumulation as a driver for yield advantage in intercropping

Food shopping and panic buying in the time of COVID-19 pandemic

Measuring dietary iron absorption from mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) in young women and assessing the effect of chitin on iron bioavailability: a stable isotope study

Consumers' perception of meat alternatives containing pea or algae protein

The True Cost of Food in Switzerland *Poster Prize Winner

Diet-related compensatory behavior and its influence on healthy weight management and diet quality

Correlates of the willingness to consume insects: A meta-analysis

The comparability of consumers’ behavior in virtual reality and real life based on a cereal ranking task

Action Track 3: Boost nature-positive production

Improving yam cropping systems in West Africa - YamSys

Pesticide load and agricultural productivity: the case of Swiss winter wheat producers

European Union Membership and Agricultural Land Use Intensity: Evidence from Changes in Border Discontinuities

Can Black Soldier Fly larvae meal replace soybean meal as a protein source in broilers? *Poster Prize Winner

Reducing feed-food competition by using elevated proportions of grass silage in intensive beef production: effects of complementation with maize silage or corn-cob mix

Pesticide load and agricultural productivity: the case of Swiss winter wheat producers

Biological Control: Fighting below ground insect pests with entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi

Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Land Use Intensity in Swiss Grassland Systems

Contractors in Precision Farming Uptake – A Spatial Economic Analysis

Action Track 4: Advance equitable livelihoods

Ancient grain Kabog millet: Empowering farmers through food science research *Poster Prize Winner

RUNRES: Establishing a circular economy for resilient city region food systems

The World Food System Center Alumni Network (WFSCAN)

Action Track 5: Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress

Elucidating the genetic control of southern anthracnose resistance in a diverse set of red clover accessions

Using PhenoCams for tracking phenology and estimating yields of different cropping systems

Exploring funding options to forest landscape restoration in the global tropics

Building value chain resilience to droughts. What does it take? The case of Swiss value chains

Irrigation and climate change: implications for water resources in the semi-arid region of Valencia, Spain *Poster Prize Winner

How can digital twins reduce food loss in postharvest supply chains?