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Farmer Of The Future 2 – Options for enhancing the performance of Bavarian agriculture in the areas of climate and biodiversity (Farmer Of The Future 2)
Project
Project code: A/24/02
Contract period: 01.02.2025
- 31.03.2027
Budget: 282,127 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: climate change, climate impact, biodiversity impact, carbon opportunity costs, agricultural policy
Bavarian agriculture faces multiple challenges, including increasing pressure to achieve higher sustainability and low societal appreciation. There is a growing demand to align agricultural policy support with the public services provided by agriculture. Therefore, it is crucial to scientifically quantify the societal value of Bavarian agriculture and derive measures to enhance this value.
Building on the short project "Farmer of the future" (Science-Based Evaluation of the Performance of Bavarian Agriculture in the Fields of Climate and Biodiversity), the project "Farmer of the future 2" develops an impact analysis of various scenarios for Bavarian land use systems. This analysis examines the effects of factors such as supply security, dietary habits, the proportion of land used for organic production, and the proportion of land used for non-food purposes (e.g., rewilding, energy production) on the net benefits of agricultural land use in Bavaria in terms of climate and biodiversity impact, based on the Carbon Benefits Index by Searchinger et al. (2018). The scenarios are evaluated at both the statewide and individual farm levels (using the agri benchmark method, Chibanda et al., 2020) regarding their climate and biodiversity impact as well as their economic implications. Options for political action will be derived and evaluated through focus groups.
Section overview
Subjects
- Agroecology
- Agricultural Policy
- Resource management
- Organic Farming
- Climate Change
Funding programme
Excutive institution
University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (HSWT)
