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Ob Job, Praktika oder Abschlussarbeit: Rund 50 Unternehmen präsentierten ihr Angebot am diesjährigen „Unternehmertag Agrar“ der Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (HSWT) und der Technischen Universität München (TUM). Erstmalig fand die Karrieremesse in den Räumlichkeiten der HSWT statt. [read more]

Wie können Treibhausgas- und Nitratemissionen reduziert werden? Die Fachtagung „Innovationen im Pflanzenbau“ präsentiert Ansätze für die landwirtschaftliche Praxis auf Basis aktueller Forschungsarbeiten. Themenschwerpunkte sind das Potenzial von Pflanzenkohle sowie digitales Nährstoffmanagement. Die Technische Universität München (TUM) und ihre Projektpartner präsentieren am 12. und 13. Juni im TUM Akademiezentrum Raitenhaslach und den Versuchsstationen Thalhausen und Roggenstein Ergebnisse. [read more]

The Hans Eisenmann Forum (HEF) of the Technical University of Munich is looking for scientific support (m/f/d) in the Vertical Farming team starting September 1. [read more]

How can we open up new species for more climate-stable crop production? Wild plant species that have not yet been domesticated and so-called specialty crops are often neglected by research, funding agencies and industry because the economic gains seem small. However, many of these plants have the potential to increase food security and contribute to food diversity, explains Brigitte Poppenberger, professor of horticultural crop biotechnology at the School of Life Sciences of the Technical… [read more]

Die Hans Eisenmann-Akademie präsentiert im Sommersemester 2023 vier Vorträge zu nachhaltigerer Nutztierhaltung. [read more]

The world's population is growing - and so is the hunger for grain. More grain must be produced to feed the world's people, but climate change brings frequent weather extremes that make grain production difficult. One way to increase yields in the future is to grow crops on saline soils. [read more]

The motto of the Farmvision Festival at the Technical University of Munich’s (TUM) Weihenstephan site was to make research and the future of agriculture a tangible experience. The Hans Eisenmann-Forum for Agricultural Sciences (HEF) organized the large agricultural festival with a diverse program of specialist lectures, start-up pitches, join-in actions and guided tours. The audience enjoyed this great day of action with its attractive range of agricultural science research at the TUM… [read more]

Ensuring the supply of food to the constantly growing world population and protecting the environment at the same time are often conflicting objectives. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully developed a method for the synthetic manufacture of nutritional protein using a type of artificial photosynthesis. The animal feed industry is the primary driver of high demand for large volumes of nutritional protein, which is also suitable for use in meat substitute… [read more]

28 PhD students presented their research. [read more]

An agricultural research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has made it to the finals in the "project of the century" ("Jahrhundertprojekt") competition for 100 million Swiss Francs, hosted by the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS). A research team led by Prof. Senthold Asseng hopes to win out over five other current competitor groups with its project "Revolution in Food Production". By reaching the final round, Prof. Asseng earned a WSS research prize endowed with 1 million Swiss… [read more]