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Current Projects
Organic Farming Research
Staus Quo 2018
Current Projects | 1
Contents
Center for Organic FarmingInstitute of Soil Science and Land EvaluationInstitute of Landscape and Plant EcologyInstitute of Crop ScienceInstitute of PhytomedicineInstitute of Farm ManagementInstitute of Agricultural Policy and Markets Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture Institute of Agricultural EngineeringInstitute of Animal ScienceInstitute of Tropical Agriculture (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute)State Plant Breeding InstituteContact
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2 | Current Projects
Faculty of Agriculture
Center of Organic Farming (309)Contact: Dr. Sabine Zikeli, [email protected]
● Nutrient management in organic farming, focus on horticultural crops and fruits
Duration: since 2014 (various student research projects)
● System comparison in organic farming: Evaluation of soil properties under long-term organic and conventional agricultural systems in Central India
Duration: 2014 - 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Strip-Till for organic field vegetables Duration: 2014 - 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Tannin-rich feedstuffs as a component of endoparasite control in small ruminants in organic farming systems
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (funded by the Ministry of Rural and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
● Nutrient balances in organic tea cultivation, Darjeeling, India Duration: 2016 - 2017 (Student research projects; in cooperation with
Naturland and Organic Tea Promoters)
● EIP-BRAVÖ: Improvement of soil fertility and sustainability on stockless organic farms by on-farm innovations, subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (European Innovation Partnership, funded by the EU / Ministry of Rural and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
Current Projects | 3
● TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE), subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2021 (EU Horizon 2020)
● Role and valuation of livestock farming in complex systems Duration: ongoing
● Increasing biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic fruit growing systems through the integration of undergrowth, mulching and the use of recycled fertilizers and soil additives – DOMINO
Duration: 2018 - 2021 (EU-Era-Net Core Organic Cofund)
● Organic-PLUS – Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe
Duration: 2018 - 2022 (EU Horizon2020)
Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation (310)
Soil Biology (310b)Contact:Prof. Dr. Ellen Kandeler, [email protected]
● Microbial mediated phytoextraction of copper in organic vineyards Duration: 2011 - 2014 (Ph.D. thesis)
● The effects of biochar and compost amendments on copper immobilization and soil microorganisms in a temperate vineyard
Duration: 2015
4 | Current Projects
● Microbial regulation of soil functions in agroecosystems (SoilReg) Duration: 2015 - 2019
● Soilcare for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe Duration: 2016 - 2019
Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology (320)
Landscape Ecology and Vegetation Science (320a)Contact:Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr, [email protected] Prof. Dr. Martin Dieterich, [email protected]. Dr. Klaus Schmieder, [email protected]
● Comparison of biodiversity effects on arable land under nature conservation management, organic management, and conventional management
Duration: 2014 - 2017
● Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems on the Swabian Alb biosphere
Duration: 2015 - 2017
● Potentials and practice program to increase the ecological diversity in fruit plantations and orchard-meadows
Duration 2016 - 2022
● Importance of lentil fields and flowering areas for the promotion of biological diversity on arable sites of the biosphere region Swabian Alb
Duration: 2017 - 2019
Current Projects | 5
Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology (320b)Contact:Prof. Dr. Petra Högy, [email protected]
● Impact of climate change on organic farming Duration: since 2015 (in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research – Global Change Experimental Facility)
● Climate change and heavy metal contaminated soils: stress responses and impacts on crop yield and quality of soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]
Duration: since 2018 (Geschwister-Stauder-Schenkung)
● Innovation Group APV-Resola: Agrophotovoltaic – A contribution to resource efficient land use
Duration: 2015 - 2019 (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF))
Institute of Crop Science (340)
Agronomy (340a)Contact: Prof. Dr. Sabine Gruber, [email protected] Weed Control:
● Use of allelochemicals in organic farming Duration: since 2007 (various student research projects; Ph.D. theses)
● Weed control in organic lentil/soy production Duration: since 2010 (various student research projects)
6 | Current Projects
● Vetch species (Vicia sp.) and field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) – new "problem weeds" in organic farming?
