Tropentag is jointly organised by the universities of Bonn, Göttingen, Hohenheim and Kassel-Witzenhausen as well as by the Council for Tropical and Subtropical Research (ATSAF e.V) in co-operation with the GTZ Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development (BEAF).

Tropentag 2008 will be held in Hohenheim. All students, Ph.D. students, scientists, extensionists, decision makers, politicians and practical farmers, interested and engaged in Agricultural Research and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics are invited to participate and to contribute.