Biography:

M Haissam Jijakli is the professor and he develops a new axis of research on urban agriculture at the University of Liege, Campus Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech since 7 years. He received several national and international research projects are underway in the area, with a view of results transfer. Since the beginning of his career, he has to his credit more than 125 refereed articles; 7 patents, 3 spin-offs). He created the Research Centre in Urban Agriculture (www.agriculture-urbaine.be) which studies in and outdoor production systems for urban communities and professionals (gardens, modules of indoor vertical production, aquaponics systems like PAFF BOX).