Duration: 2015 (Project in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems)
● Effect of hedges on weed growth in neighboring fields
Duration: 2015 (diploma thesis)
● Sprouting inhibition of potatoes by application of essential oils Duration: 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Reduction of late weeding in organic potato cultivation through undersown cover crops
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (B.Sc./M.Sc. thesis)
● Cut-and-carry: fresh cut clover as a mulch cover for potatoes Duration: 2017 - 2018 (M.Sc. theses)
Legumes
● Inoculation of lentils and soy Duration: since 2010 (various student
research projects)
● Winter lentil production in Germany: companion crops, seeding dates, and weed control with mulch
Duration: 2013 - 2014
Current Projects | 7
● Impact of grain density in soy on germination and field emergence
Duration: since 2015 (B.Sc thesis, ongoing)
● Mixed cropping of lentils and peas in organic farming Duration: since 2015 (various student research projects)
● Genetic drift in lentils Duration: since 2015 (Humboldt Reloaded, ongoing)
● Nodules for lentils Duration: 2015/2016 (Humboldt Reloaded)
● Chickpea cultivation in temperate climate Duration: 2017 - 2018 (B.Sc./M.Sc. theses)
Soil cultivation, weeds
● Long-term trials in organic farming – with focus on stockless arable farming
Duration: since 2007 (various student research projects)
Long-term trials
● Effect of stubble- and primary tillage on yields, weed pressure, and earthworms in organic farming systems Duration: 1999 - 2020
● Impact of woodchips on yields, earthworms, weeds, and soil characteristics in organic farming Duration: 2001 - 2016
8 | Current Projects
● Changing crop rotations in stockless farming: field monitoring Duration: 2013 - 2020
Various crop species
● Oil crops for organic farming: poppy, rapeseed, walnut, linseed, mustard
Duration: since 2013 (various student research projects)
● Mycorrhizal effects in arable cropping systems and methods to improve mycorrhizal activity
Duration: 2014 (Project in Organic Agriculture and Food Systems)
● Tef production (Eragrostis tef) in Germany Duration: 2015 (various student research projects)
● Millet (Panicum, Pennisetum; Sorghum) as a gluten-free grain in organic farming systems of Germany/Central Europe
Duration: 2015 (diploma thesis)
● Genotype comparison of traditional linseed genotypes for oil and fiber use
Duration: since 2016 (various student research projects)
● Preservation of old varieties of cereals and other field crops from the "Genbänkle"
Duration: since 2016 (Humboldt Reloaded)
● Do cosmic forces influence plant growth and development? Duration: since 2016 (Humboldt Reloaded; Project in
Organic Agriculture and Food Systems)
Current Projects | 9
Contact: Prof.Dr.SimoneGraeff-Hönninger,[email protected]
● Genotype screening and analysis of valuable constituents in amaranth, quinoa, chia, yacon and safflower in organic farming systems
Duration: since 2011 (various student research projects and doctoral theses)
● Improvement of open pollinating broccoli varieties for organic farming focusing on agronomic parameters, bioactive substances and sensorial traits
Duration: 2011 - 2016 (funded by the Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
● Development of open pollinating organic zucchini varieties – Selection and testing of variety-environment interactions with regard to agronomic parameters, sensory quality and (non) volatile ingredients (ProZucchini)
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (funded by the Programme for the Promotion of Innovation of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL))
● Agronomic and sensory testing and further development of varieties of red beet for new and specific uses (BetaDivers)
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (funded by the Programme for the Promotion of Innovation of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL))
10 | Current Projects
Quality of Plant Products (340e)Contact:Prof. Dr. Christian Zörb, [email protected]
● Product quality of organic onions Duration: since 2014 (ongoing)
● Product quality of organic tomatoes Duration: since 2015 - 2016
● Quality analysis of storage proteins in organic and conventional blue lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.)
