The European Association for Research on Plant Breeding Cultivation (EUCARPIA) is organising its quadrennial General Congress in Leipzig from 18 to 23 August. EUCARPIA President Andreas Börner, scientist at the IPK, answers the most important questions in a preliminary interview.

Science is international and thrives on networking. At the IPK Leibniz Institute, this is part of everyday life. Here, scientists from almost 40 countries work together across the boundaries of research groups and departments. But that's not all: the institute cooperates with partners from a large number of countries and is part of numerous networks. For years, all this has also been…

In the fight against the consequences of climate change, an initiative is bringing together African and European researchers. Kerstin Neumann, Dennis Psaroudakis and his mentor Konoutan Medard Thibaut Kafoutchoni from Benin have experienced how this works over the past few months.

Mehrere hundert Besucherinnen und Besucher sind am Sonnabend zum Tag der offenen Türen ans IPK gekommen. Sie erwartete neben einem Festvortrag zum Thema „Architektur der Kulturpflanzen“ eine Vielzahl an Führungen, Experimenten und Infoständen. Und auch die Kinder kamen wieder auf ihre Kosten.