Research projects
Projekte
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At the Leibniz Innovation Farm for Sustainable Bioeconomy, innovative concepts and technologies for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy will be developed and tested in future by combining agriculture with crop cultivation…
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The digiMan joint project aims to develop and test digital humus and nutrient management systems on modern farms. These farms operate in four different soil and climate zones in the states of Bavaria and Brandenburg. Par…
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01.07.2024
30.06.2027
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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Digitalisation, robotics, and smart algorithms have brought the data economy to the farm. However, farms face large societal pressures related to soil: cleaner water, healthier soils, improved carbon storage and increase…
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01.02.2024
31.07.2026
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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The diversification of crop production systems in combination with a reduction in the use of agrochemicals and an increase in landscape complexity has the potential to promote biodiversity at the field and landscape scal…
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01.08.2024
31.07.2027
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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The rapid loss of biodiversity and ongoing climate change are also the result of intensive agriculture. At the same time, they threaten agriculture and food security. The Leibniz Lab Systemic Sustainability brings togeth…
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The Leibniz Lab Pandemic Preparedness addresses the most pressing questions on how to deal with future pandemics. It combines expertise from different disciplines with practical knowledge to develop evidence-based strate…
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The AirBarn project aims to analyse aerosols in and from animal stalls as a potential source of danger for airborne pathogens. The scientific study is taking place as part of the Leibniz research network INFECTIONS, whic…
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01.10.2024
30.09.2025
Funding authority:
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
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The BMEL-funded model and demonstration project Diversity, precision and cross-linking in plant cultivation - new paths for agriculture in Brandenburg (NeuLandBB) addresses technical and production-related fields of acti…
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01.09.2022
31.08.2026
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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The adaptation of RES technologies and machinery and their demonstration at a large-scale on farm level, require supporting measures with respect to spatial planning, infrastructure, different business models and market …
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01.10.2020
30.09.2024
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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Unsustainable agricultural practices are major drivers affecting habitat and species diversity in agricultural landscapes of the EU. However, peatland, grassland, and species associated with agriculture are of most conce…
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01.12.2022
30.11.2026
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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The AMR-PIG project is investigating mechanisms and transmission pathways that lead to the spread of AMR antimicrobial resistance in animal husbandry in particular in pig fattening. Feeding trials and hygiene improvement…
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01.04.2021
31.12.2025
Funding authority:
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
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The goal of the project is the value-added processing of biomass by novel and advanced technologies to better exploit the environmental and economic potential of biogenic resources. A specific aim is to increase the effi…
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01.01.2023
31.12.2025
Funding authority:
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
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The DairyMix project aims to support the transformation of farming structures towards higher levels of diversity by growing more crops in succession or in parallel. This improves the circular flow of carbon and nutrients…
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01.03.2022
30.09.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Europäische Union (EU)
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The diversification of crop production systems in combination with a reduction in the use of agrochemicals and an increase in landscape complexity has the potential to promote biodiversity at the field and landscape scal…
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01.07.2023
30.06.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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The aim of the project is to extend and validate an existing, relatively inexpensive system for monitoring the climate in the barn and emissions (exemplary for dairy cattle). An app or website is to be used to provide ta…
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01.05.2023
30.04.2026
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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The collaborative project InnoRind (here: funding phase 2) brings together the expertise of twelve project partners across Germany, including universities, colleges, research institutes, chambers of agriculture and the a…
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01.08.2022
31.07.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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Within the framework of the Joint Lab, the University of Osnabrück and the ATB jointly train doctoral students at the interface of agricultural science and artificial intelligence. A total of 40 scientists from both inst…
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01.01.2023
31.12.2028
Funding authority:
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg
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Using AI technologies and unlocking their potential opens up new opportunities to sustainably intensify milk production and use resources efficiently and competitively. AI tools and data-based applications enable a bette…
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07.07.2021
06.07.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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The objective of the project LIFE CARBON FARMING is to reduce by 15% the carbon footprint of mixed crop livestock farms thanks to a result-based system. The project will mutualize knowledge of 30 partners to build a comm…
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01.10.2021
01.10.2027
Funding authority:
Europäische Union - LIFE programme
ADISSEO France SAS
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Climate Farm Demo is a unique pan-European network of Pilot Demo Farmers (PDFs) covering 28 countries and all pedo-climatic areas. Its overall aim it to accelerate the adoption of Climate Smart Farming (CSF) practices an…
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01.10.2022
30.09.2029
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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At present, 60-70% of all soils are unhealthy in Europe as a result of land management practices, pollution, intensive agriculture, urbanisation, and the effects of climate change. Due to this and other biophysical const…
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01.12.2022
30.11.2026
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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The aim of the German-Irish cooperation project MEDICow is to develop a tool for early, individualised mastitis detection for dairy cows based on a multisensory approach. With the help of various methods from the field o…
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01.11.2021
31.10.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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In the MIKIM - DeepFarmBots project, an agricultural MIMO radar system with AI-based signal processing is being developed that achieves improved angular and distance resolution and is combined with AI-based object recogn…
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01.04.2023
30.09.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
