Background
Kolbe, Hartmut Reinhold was born on April 17, 1951 in Woltrup-Wehbergen, Germany. Son of Reinhold and Rosalie (Hauck) Kolbe.
Kolbe, Hartmut Reinhold was born on April 17, 1951 in Woltrup-Wehbergen, Germany. Son of Reinhold and Rosalie (Hauck) Kolbe.
Graduate agricultural engineer, Engineering College Agriculture, Osnabrück, Germany, 1976. Graduate engineer agriculture, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, 1980. Doctor in Agricultural Science, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, 1990.
Junior researcher Institute Agricultural Chemistry, University Göttingen, 1980-1991. Senior researcher department soil culture and crop production Saxony State Institute for Agriculture, Leipzig, Germany, since 1992. Visiting researcher department physiology and plant nutrition Institute for Potato Research and Production, Brasov, Romania, 1980, 81, 82, 84.
Director research working group on organic agriculture, department soil culture and crop production, Saxony State Institute for Agriculture, Leipzig, since 1992. Invited expert on the relation between agriculture and environment Chinese Ministry of Agriculture/Chinese Academy Agricultural Science, Beijing, 1993, 95, 98, 99, expert about law and institutional requirements for certificatin and control of organic food production and export, bulgarian ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Sofia, 2001.
Active Social Peace Service, Hannover, Germany, 1971-1973. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, European Association for Potato Research, International Federation Organic Agriculture Movements, German Agricultural Association.