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Alexander Müller

2017-03-30

Alexander Müller, a graduate sociologist, is the head of a global study of the UN Environment Program on "The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food" and CEO of "TMG - Töpfer, Müller, Gaßner GmbH, ThinkTankforSustainabilty". From 2006 to 2013, he was Deputy Director-General of the Natural Resources and Environment Management Unit of the United Nations World Food Organization (FAO). Previously, he was Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. From 2013 to January 2016 he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. Alexander Müller has been a member of the Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung since 2013.

All contributions by Alexander Müller

Förderung einer nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft, Burkina Faso. Foto: Aude Rossignol, GIZ

Building our food systems back better

A contribution by Jes Weigelt and Alexander Müller

What is required to make food systems provide sufficient, healthy food while not harming the planet? How should food security be maintained given the threat posed by climate change? Our authors look at some aspects of tomorrow’s food systems against the backdrop of the corona crisis.

(c) TMG-SEWOH — Zwei Landwirte führen ein während der COVID-19-Pandemie ein Videotagebuch mit ihren persönlichen Erfahrungen in Umgang mit Corona.

Video diaries in the days of Corona: Voices from the ground

A contribution by Sarah D´haen & Alexander Müller, Louisa Nelle, Bruno St. Jaques, Sarah Kirangu-Wissler and Matteo Lattanzi (TMG)

Young farmers’ insights on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa @CovidFoodFuture and video diaries from Nairobi’s informal settlements.

A narrow dirt path leads to a village with thatched-roof huts surrounded by lush greenery and a dark, cloudy sky.

"Extreme is the new normal"

A report by Alexander Müller and Jes Weigelt (TMG)

As the climate changes, the population of Africa is growing and fertile land and jobs are becoming scarcer. New ways are currently leading to urbanisation of agriculture and a new mid-sized sector in the countryside

A herd of cattle walks along a rural road under a clear sky, guided by herders.

Our Food Systems are in Urgent Need of Crisis-Proofing: what needs to be done

An Artikel by TMG

Based on a scientific study by TMG Think Tank, the authors highlight various challenges in the fight against the hunger crisis. The findings show that climate change, conflict and covid-19 are increasing food and energy prices.

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