Faculty Organic Agricultural Sciences
Research and Education in the area of Organic Agriculture as well as sustainable rural development with regional and international references
Parent institution:
University of Kassel Details of University of Kassel
Address
Faculty Organic Agricultural Sciences
Steinstr. 19
D-37213 Witzenhausen
Hesse
Phone: +49 5542 98-1211
Fax: +49 5542 98-1309
email: dekfb11(@)wiz.uni-kassel.de
Activities:
- Research
Networks:
- German agricultural research alliance (DAFA)
Coordinated projects
- Application of naturally occurring antagonists of the cabbage white fly (Aleyrodes pro-letella) in organic brassica crops in combination with netting Details of Application of naturally occurring antagonists of the cabbage white fly (Aleyrodes pro-letella) in organic brassica crops in combination with netting
- bioenergetic role of biodiversity on the intensity and spectral calibration parameters of oat grass meadow vegetation Details of bioenergetic role of biodiversity on the intensity and spectral calibration parameters of oat grass meadow vegetation
- Collaborative project: Biogas plants in organic agriculture; subproject 3 Details of Collaborative project: Biogas plants in organic agriculture; subproject 3
- Comparison of triticale varieties and different wheat varieties in terms of part and whole plant yields for the production of biogas and ethanol, or thermal / recycling ( SunFuel) Details of Comparison of triticale varieties and different wheat varieties in terms of part and whole plant yields for the production of biogas and ethanol, or thermal / recycling ( SunFuel)
- Development of winter pea (Pisum sativum L.) genotypes for mixed cropping under conditions of organic farming Details of Development of winter pea (Pisum sativum L.) genotypes for mixed cropping under conditions of organic farming
- Examination of the succession situation of farms inside and outside of farmers’ families in organic farming and development of measures to support the process of succession Details of Examination of the succession situation of farms inside and outside of farmers’ families in organic farming and development of measures to support the process of succession
- Farmer Consumer Partnership Details of Farmer Consumer Partnership
- Free range for hens raised organically Details of Free range for hens raised organically
- Is price the main purchasing barrier for organic products? – Analysis of the willingness to pay for organic food and consumers’ buying behaviour Details of Is price the main purchasing barrier for organic products? – Analysis of the willingness to pay for organic food and consumers’ buying behaviour
- Musa-pathogen interactions - Localization and biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites of the type of phenylphenalenones in banana Details of Musa-pathogen interactions - Localization and biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites of the type of phenylphenalenones in banana
Involved in research projects:
- Improving small farm production and marketing of bananas under trees: Resource partitioning, living soils, cultivar choice and marketing strategies Details of Improving small farm production and marketing of bananas under trees: Resource partitioning, living soils, cultivar choice and marketing strategies
- Plant-animal material flows and production efficiencies in urban and peri-urban agriculture of a West African city Details of Plant-animal material flows and production efficiencies in urban and peri-urban agriculture of a West African city