The Tropentag Conference jointly organized by the University of Gottigen and Kassel will take place on the 19th to 21st September 2012. The event themed "Resilience of agricultural systems against crises" has had over 1000 registered participants who will convene at University of Gottigen to present their research on agricultural issues dealing with livestock, plants and soils, forestry, socio economics, engineering, modeling and development cooperation. In order to capture all the activities taking place ATSAF e.V. Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research based at the University of Hohenheim ,Stuttgart felt the need to engage student reporters from diverse backgrounds.

This is the 3rd time in a Tropentag conference where student reporters have been involved. It is no wonder that over 85 applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds were received in a competitive process of which only 12 were successful. This group comprises of students undertaking their graduate studies within the European Union and have been tasked to capture the key highlights using social media tools like Blogging, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and Twitter.

In readiness for the task ahead, the students received preliminary training on the rationale for using the different media, photography, videography, responsible journalism and a brief orientation of the conference venue. Among the 12 selected students, 3 had participated as reported in previous conferences and were able to share their experience as well as offer practical information on the tasks ahead.

The 3 days ahead will surely be filled with a buzz of activities and but the students are energised to take up their roles on with the newly acquired skills.

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