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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]

Prof. Marius Henkel has been at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since September 2022 and heads the world's first professorship for Cellular Agriculture at the Weihenstephan Campus in Freising. In this short interview, he reports on what he is currently working on, what is important to him in his exchange with students, and what practical relevance his work has. [read more]

Seine Kreativität und sein Ideenreichtum haben Ludwig Reiner zum Pionier in der Agrarinformatik gemacht – am 6. März 2023 ist der ehemalige Professor der Technischen Universität München im Alter von 86 Jahren verstorben. 1969 habilitierte Ludwig Reiner im Fach Pflanzenbau an der TUM und wurde 1977 zum Professor in Freising ernannt. [read more]

Wie kann eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung umweltfreundlich mit sicheren und gesunden Nahrungsmitteln versorgt werden? Welche Rolle spielen dabei die sich verändernden klimatischen Bedingungen? Diesen Fragen widmet sich Prof. Johannes Sauer bei seinem Vortrag aus der Reihe TUM@Freising am 23. März 2023 um 19 Uhr im Lindenkeller Freising. Johannes Sauer ist Professor für Produktions- und Ressourcenökonomie an der School of Life Sciences der Technischen Universität München (TUM) in Weihenstephan. Er… [read more]

Die Süddeutsche Zeitung berichtete über die Umbauarbeiten am Veitshof. [read more]