Duration: 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
Nutritional Crop Physiology (340h)Contact:Prof. Dr. Uwe Ludewig, [email protected]
● Plant-growth supporting microorganisms for "low-input" grasses Duration: 2011 - 2017
● Phosphorous mobilization via white lupine Duration: 2015 - 2017
Current Projects | 11
Contact:Prof. Dr. Günter Neumann, [email protected]
● Improving nutrient uptake under cold temperature stress with bio-effectors
Duration: 2012 - 2014
● BIOFECTOR – Resource preservation by application of bio-effectors in European crop production
Duration: 2012 - 2017 (EU)
● DiControl – Implications of soil management practices and application of biocontrol strains on soil disease suppressiveness for improved soil health and sustainable plant production
Duration: 2015 - 2021 (BMBF – BonaRes)
● Microbial Consortia as Inoculants for Improved Crop Performance – Applications and Mode of Action
Duration: 2016 - 2019 (EurochemAgro)
● SolACE – Solutions for improving Agroecosystem and Crop Efficiency for water and nutrient use
Duration: 2017 - 2022 (EU)
Fertilization and Soil Matter Dynamics (340i)Contact:Prof. Dr. Torsten Müller, [email protected]
● Long-term trial: Compost from organic waste Duration: since 1997
12 | Current Projects
● Long-term trial: P- and S- fertilization in organic farming Duration: since 2012
● Increasing biodiversity, resilience and sustainability of intensive organic fruit growing systems through the integration of undergrowth, mulching and the use of recycled fertilizers and soil additives – DOMINO
Duration: 2018 - 2021 (EU-Era-Net Core Organic Cofund)
Contact:Dr. Reiner Ruser, [email protected]
● Recultivation of a long-term miscanthus area in organic farming: Effect on humus supply and quality of a luvisol
Duration: 2015 - 2020
Contact: Priv. Doz. Dr. Kurt Möller, [email protected]
● Improved Phosphorus Resource efficiency in Organic agriculture Via recycling and Enhanced biological mobilization (IMPROVE-P)
Duration: 2013 - 2016 (EU ERA-Net Core Organic II)
Current Projects | 13
● "GÄRWERT" – Ecologically optimized fermentation products and value-oriented production and marketing; Sub-project 3B: Fertilization trials and characterization of fermentation processing products from a plant-production perspective
Duration: 2013 - 2016 (funded by Fachagentur NachwachsendeRohstoffee.V.)
● Monitoring the nutrient fluxes and soil nutrient status of organically cultivated apple trees in Baden-Württemberg
Duration: 2016 - 2017 (funded by the Ministry of Rural and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
● RELACS: Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming Systems – WP 3: Replacements of contentious fertilizers and manures in plant production
Duration: 2018 - 2022 (EU Horizon 2020)
Institute of Phytomedicine (360)
Phytopathology (360a)Contact: Prof.Dr.RalfT.Vögele,[email protected]
● Microbial degradation of Fusarium mycotoxins Duration: 2013 - 2018 (various theses)
● Approaches to the biological control of Phytophthora infestans in potatoes
Duration: 2013 - 2020 (various theses)
14 | Current Projects
● Biological control of Fusarium graminearum using various secondary metabolites of Trichoderma spp.
Duration: 2014 - 2017 (various theses)
● Molecular and microscopic research on Mycoviruses in rust fungi Duration: 2014 - 2018 (various theses and Humboldt Reloaded
projects)
● Deciphering the Diaporthe / Phomopsis disease complex on soybean
Duration: 2015 - 2018 (various theses)
● Establishment of a quantitative molecular screening system for soy pathogens
Duration: 2015 - 2019 (Ph.D. thesis)
● Use of Trichoderma spp. and their secondary metabolites for controlling Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean
Duration: 2016 - 2020 (various theses)
● Detection of antagonist-mediated defense responses in plants in tissue culture
Duration: seit 2017 - 2018 (various theses)
● Control of fungal turfgrass diseases by UV-C and antagonists Duration: 2018 - (various subprojects)
● Early detection of plant disease by using handheld thermal cameras
Duration: 2018 (B.Sc. thesis)
Current Projects | 15
● Drone-based, optical sensors and their application in Precision Farming
Duration: 2018 - 2021
Weed Science (360b)Contact: Prof. Dr. Roland Gerhards, [email protected]
● Comparison of weed control on soybean (Glycine max) in organic tillage and no-tillage systems
Duration: various student research and Ph.D. projects, ongoing
● Suitability, growth and weed suppression of cover crops in mono and mixture cultivation
Duration: ongoing
● Assessment and development of site-specific weed management: Sensor based perception and application technologies
Duration: ongoing
● Benefits of precision farming technologies for mechanical weed control in sugar beet, soybean, and maize – comparison of precision hoeing with conventional mechanical weed control
Duration: ongoing
● Comparison of weed control on soybean (Glycine max) in organic tillage and no-tillage systems
Duration: ongoing
16 | Current Projects
Applied Entomology (360c)Contact:Dr. Dr. Claus P. W. Zebitz, Prof. a. D.
