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".
More than 30 chairs at the Technical University of Munich are part of the HEF. They are grouped by the disciplines Plant/Crop Sciences, Livestock Sciences, Agroecology, Agricultural Technology and Agricultural Economics.
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.
The Bayerisches Landwirtschaftliches Wochenblatt reports on the information day in Grub on cow-bound calf rearing. Here, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) and the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL) presented the joint project “Cow-bound calf rearing on dairy farms in southern Germany - development of indicators of animal welfare and milk quantity”.
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Research for theory and practice - from now on you can take a look at the Agri-PV plant in Dürnast. On 10 vertical rows with bifacial modules and 4 tracking rows, researchers can investigate the effects of agriphotovoltaic systems on soil, microclimate, economic factors and many other areas.
We will report on specific research questions and results here.
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A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has made a contribution to German animal welfare legislation with research into the pain sensation of chicken embryos: For animal welfare reasons, the destruction of eggs as part of the sexing of chicken embryos has been banned from the 13th day of hatching since 2024. The TUM researchers, including HEF member Prof. Benjamin Schusser, are awarded the Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Research Prize 2025 for this commitment.
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