Research results, projects and events from Leibniz Institutes of the alliance and other partners: On this page you can find News about sustainable food production and healthy nutrition.

  1. In Search of Balance
    11.01.2020 · Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

    In order to better harmonize agriculture and biodiversity, a new project is developing concepts for the protection of species in European agricultural landscapes.

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  2. FAO launches 2020 as the UN’s International Year of Plant Health
    17.12.2019 · FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations)

    The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) for 2020.

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  3. Global food production at risk of simultaneous heat waves across breadbasket regions
    10.12.2019 · PIK

    Certain patterns in the jet stream encircling the Earth can bring simultaneous heatwaves to breadbasket regions responsible for up to a quarter of global food production. Particularly susceptible are Western North America,...

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  4. 7th International Conference on Sustainable Development ICSD
    17.10.2019 · Leibniz Research Alliance ‘Food and Nutrition’

    Dr. Vera Tekken: 'Crosscutting research for a sustainable food system transformation – a solution-oriented approach'

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  5. New definition of cattle farming
    30.09.2019 · Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)

    Cattle farming is caught between global food security, animal welfare and environmental consequences. A new major (BovReg) project of the FBN will provide information that is urgently needed in practice and basic research.

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  6. The global potential of local agriculture in reducing the "food-print"
    29.08.2019 · Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung

    From avocados to apples: Producing food closer to cities could help reduce climate emissions

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  7. A new look for the information portal Aquakulturinfo.de
    20.08.2019 · Leibniz-Institute of Feshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

    Aquakulturinfo.de, the information portal provided by IGB, has set itself the aim of providing objective and research-based information on aquaculture to the public.

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  8. Skipping Meat on Occasion May Protect Against Type 2 Diabetes
    25.07.2019 · Deutsches Institut für Ernährungswissenschaften

    The sole restriction of the amino acid methionine prevents the onset of type 2 diabetes

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  9. DAKIS Kick-off Meeting
    14.06.2019 · Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

    The project “Agricultural System of the Future: DAKIS – Digital Agricultural Knowledge and Information System”, coordinated by ZALF, had its kick-off meeting on 14th June in Berlin with 38 participants.

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  10. Press Release: Digitalization in Agriculture
    11.02.2019 · Leibniz Research Alliance 'Food and Nutrition'

    Leibniz Research Alliance 'Food & Nutrition' in German Parliament.

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