● Use of wild, native herb flowering strips in apple orchards to promote natural antagonists to aphids
Duration: 2013 - 2015
● Influence of rocks and dusts on the oviposition of Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Dipt., Drosophilidae)
Duration: 2016 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep., Gelechiidae) Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Development of resistance and virulence management strategies for apple granulovirus in organic fruit growing
Duration: 2017 - 2019
● Erarbeitung von Bausteinen zur Optimierung der Regulierung der Apfelsägerwespe, der Rotbeinigen Baumwanze und von Schalenwicklern sowie optimale Integration in die Gesamtstrategie zur Insektenregulierung im Ökologischen Kernobstanbau
Duration: 2017 - 2019
● Module development for the optimization of the regulation of apple saw fly, red-legged harlequin and shellwinders and their optimal integration in the overall strategy for insect control in organic stone fruit production (INSEKTOEKOOBST)
Duration: until 31.03.2020 (funded by the Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
Current Projects | 17
● Diversity and abundance of parasitoids in organic apple orchards in Baden-Württemberg
Duration: ongoing
● Development of resistance and virulence management strategies for apple granulovirus in organic fruit growing
Duration: ongoing (funded by the Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
● Evaluation of the biological activity of granulovirus iolates from Tuta absoluta (TuabGV) and Phthorimaea operculella (PhopGV)
in its primary and secondary host Duration: ongoing
● Potentials and practice program to increase the ecological diversity in fruit plantations and orchard-meadows
Short title: Ecological diversity in fruit plantations Duration: ongoing (funded by the Federal Agency for
Nature Conservation (BfN))
Institute of Farm Management (410)
Production Theory and Resource Economics (410a)Contact: Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert, [email protected]. Dr. Christian Lippert, [email protected]
● Determining land-lease rates in Germany: An analysis to support the improvement of the competitiveness of ecological and other sustainable farming systems
Duration: 2012 - 2014
18 | Current Projects
● Status-quo analysis of organic sugar beet production in Bavaria Duration: 2016 (student research project)
● EIP-BRAVÖ: Improvement of soil fertility and sustainability on stockless organic farms by on-farm innovations, subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (European Innovation Partnership, funded by the EU / Ministry of Rural and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
● TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE), subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2021 (EU Horizon 2020)
Farm Management (410b)Contact: Prof. Dr. Enno Bahrs, [email protected]
● Sustainable grassland farming in selected problematic areas of South Germany (EIP AGRI)
Duration: 2016 - 2019
● Agriculture 4.0 without the use of chemical and synthetic pesticides (NOcsPS)
Duration: 2017 - 2018 (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - Agrarsysteme der Zukunft)
● Protection of grassland through an innovative organic pasture cow concept (GiB), subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL),FederalOfficeforAgricultureandFood(BLE) funding scheme: „Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Grünlandwirtschaft“)
Current Projects | 19
● TRansition paths to sUstainable legume based systems in Europe (TRUE), subproject
Duration: 2017 - 2021 (EU Horizon 2020)
Institute for Agricultural Policy and Markets (420)
Agricultural and Food Policy (420a)Contact:Dr. Edda Thiele, [email protected]
● The Swedish Green Power Certificate Model: Presentation and Evaluation
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Energy mix in balancing energy with special consideration of sustainability
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Strategies to achieve the Europe 2020 target of "increasing the share of renewable energies in the EU's gross final energy consumption to 20%" in the EU member states: Presentation and evaluation
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Agri-environmental Programs in US Agricultural Policy: Presentation and Assessment
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Biokerosene - Presentation of the current situation and outlook Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
20 | Current Projects
● The market for vegetarian egg alternatives Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● How fair is Fair Trade? Presentation and valuation using GEPA and TransFair e. V. as examples.