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The smartMILC project aims to explore the establishment of a digital barn to support agricultural processes and services with a particular application focus on cattle through the joint use of multi-sensor networks and AI…
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15.09.2021
14.09.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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In Brandenburg, there are extensive lowland moor areas with a great diversity of habitats, which are, however, almost completely drained and subject to progressive degradation. There is preliminary work on rewetting in s…
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01.09.2023
31.12.2032
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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In the EmiMod joint project, methods for determining emissions from diffuse area sources (e.g. freely ventilated pig and cattle stalls with runs/running yards and other external emission sources such as slurry tanks) are…
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01.07.2023
30.09.2028
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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The Soil-X-Change Initiative aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration on sustainable soil and farm management. It will connect farmers, policymakers, projects, and initiatives to accelerate innovation and …
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01.01.2024
31.12.2026
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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In the EIP project SunBot, a driverless, electrically operated tractor-unit combination of marketable and new components is being developed. It will be used in the future for herbaceous growth under the shrubs in berry c…
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09.08.2018
31.12.2022
Funding authority:
Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg
Europäische Union - Europäischer Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums
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The DigiMix-PA project contributes to removing barriers in the field of digitalisation of agriculture in the state of Brandenburg in a systemic approach. The overall objective is the testing, research and demonstration o…
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02.12.2022
01.12.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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D4AgEcol will show the potentials of digitalisation as enabler for agroecological farming systems in Europe based on available knowledge and actors and stakeholders co-innovation capacity . Partners from seven countries …
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01.07.2022
31.08.2025
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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Livestock farming is a key sector that involves 40 % of the total agricultural activity in Europe. representing a total value for products equal to 170 billion. However, there is an increasing concern due to livestock f…
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01.06.2024
30.05.2028
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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ECONUTRI is a consortium of scientific experts and researchers from different disciplines, private companies, farmers associations, and stakeholders. ECONUTRI is partnering with six Chinese Institutions, four from public…
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01.11.2022
30.04.2026
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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Modern chicken feeding is based on comprehensive studies of the nutrient requirements of specialized laying hens and broilers. It is necessary to adapt this knowledge to the specific needs of dual-purpose chickens in org…
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Currently, weed control in conventional arable farming systems is predominantly carried out by adapted herbicide strategies. Against the background of negative effects of plant protection products on the environment and …
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20.04.2021
19.04.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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food4future consists of four inter- and intra-active research fields (FF): FF I: Organisms, FF II: Urban Bio-Spheres, FF III: Smart Nutrition & Sensor Technology and FF IV: Social Science Analysis. F4F works in individua…
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01.03.2019
29.02.2024
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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AquaTech4Feed aims to formulate novel fish feeds from alternative protein-containing biomass sources such as algae, duckweed, insects and microbiomes (bioflakes) in order to improve fish production and product quality. P…
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15.05.2020
14.11.2023
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
Europäische Union (EU)
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High-quality animal proteins are difficult to replace largely by plant proteins in the feeding of carnivorous fish and omnivorous monogastric animals. The use of insect protein derived from by-products and residual strea…
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01.11.2021
30.04.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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Cold Plasma processes represent a particularly interesting technical solution for the post-harvest treatment of fresh produce such as cut lettuce, since the variety of mechanisms of action generated on the one hand resul…
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15.10.2019
30.11.2023
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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SHEALTHY aims to assess and develop an optimal combination of non-thermal sanitization, preservation and stabilization methods to improve the safety (inactivation of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms), while preservi…
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01.06.2019
31.10.2023
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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Global radiation and temperature rise cause huge risks for the fruit production already affecting the fruit quality, storability, and increasingly results in food waste. The varying training systems of woody plants and e…
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01.12.2020
30.11.2023
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)
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The aim of the infrastructure project is to set up a research facility for processing fibre materials from peatland biomass into functional food packaging. The plant enables processing adapted to this novel raw material…
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19.03.2024
30.04.2026
Funding authority:
Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Europaangelegenheiten des Landes Brandenburg
Europäische Union - Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung
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The long-term yield of agrowood crops depends largely on efficient weed control in the year of planting. The currently used methods either only allow for mechanical area maintenance between the planting rows or require a…
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01.04.2022
28.02.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
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The rewetting of organic soils is one of the most important greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture with the highest mitigation potential. The state of Brandenburg has 165,000 ha of peatland. In 2019, the Brand…
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01.01.2022
31.12.2031
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Umwelt (BMU)
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The main aim of the GO-GRASS project is to create new business opportunities in rural areas based on grassland and green fodder that will be demonstrated in four EU regions at small scale, ensuring its replicability all …
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01.10.2019
31.03.2024
Funding authority:
Europäische Union (EU)
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FAIRagro is bringing together the agrosystems research community and developing a customised, digital infrastructure.
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The aim of the third phase of the I4S project is to develop a sensor-based system that will, in particular, provide recommendations for site-specific fertilization management and thus help to improve soil functions and r…
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01.03.2022
28.02.2025
Funding authority:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) / Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)