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Thünen scientist Dr Jürn Sanders calls for more participation of economic actors and civil society - An interview with Agra-Europe

Jürn Sanders

MonViA, the joint project for monitoring biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, is entering the implementation phase. During the annual project meeting on 4 and 5 November, the participating scientists gave the go-ahead for the second test phase. Supporters are needed for this!

Extensive agricultural landscape

With the help of a survey, a study has determined the organic share in canteens in the BMEL's business area.

Cuisine Cafeteria Buffet with food. Self-service food display cabinet.

New web application provides an overview

Beurteilung tierbezogener Indikatoren bei Milchkühen

InnoRind" joint project with Thünen participation develops innovative approaches for the cattle farming of tomorrow

Unhorned herd of cows on pasture

Remote sensing: Where is what grown?

Area-wide high-resolution mapping of the German agricultural landscape

 

Joint press release of the Thünen Institute, the HU Berlin and the ZALF

 

Researchers from the Thünen Institute, the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) have for the…

Enlargeable map of agricultural use in Germany

The 59th Annual Conference of the German Society of Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture (GEWISOLA) will be held from Wednesday, 25 September to Friday 27 September 2019 at the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig (Germany). The local organizers are the Thünen Institutes of Farm Economics, of…


The German Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) plays a key role in the assessment of the economic situation of agricultural holdings. In addition, this data is used extensively for the evaluation of (agricultural) policies. However, certain issues - due to aggregate or missing information - cannot…


A study analyses likely competitiveness and perspectives of production and trade in terms of a possible tariff liberalisation between the EU and the US.

Some feedlots in the US have a capacity of more than 100.000 cattle. Most of them are using growth promoters like hormones and beta-agonists.

Sustainability became an issue also in milk production. Dairies are increasingly requested to assert their market partners in processing and trade that their milk is of sustainable origin. How can this be achieved? The Thünen Institute of Farm Economics developed a sustainability concept which was…

Feeding racks in a stanchion barn

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