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Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance"

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How can we sustainably develop and shape intensively used agricultural landscapes?

The focus of this Research Area lies on the investigation of land use practices and their interactions with associated ecosystem services and biodiversity. These interactions are not only studied for agriculturally managed crop- and grasslands, but also in the context of adjacent ecosystems such as forests and waterbodies. It is the aim to use research results to support the site-adapted management of agricultural landscapes under the impact of climate change and in different socio-economic and socio-cultural contexts. This adapted management must be supported by stakeholders and institutionally promoted. Research on the interactions, the development of suitable indicators for the valorisation of the services provided by agricultural landscapes and embedded ecosystems, the development of suitable governance approaches as well as the dissemination of institutional, technological and management-related innovations are additional topics of research in this Research Area.

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Our Working Groups

 

The topics of this Research Area address the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG; UN 2015), which are also addressed in the German Sustainable Development Strategy (2016): Zero Hunger (2), Health and Well-Being (3), Clean Water und Sanitation (6), Responsible Consumption and Production (12), Climate Action (13), Life below Water (14), and Life on Land (15).

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Working groups in research area 2 

 

 

News

Title: Event: Crop Rotation as a Key Plant Protection Measure in (Organic) Farming?
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/PB2/Fachveranstaltung_Fruchtfolge.aspx, More
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18.06.2026

Event: Crop Rotation as a Key Plant Protection Measure in (Organic) Farming?

Title: Water for Brandenburg: How directing water flows in the landscape could support groundwater and surface water streams in Brandenburg
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/Pressemitteilungen/Wasser_fuer_Brandenburg.aspx, More
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12.06.2026

Water for Brandenburg: How directing water flows in the landscape could support groundwater and surface water streams in Brandenburg

Title: When innovation alone is not enough: Study on agri-start-ups shows how difficult it is to bring about change within established structures
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/Pressemitteilungen/Agrar-Start-Ups.aspx, More
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28.05.2026

When innovation alone is not enough: Study on agri-start-ups shows how difficult it is to bring about change within established structures

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Publications

MyTitle: Assessing the performance of crop rotations across two soil textures using a process-based cropping system model
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MyAutoren: Tougma, I. A., Kim, Y.-U., Van de Broek, M., Grahmann, K., Olesen, J. E., Six, J., Pirzer, A., Faye, B., Hoffmann, M., Zentgraf, I., Hossain, M. T., Webber, H. (2026)
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Assessing the performance of crop rotations across two soil textures using a process-based cropping system model

Tougma, I. A., Kim, Y.-U., Van de Broek, M., Grahmann, K., Olesen, J. E., Six, J., Pirzer, A., Faye, B., Hoffmann, M., Zentgraf, I., Hossain, M. T., Webber, H. (2026)
MyTitle: Generative artificial intelligence for climate information services
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MyAutoren: Malekela, A. A., Lusiru, S., Kipkulei, H. K., Kimaro, P., Kabirigi, M., Sieber, S., Ryo, M. (2026)
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Generative artificial intelligence for climate information services

Malekela, A. A., Lusiru, S., Kipkulei, H. K., Kimaro, P., Kabirigi, M., Sieber, S., Ryo, M. (2026)
MyTitle: Simulating Future Dynamics of a Groundwater-Fed Lake in Central Europe: Integrating Modeling and Machine Learning Approach
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MyAutoren: Mahmoodi, N., Somogyvári, M., Ölmez, C., Tügel, F., Hinkelmann, R., Schneider, M., Merz, C. (2026)
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Simulating Future Dynamics of a Groundwater-Fed Lake in Central Europe: Integrating Modeling and Machine Learning Approach

Mahmoodi, N., Somogyvári, M., Ölmez, C., Tügel, F., Hinkelmann, R., Schneider, M., Merz, C. (2026)

Projects

MyTitle: BROMMI - Biospere reserves as model landscapes for insect conservation
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BROMMI - Biospere reserves as model landscapes for insect conservation

Start: 01.01.2020
MyTitle: TAELabs - Territorialized Agroecological Living Labs
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TAELabs - Territorialized Agroecological Living Labs

Start: 01.08.2025
MyTitle: PACLIR-Peat4People - Paludiculture for climate and livelihoods in Rwanda
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PACLIR-Peat4People - Paludiculture for climate and livelihoods in Rwanda

Start: 01.12.2025

 

  

People of the research area

 

Co-Heads

Prof. Dr.
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Dr. Lasse Loft
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
T +49 (0)33432 82-494

 

Administration

Dr. Verena Toussaint
T +49 (0)33432 82-323

Secretary’s office

Viola Kranich
T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Sabrina Weinert
T +49 (0)33432 82-170

E-Mail Sekretariat Programmbereich 2 

 

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Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

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