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Steps towards biodiversity-based crop production systems - linking and developing of research approaches in Ruhstorf
Project
Project code: A/18/22
Contract period: 01.02.2019
- 28.02.2023
Budget: 463,105 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Current crop production systems achieve high yields using yield-increasing means of production such as chemical pesticides and mineral fertilizers. Despite the resulting very high productivity and performance of agriculture, the environmental limits of this resource-intensive management are increasingly becoming visible. Agriculture is therefore under increasing social pressure to change the way of producing and to pay more attention to environmental aspects.
Against this background, many, mostly technical, solutions are already being pursued. The ecological or biodiversity-based approaches that deal with biodiversity and the associated functions and services have rarely been considered explicitly from a plant cultivation point of view. As part of an "ecological" intensification, part of the previous "inputs" need to be provided by biodiversity services while maintaining the same economic efficiency. A well-known example is natural pest regulation. The FAO and the EU therefore regard ecological intensification as a solution for the agricultural systems of the future.
To achieve modern, environmentally friendly, and productive crop production systems and thus a more sustainable agriculture, biodiversity-based approaches must be (further) developed, tested, and communicated.
To achieve these goals, four work packages are processed in the project. The aim is to create a knowledge database that bundles current knowledge on the topic and makes it accessible. Furthermore, methods and models are tested at the level of individual fields and at the landscape level with which corresponding biodiversity-based techniques can be made accessible to practice. Finally, suitable communication strategies and implementation paths for the transformation to more sustainable agriculture will be identified, further developed, and presented.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Crop Protection
- Agroecology
