Innovative agricultural research at the Weihenstephan campus
Food security, climate protection, energy supply, resource conservation, health: society is facing these central challenges in the coming decades. At Weihenstephan, the agricultural sciences of the Technical University of Munich work in close cooperation with forestry, environmental and nutritional sciences as well as food technology. The goal: Solving Global Challenges
The Hans Eisenmann Forum is the central institute for agricultural sciences at TUM. It connects the agricultural science oriented chairs within TUM as well as with partners.For further information look into "About us".
Climate change confronts agriculture with enormous challenges. How agriculture can cope with the changes and prevent further warming are key issues in agricultural research.
Digitization and robotics are fundamentally changing agriculture. These technologies make work easier for farmers. They can also make it possible to operate in a more environmentally friendly way.
Agroforestry systems combine elements of arable farming and animal husbandry with forestry. As a result, they have positive effects on the ecosystem and the economy.
Vertical agriculture can produce food in large quantities and consistent quality, regardless of environmental conditions. It thus offers enormous potential, e.g. for feeding the population in growing metropolitan areas.
Boron deficiency has a devastating effect on oilseed rape and related plants. However, little is known about the underlying genetic mechanisms. A study shows that the response to persistent or short-term acute boron deficiency is similar to that to pests and infections. The results lay the foundation for breeding plants that can better cope with boron deficiency and for avoiding related yield losses.
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Preserving biodiversity without reducing agricultural productivity: So far, these two goals could not be reconciled because the socio-ecological system of agriculture is highly complex, and the interactions between humans and the environment are difficult to capture using conventional methods. Thanks to new technology, a research team at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Hohenheim show a promising way to achieve both goals at the same time. The members of the team focus on…
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Representatives from politics, science and practice discussed the climate footprint of milk at the latest edition of the "Landwirtschaft im Dialog" discussion event organized by the German farming magazine top agrar. Prof. Wilhelm Windisch provided input on land use and the climate impact of livestock farming with his presentation.
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Researchers from the Chair of Marketing and Consumer Research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) regularly survey Bavarian consumers about their food shopping habits. The results of the current edition show that regional foods continue to be popular.
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An increasing share of submissions to the Ethics Committee of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) – now one in six – relate to topics such as human-machine interactions, artificial intelligence, data protection and personality rights – and no longer solely to medical issues. In response to this trend, TUM has now established a non-medical subcommittee. Prof. Brigitte Poppenberger and Prof. Heinz Bernhardt represent the TUM School of Life Sciences in this committee.
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The NewFoodSystems innovation space is one of four bioeconomy innovation spaces that are each funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with 20 million euros. It is coordinated by Prof. Sabine Kulling from the Max Rubner Institute in Karlsruhe and Prof. Dr. Ute Weisz at the TUM School of Life Sciences. NewFoodSystems is a platform for the development and research of tomorrow's sustainable nutrition.
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The new "Healthy Calves Bavaria" platform is a further step towards improving animal welfare in Bavarian stables. The core of the project is a website on which information is made available. Prof. Julia Steinhoff-Wagner from the Chair of Animal Nutrition and Metabolism is actively involved in the initiative.
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For his scientific achievements in animal nutrition, Prof. Wilhelm Windisch was awarded this year's main prize of the Henneberg-Lehmann Foundation.
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Prof. Chris-Carolin Schön, Chair of Plant Breeding, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) for her research in the field of genomic selection. The university honors the plant geneticist for her diverse and intensive collaboration with the Düsseldorf plant sciences.
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Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks. An international team of researchers surrounding Prof. Senthold Asseng from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown that further spread of the fungal disease wheat blast could reduce global wheat production by 13% until 2050. The result is dramatic for global food security.
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