Duration: 2016 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Assessment and criticism of the Origin Green sustainability initiative
Duration: 2016 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Energy system transformation in Morocco: stocktaking and success factors
Duration: 2016 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Potential of food leftovers from private households for the production of bioenergy
Duration: 2017 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainable Cocoa Forum: Opportunities and Constraints Duration: 2017 (B.Sc. thesis)
Agricultural Markets and Marketing (420b)Contact: Prof. Dr. Tilman Becker, [email protected]
● Acceptance of animal products based homeopathic medicines by the consumers in Germany and India
Duration: 2013 - 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
Current Projects | 21
● Consumer buying behavior towards organic cosmetics: a case study of Iran
Duration: 2013 - 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Distribution structures of organic foods Duration: 2014
● Measurement of willingness to pay for animal welfare Duration: 2014
● Sustainability labeling in the nutrition sector: Survey of consumers to understand perceptions of purchase relevance
Duration: 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Weekly markets in Baden-Württemberg Duration: 2014
● The retail market for fresh and chilled organic foods Duration: 2014 - 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Retail for fresh and chilled organic foods Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Switzerland: Barometer for the Organic Market – consumer survey about purchase motivation and limits, as well as consumer trends, in organic foods
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Consumer attitude and acceptance towards organic and genetically modified production
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
22 | Current Projects
● Possibilities for, and limits to, marker technology and new plant breeding methods in organic farming
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Consumer attitudes towards organic food in India Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Greek Consumer Attitude and Behavior towards organic food Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
Contact: Dr. Beate Gebhardt, [email protected]
● Sustainability awards in the food industry and other industries
Duration: since 2012 (ongoing, Humboldt Reloaded: BMBF)
● Acceptance and success of small- scale systems of food supply in an urban environment
Duration: 2012 (various studies, Hum-boldt Reloaded: BMBF)
● The German market for meat substitutes Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Consumer perspectives on meat and sustainability Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● International marketing strategies for Chinese natural cosmetics Duration: 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
Current Projects | 23
● Labeling of sustainably produced food: Types, significances, and the potential for development for meat products
Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainable eating habits: The meaning of sustainable consumption
Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainability in the cacao market: Challenges and status quo Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainability in product testing: Status quo and significance for the evaluation of foods
Duration: 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainability and children: Significance for the food industry Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Sustainability and seniors: target audiences of the food industry Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Social and ecological hot spots in the Rice Value Chain – a Life Cycle based sustainability assessment of rice production and processing in Italy
Duration: 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Status quo and assessment of gender-specific marketing for children's food
Duration: 2014 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Approaches to evaluating “greenwashing” and its use in the food industry
Duration: 2014 - 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
24 | Current Projects
● Healthy eating on a vegan or vegetarian diet? – Analysis of expectation versus reality from the point of view of consumers
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Obsolescence – also a topic for food? Duration: 2015 - 2016 (Humboldt Reloaded: BMBF)
● Animal welfare labelling and consumer acceptance, especially in the pig market in Baden-Württemberg with a focus on possible marketing strategies
Duration: 2015/16 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Vegan foods – The advertising of a food trend from a Content Analysis Perspective
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (Humboldt Reloaded; Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF))
● Corporate Excellence – Importance and classification of awards using the example of the milk processing industry in Germany
Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Corporate communication concerning the awarding of sustainability prizes and key starting points for the continued strategic development of the food industry
Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Advertising activity analysis – favorite advertisements in the natural food consumer magazine Schrot & Korn
Duration: 2016 (bio verlag gmbh)
● Does organic advertise differently? – Advertising impact analysis Duration: 2016 - 2017
Current Projects | 25
● Importance of excellence and sustainability communication in the meat and milk processing industry in Germany – an industry comparison
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Advertising for organic food – Expectations of organic buyers and other consumer groups using print ads and social media as examples
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Approaches and criteria for evaluating corporate sustainability in sustainability competitions
Duration: 2017 - 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Is pro-environmental food advertising genuinely green? A content analysis of print advertisements in U.S. magazines
Duration: 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Regional food from the point of view of consumers using the example of "Filderkraut"
Duration: 2018 (B.Sc. thesis)
● The Baden-Württemberg organic label – competitive advantages through certification?
