New project on innovations and knowledge transfer in the agriculture and food industry

Globally, the agricultural and food industries are facing major challenges: Scarcity of agricultural land due to competing uses on the one hand and degradation of land and fluctuations in yields due to climate change on the other. Although the need for a transformation of agriculture is undisputed, the answers to this challenge vary. From a scientific point of view, there are solutions that reconcile economic and ecological goals. These are innovations that enable a sustainable transformation of the agriculture and food industry, i.e. that reconcile economic, ecological and social goals and also address the challenges of climate change. These include agroecological approaches in particular. Although such approaches promise to increase yields while at the same time reducing resource inputs, thus also reducing emissions, the adoption and dissemination of these technologies fall far short of expectations and vary greatly from region to region.

The aim of the project is therefore to gain new insights into the importance of innovation and knowledge transfer for the sustainable transformation of the agriculture and food industry in rural areas. In particular, we are investigating how different objectives for sustainability guide innovation processes in agriculture and the food industry.

Further information about our project: Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Agriculture and the Food Industry

Contact: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte