Federal Agricultural Student Council
The BundesAgrarFachschaftenTagung (short: BAFT), formerly "Symbiosis" or "ELFG-Tagung", is a federal student union meeting in Germany . It is the voluntary nationwide meeting of student representatives from the fields of agricultural sciences and ecotrophology at universities and technical colleges . The BAFT takes place once a semester at a different university location and is organized by the respective student council .
Composition and participating student councils
Participating student councils of BAFT Dresden (WS 2019/2020):
- Agricultural student body at the University of Göttingen
- Agricultural Student Council, University of Hohenheim
- Student Council for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock
- Agricultural Student Council, Kiel University of Applied Sciences
- Student Council for Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences University of Halle
- Student Council for Agriculture and Ecotrophology, University of Kiel
- Student Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin
- Agricultural Student Council, University of Bonn
- Agricultural Sciences, Ecotrophology and Environment University of Gießen
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition HS Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
- Young DLG - Team HfWU Nürtingen
- Agricultural Economics and Food Sciences Student Council, Neubrandenburg HS
- Student Council for Agriculture, Environment, Chemistry HTW Dresden
BAFT procedure
The BAFT takes place from Thursday to Sunday in the first half of the semester. The program includes a presentation of the university location to the host student body , excursions to local farms and companies in the upstream and downstream areas of agriculture, as well as discussions on current student, university policy and technical-scientific topics. On Sunday, the BAFT chairpersons will also be elected and the next host will be determined.
Tasks and goals of BAFT
- Representation of the interests of students at agricultural colleges ( universities and technical colleges )
- Exchange of student council work: Discussion of university political committee work (study reform, course structure, teaching, exams, internships , accreditations , appointments to professorships, etc.)
- Debate about general and structural problems at individual university locations and finding solutions
- Networking of the committed student councils and students with one another
- Getting to know the different agricultural university locations
- Determination of the future BAFT host and election of the BAFT chairperson
- Agricultural education of the participants through subject-related excursions
- Minutes of resolutions and discussion rounds
Bodies
- Accreditation of agricultural courses
- public relation
- Course content and teaching
BAFT / Symbiosis venues
| Semester and year | Venue | Host | other remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer semester 2020 | canceled (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany ) | - | |
| Winter semester 2019/2020 | HTW Dresden | Student Council for Agriculture, Environment, Chemistry HTW Dresden | |
| Summer semester 2019 | University of Göttingen | Agricultural student body at the University of Göttingen | |
| Winter semester 2018/2019 | TU Munich & FH Weihenstephan ( Weihenstephan Campus ) | Agricultural & Horticultural Science Student Council at the Technical University of Munich & agricultural students at the Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences | |
| Summer semester 2018 | University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg | Agricultural Economics and Food Sciences Student Council, Neubrandenburg HS | |
| Winter semester 2017/2018 | University of Bonn | Agricultural Student Council, University of Bonn | |
| Summer semester 2017 | University of Hohenheim | Agricultural Student Council, University of Hohenheim | Student council meeting for the first time under the name "BAFT" (BundesAgrarFachschaftenTagung) |
| Winter semester 2016/2017 | Rostock University | Student Council for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock | last student council meeting under the name "Symbiosis" |
| Summer semester 2016 | University of Kiel | Student Council for Agriculture and Ecotrophology, University of Kiel | |
| Winter semester 2015/2016 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | ||
| Summer semester 2015 | Technical University of Munich ( Weihenstephan Campus ) | Agricultural & Horticultural Science Student Council at the Technical University of Munich | |
| Winter semester 2014/2015 | Rostock University | Student Council for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock | |
| Summer semester 2014 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | ||
| Winter semester 2013/2014 | University of Hohenheim | Agricultural Student Council, University of Hohenheim | |
| Summer semester 2013 | University of Kiel | Student Council for Agriculture and Ecotrophology, University of Kiel | |
| Winter semester 2012/2013 | HAW Hamburg | ||
| Summer semester 2012 | University of Göttingen | Agricultural student body at the University of Göttingen | |
| Winter semester 2011/2012 | Rostock University | Student Council for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock | |
| Summer semester 2011 | University of Hohenheim | Agricultural Student Council, University of Hohenheim | |
| Winter semester 2010/2011 | University of Bonn | Agricultural Student Council, University of Bonn | |
| Summer semester 2010 | FH Eberswalde | ||
| Winter semester 2009/2010 | University of Kiel | ||
| Summer semester 2009 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | ||
| Winter semester 2008/2009 | University of Hohenheim | ||
| Summer semester 2008 | University of Göttingen | ||
| Winter semester 2007/2008 | University of Bonn | ||
| Summer semester 2007 | Technical University of Munich ( Weihenstephan Campus ) | ||
| Winter semester 2006/2007 | University of Giessen | ||
| Summer semester 2006 | Humboldt University Berlin | ||
| Winter semester 2005/2006 | Rostock University | ||
| Summer semester 2005 | University of Halle | ||
| Winter semester 2004/2005 | University of Göttingen | ||
| Summer semester 2004 | University of Kiel | ||
| Winter semester 2003/2004 | University of Hohenheim | ||
| 2003 summer semester | University of Giessen | ||
| Winter semester 2002/2003 | University of Bonn | ||
| Summer semester 2002 | Humboldt University Berlin | ||
| Winter semester 2001/2002 | Technical University of Munich ( Weihenstephan Campus ) | ||
| Summer semester 2001 | Rostock University | ||
| Winter semester 2000/2001 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | ||
| Summer semester 2000 | University of Halle | ||
| Winter semester 1999/2000 | University of Kiel | ||
| Summer semester 1999 | University of Hohenheim | ||
| Winter semester 1998/1999 | University of Giessen | ||
| Summer semester 1998 | University of Applied Sciences Münster | ||
| Winter semester 1997/1998 | Humboldt University Berlin | ||
| Summer semester 1997 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | ||
| Winter semester 1996/1997 | University of Halle | ||
| Summer semester 1996 | University of Bonn | ||
| Winter semester 1995/1996 | Rostock University | ||
| Summer semester 1995 | Technical University of Munich ( Weihenstephan Campus ) | ||
| Winter semester 1994/1995 | University of Hohenheim | ||
| Summer semester 1994 | University of Kiel | ||
| Winter semester 1993/1994 | University of Göttingen | ||
| Summer semester 1993 | University of Giessen | Student council meeting for the first time under the name "Symbiosis" | |
| Winter semester 1992/1993 | University of Kassel ( Witzenhausen Campus ) | last student council meeting under the name "ELFG-Tagung" (food-agriculture-forest-horticulture) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b symbiose archive - Federal Student Councils Conference on Agricultural Sciences and Ecotrophology. March 22, 2016, accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ BAFT - Federal Student Councils of Agricultural Science and Nutritional Sciences. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Agricultural students want to change public perception. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Public Relations for the Ordinary Citizen. May 16, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ BAFT: agricultural students from all over Germany meet in Dresden. December 11, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Karsten Bär: Exchange and excursions . In: Deutscher Bauernverlag (ed.): Farmers newspaper . No. 01/2020 . Deutscher Bauernverlag GmbH, Berlin January 2020, p. 9 .
- ↑ German agricultural faculty visiting Neubrandenburg. August 1, 2018, accessed December 30, 2019 .