Duration: 2018 - 2019 (M.Sc. thesis)
26 | Current Projects
Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture (430)
Rural Sociology (430a)Contact: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim, [email protected]
● Opinions of organic customers on selected regulations from the EU organic regulation as well as from the Demeter and Bioland directives
Duration: 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Beratung.Zukunft.Land. („Beratung 2020“): The Bioland Beratungsdienst GmbH. Initial experiences and evaluations of the new advisory promotion
Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) arises – Investigation of group events in the construction phase of the Solawi Hopfenhof
Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Short expert opinion on free training in biodynamic agriculture Duration: 2017 - 2018
● Innovations and Farmers Livelihoods: A case study of farmers transitioning from Organic Agriculture to Biodynamic farming in Kerala – India and Zanzibar – Tanzania
Duration: 2017 - 2020 (Ph.D. thesis)
Current Projects | 27
Societal Transition and Agriculture (430b)Contact: Prof. Dr. Claudia Bieling, [email protected]
● The view of Indian farmers on regenerative agriculture Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Comparative examination of biodynamic and Vrkshayurvedic agriculture in Kerala, India
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● German environmentally sustainable wine – what are the differences? A change of perspective: Motives and inventives of vintners
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● I want them to choose us because of how we farm and who we are: The changing role of organic certification and the importance of social capital on seven organic dairy farms in Maine, USA
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Measuring the success of three different CSA models in Spain on the basis of selected factors
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Participatory plant breeding and household sustainability, a case study of Red Maíz Criollo, Chiapas, Mexico
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Knowledge creation of permaculture practitioners observing and working with nature: Case studies from Austria
Duration: 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
28 | Current Projects
● Review of the management of risk-oriented inspections in an organic control body in the light of organic food fraud cases and improvement measures
Duration: 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
Contact:PD Dr. Stefanie Lemke, [email protected]
● Exploring the potential of local food systems for sustainable rural develop-ment – A case study of the Vaalharts area
Duration: 2015 - 2017
● Governing natural resources for food sovereignty
Duration: 2018 - 2019
Institute of Agricultural Engineering (440)
Livestock Systems Engineering (440b)Contact:Prof. Dr. Eva Gallmann, [email protected]
● Planning housing for fattening pigs in organic farming Duration: until March 2016
● Exercise yards for cattle and pigs Duration: until December 2016
Current Projects | 29
● Optimization of grazing- and automatic milking-systems for cow dairies in organic farming
Duration: Mai und Dezember 2016
FG Verfahrenstechnik in der Pflanzenproduktion (440d)Ansprechpartner:Prof. Dr. Hans W. Griepentrog, [email protected]
● Autonomous mechanical weed control with robots in arable far-ming, fruit growing and viticulture
Duration: ongoing
● VERTICROBO – New ecological and automated concepts in fruit growing
Duration: 2017 - 2018 (Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) – Agrarsysteme der Zukunft)
● 3D real-time detection of weeds in maize Duration: February - August 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Broadcast seeding of cereals Duration: January - June 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Evaluation of the influencing factors for weed control using a 5.5 W laser
Duration: April - September 2016 (B.Sc. thesis)
● Design of a pivoting laser head for weed control Duration: July - December 2015 (B.Sc. thesis)
30 | Current Projects
Institute of Animal Science (460)
Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding (460g)Contact:Prof. Dr. Jörn Bennewitz, [email protected]
● Breeding concepts for robust dairy beef Duration: 2016 - 2019
Livestock Population Genomics (460h)Contact:Prof. Dr. Martin Hasselmann, [email protected]
● Studies on the influence of different feeds on the intestinal microbiota of honeybees
