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.
A growing world population is encountering increasingly difficult conditions for food production. How the growing number of people can be supplied with sufficient, high-quality and sustainable proteins in the future was discussed by experts at the AgriScience Symposium 2023 of the Hans Eisenmann-Forum for Agricultural Sciences (HEF).
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You are cordially invited to the HEF Agricultural Science Symposium: "The World Needs New Proteins"! We are delighted to welcome you on October 12th and 13th, 2023, in Weihenstephan, Germany.
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Minimizing the use of antibiotics without compromising animal welfare: Julia Steinhoff-Wagner, Professor of Animal Nutrition and Metabolism at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is working on a new research project to ascertain how this can be achieved in the field of poultry farming. In this interview, she explains how antibiotic use relates to animal health and nutrition.
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Getting together, exchanging ideas and exploring opportunities for future collaboration: At the first Science Dating on September 28, scientists from Weihenstephan took the opportunity to get to know each other and their work. More than 60 researchers from various disciplines took up the invitation and networked with each other. This created the basis for promising joint research initiatives in the future.
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The cultivation of plant-based food and energy crops is often accompanied by the production of by-products that are unsuitable for human consumption. TUM graduate Anton Vorndran addressed the amount of these by-products in his master's thesis. He has now been awarded the prize of the German Society for Animal Production (DGfZ) in the master's thesis category for this work.
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have found that in the early season, insects such as wasps, beetles and flies play a crucial role in pollinating plants in urban environments. Moreover, for biodiversity that is so important, the food supply is more crucial than, for example, land sealing. This gives gardeners a key role in biodiversity and pollination in urban areas.
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Die Goldenen Ehrennadel hat die Bayerische Akademie Ländlicher Raum an Prof. Alois Heißenhuber, Emeriti der TUM und ehemaliger Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Wirtschaftslehre des Landbaus an der TUM in Freising-Weihenstephan, verliehen.
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Interview with TUM Professor Roosen about consulting for the EU: A working group consisting of scientists from all over Europe has outlined for the European Comission how European food consumption can become healthier and more sustainable. Jutta Roosen, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), contributed to this report. The results are expected to assist EU commissioners in revising the farm-to-fork strategy. In an interview, Prof. Jutta Roosen…
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A new technology will facilitate quick, easy and precise fertilizing in the field in the future. Thanks to the combination of biosensor test strips and satellite-based remote sensing data, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is developing a method for determining the nutritional condition of cereals and the perfect amount of fertilizer. Automatic provision of digital analytical data to the tractors terminal should save time and prevent overfertilization in the future. With its development…
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From modern livestock farming to human medicine: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) will combine its expertise in combating resistant pathogens in a new central institute: the Center for Infection Prevention (ZIP). The aim is to develop innovative strategies for preventing and avoiding the spread of germs. Science Minister Markus Blume and the Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery Dr. Florian Herrmann were also present for the laying of the foundation stone of the new research building on…
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