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Department of Organic Farming and Cropping Systems (FÖL)
Institution
Section overview
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Added value of social farming for agricultural production
- Assessment of the suitability of potato varieties for organic farming
- Collaborative project: Research Information System and Evaluation Concept for Research Contributions to Practice and Society – Optimized Through Pilot Studies Within Funding Agencies for Agricultural Research. Subproject 1
- Comparative cultivation of various winter peas in clean and mixture faarming for integration into the growing system Organic Farming
- Development and Testing of a Concept for Documentation and Evaluation of Productive Interactions and Impacts on Practice and Society in Agricultural Research
- Development of a guideline for the assessment of practical research on organic agriculture based on an analysis of existing evaluation tools for research
- Development, in-house validation and practice evaluation of a biotest with garden cress for assessing plants reactions after treatments with the biodynamic horn manure preparation
- Expansion of soybean cultivation in Germany through breeding adaptation and agronomic optimization
- GlobE - Sustainable diversification strategies for potato-based cropping systems in the Kenyan highlands
- High-quality technology and organic farming - an innovative approach to control the pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in potato production
- Interveg: Enhancing multifunctional benefits of cover crops - vegetables intercropping
- Nature conservation by organic farming: Restoration of local populations of rare and endangered arable field plants on organic farms in Germany
- Optimisation of internal clover grass recycling in livestock-free organic farms
- Reduced tillage and green manures for sustainable organic cropping systems (TILMAN-ORG). Subproject: Improved Nutrient Management in Reduced Tillage Systems by Use of Green Manures and Appropriate Off-Farm Inputs
- Structured analysis of requirements and development of sector-tailored education and training concepts for certification personnel in the organic sector. Coordination
Involved in research projects
- Application of bio-composts for reduction of Rhizoctonia solani in potatoes
- Development and comparison of optimized cropping systems for the arable prodcution of energy crops for the varying site conditions in Germany - Phase III (EVA III); Modul 2: Ecological effects, Part: Biotic effects
- Development of concepts for the advancement and establishment of protein crop production in more diverse crop rotations as an element for the advancement of ecosystem services and increased biodiversity in the agricultural landscape
- Testing of potato varieties to their particular suitability for organic farming
Contact
Department of Organic Farming and Cropping Systems
(FÖL)
Nordbahnhofstr. 1a
D-37213 Witzenhausen
Hesse
Germany
Phone: +49 5542 98-1565
Fax: +49 5542 98-1568
Email: sekr.foel(@)uni-kassel.de