Today, intensive agriculture makes a substantial contribution to exceeding the limits of our planet's ecological sustainability. At local and regional level, too, agriculture is often anything but sustainable. AGROECOSOS will define so-called Safe and fair Operating Spaces (SOS), a scope for action for agriculture within which the limits of sustainability are not exceeded. In recent years, agro-ecological research has proposed a variety of solutions to improve both yields and the resilience and sustainability of agriculture. A promising concept is permaculture, which reproduces the properties of natural systems in a design process and incorporates socio-ecological approaches. Permaculture is based on design principles that include multifunctionality, biodiversity, yield reliability with low use of agrochemicals, but also social-philosophical dimensions.
Project Lead Prof. Dr. Boris Schröder-Esselbach
Team Sonja Lepper, Dr. Colette Vogeler
External Cooperation Partners Prof. Dr. Nils Bandelow (TUBS ISW), Prof. Dr. Stefan Schrader, Dr. Anett Steinführer, Dr. Jens Dauber (Thünen Institut), Prof. Dr. Jörg Michael Greef (Julius-Kühn-Institut), Prof. Dr. Vanessa Carlow (TUBS ISU), Prof. Dr. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst (TUBS IDAS), Prof. Dr. Lars Wolf (TUBS IBR), Prof. Dr. Frank Wätzold (btu)
Duration 2017-2018
Funding Body BMBF, Projektträger ptj