Duration: 2015 - 2017 (sponsored by the Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
● Investigations into the improvement of bee health by means of bee-keeping systems
Duration: since 2016
Contact:Prof. Dr. Michael Grashorn, [email protected]
● Determining pre-cecal digestibility coefficients for domestic energy and protein feedstuffs for organic broiler production
Duration: 2010 - 2016 (Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
Current Projects | 31
● Use of treated seed grains (Vicia sativa L.) as a protein-rich feed for monogastrics in organic farming
Duration: 2017 - 2018 (Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
● Dual-purpose chickens in Baden-Württemberg – poultry farming in the societal dialogue
Duration: 2018 - 2019 (Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans Ruthenberg Institute) (490)
Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development (490c)Contact:Prof. Dr. Regina Birner, [email protected]
● Regional value chains for organically produced oilseeds: opportunities, possibilities, challenges Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. Thesis)
● Development and success factors of PGS-based value chains among smallholder farmer: a case study from India
Duration: 2018-2019 (M.Sc. Thesis)
32 | Current Projects
Agronomy in the Tropics and Subtropics (490e)Contact:Prof. Dr. Georg Cadisch, [email protected]
● Climate-smart Crop-livestock Systems for Smallholders in the Tropics: Integration of New Forage Hybrids to Intensify Agriculture and to Mitigate Climate Change, Columbia (CIAT)
Duration: 2012 - 2016
● Addressing the challenges of smallholder farming communities: Restoring degraded agroecosystems (CIAT)
Duration: 2013 - 2017
● Alleviating poverty and enhancing environmental integrity through restoring ecosystems services in a tropical plantation crop in the upper Mekong region China (Green Rubber)
Duration: 2014 - 2016
● Linking knowledge and people across scales – an integrated approach for the management of soil organic matter (CONNESSA)
Duration: 2014 - 2017
● Realizing the underexploited potential of multipurpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better environment in crop-livestock systems in East & Central Africa (Legume Choice)
Duration: 2014 - 2017
● Evaluation of cherelle wilt in five Theobroma cacao L. cropping systems: a physiological and phenological approach Duration: 2015 und 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
Current Projects | 33
● Beans with Benefits – Integrating improved mung bean as a catch crop into the dryland systems of South and Central Asia for increased smallholder farmer income and more sustainable production systems
Duration: 2015 - 2018
● HealthyLAND – Crops for Healthy Diets: Linking Agriculture and Nutrition
Duration: 2015 - 2018
● Agricultural Landscapes under Global Climate Change – Processes and Feedbacks on a Regional Scale (FOR)
Duration: 2015 - 2021
● Underutilized or unprotected? New methods for analyzing diverging perspectives on the large-scale conversion of tropical grassland eco-systems (Ellrichshausen-Stiftung) Ethiopia, Kenya
Duration: 2016 - 2018
● Effect of tillage and crop residue management on biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in cowpea under MBILI intercropping systems in Kenya
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Safe operating space in mountainous regions of Southeast Asia (SOS-Uplands) biodiversity and land use
Duration: 2017 - 2018
● Education and Training for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition in East Africa (EatSane)
Duration: 2018
34 | Current Projects
● Nitrogen dynamics in organic and conventional systems in the Sub-humid highlands of central Kenya
Duration: ongoing (Ph.D. thesis)
Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics (490f)Contact:PD Dr. Frank Rasche, [email protected]
● LegumeCHOICE – Realizing the underexploited potential of multi-purpose legumes towards improved livelihoods and a better
environment in crop-livestock systems in East & Central Africa Duration: 2014 - 2018
● Soil ecological determinants of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) by Brachiaria humidicola in tropical pasture systems
Duration: 2015 - 2019
● Organic Cocoa Growing in Peru – Cropping System and Fruit Quality
Duration: 2017 - 2018
● BIOINVENT – Generic bio-inventory of functional soil microbial diversity in permanent grassland ecosystems across management and climate gradients
Duration: 2017 - 2020
● Control of the weed Striga hermonthica by the fungal biocontrol agent Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae
Duration: 2017 - 2020
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● Molecular mechanisms of the suppression of banana Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 through ground cover management
Duration: 2017 - 2020
● HerbBi – Herbicide-mediated biphasic responses in plants Duration: 2017 - 2020
● ECOMASA – Eco-efficient management of tropical savannas Duration: 2018 - 2019
● COSCA – Agro-ecological opportunities and tailor-made value chain schemes to develop a sustainable cocoa sector in South
and Central America Duration: 2018 - 2019
Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics (490h)Contact: Prof. Dr. Mizeck Chagunda, [email protected]
● Meat quality of double-purpose chicken „Les Bleus“ compared to a slow-growing commercial hybrid Duration: 2014 - 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Organic dual-purpose-breeding of chickens: breeding goals and breeding organization for Bresse Gauloises
Duration: 2014 - 2015 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Organic poultry breeding in Baden-Württemberg: Concept development and first steps towards an independent breeding scheme
Duration: 2014 - 2016
36 | Current Projects
● Suitability of dual-purpose cockerels of local breeds and commercial strain for fattening under free range conditions on the Canary Islands
Duration: 2015 - 2016
● Consumer attitudes towards dual-purpose chicken in Southern Germany
Duration: 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Do Bresse Gauloise chickens offer a superior meat quality on the retail level?
Duration: 2016 - 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● How can food security and income diversity of smallholder farmers in the Philippines be improved by organic pig production?
Duration: 2016 - 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● How can organic pig production with local breeds in the Philippines succeed in keeping morbidity and mortality low while avoiding anti-microbial use?
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Use of local animal genetic resources and organic livestock production in Thailand
Duration: 2017 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Can early weaning stress be reduced for the benefit of welfare of dairy goats and sustainability of dairy goat farming?
Duration: 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Influence of husbandry systems on animal welfare in Holstein and Fleckvieh cows and their effects on selected sustainability aspects
Duration: 2018 (M.Sc. thesis)
Contact: Priv. Doz. Dr. Pera Herold, [email protected]
● Characterization of the “Schwarzwaldziege” Duration: 2014 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Relationship between health data and performance characteristics of Fleckvieh and Vorderwälder cows
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Possibilities of health monitoring in goats Duration: 2015 - 2016 (M.Sc. thesis)
● Development of a sustainable breeding program for milk goats in organic agriculture
Duration: 2016 - 2019 (Ph.D. thesis)
● GoOrganic – Development of a sustainable breeding program "Goats for organic farming"
Duration: 2016 - 2019 (Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
38 | Current Projects
Animal Nutrition and Rangeland Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (490i)Contact:Prof. Dr. Uta Dickhöfer, [email protected]
● GrazyDaiSy: Innovative and sustainable grazing-based systems integrating cows and young stock
Duration: 2018 - 2021 (EU-Era-Net Core Organic Cofund)
● Tannin-containing feed as a component of endoparasite control in small ruminants in organic agriculture
Duration: 2015 - 2016 (Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg (MLR))
State Plant Breeding Institute (LSA, 720)
Working Group Sunflowers and LegumesContact:Dr.VolkerHahn,[email protected]
● Genomics-based improvement of the domestic soybean material and establishment of a molecular screening system for soy pathogens
Duration: 2015 - 2018 (BMEL/BLE)
● Development of adapted and profitable soy varieties for a sustainable bioeconomy
Duration: 2017 - 2019
Working Group RyeContact:Prof. Dr. Thomas Miedaner, [email protected]
● Controlling rye stem rust, Puccinia graminis f. sp. secalis, in organic farming via resistance breeding
Duration: 2011 - 2014 (Federal Programme for Organic Farming and Other Forms of Sustainable Agriculture)
40 | Current Projects
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