Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content
Suche
Breadcrumb Navigation

Research Area 2 "Land Use and Governance"

Hauptinhalt der Seite
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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.

More ...

 

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).

Icon SDG 2 Icon SDG 3 Icon SDG 6 Icon SDG 12 Icon SDG 13 Icon SDG 14 Icon SDG 15

 

Working groups in research area 2 

 

 

News

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
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTextfeld:
MyMeldungsdatum: 2026-06-12 10:00:00
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label:
Illustrative image
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
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTextfeld:
MyMeldungsdatum: 2026-05-28 07:00:00
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label:
Innovative field cultivation
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

Title: Leonardo Medina successfully completed his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/PB2/Leonardo_Medina_Defense.aspx, More
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTextfeld:
MyMeldungsdatum: 2026-05-20 10:00:00
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label:
After successful defense
20.05.2026

Leonardo Medina successfully completed his doctoral studies at the Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin

More news

 

 

Publications

MyTitle: Surrounding land use and land cover shape the soil microbiome to a similar extent as local diversification practices across organic farms
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880926003439?via%3Dihub, Resolve DOI name
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld:
MyAutoren: Dastogeer, K. M. G., Thompson, J., Esquivel, K., Waterhouse, H., Baur, P., Karp, D. S., Kremen, C., Olimpi, E. M., Bowles, T. M. (2026)
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

Surrounding land use and land cover shape the soil microbiome to a similar extent as local diversification practices across organic farms

Dastogeer, K. M. G., Thompson, J., Esquivel, K., Waterhouse, H., Baur, P., Karp, D. S., Kremen, C., Olimpi, E. M., Bowles, T. M. (2026)
MyTitle: From complementarities to constraints: stratified adoption pathways and equity in Kenyan smallholder systems − A Bayesian‑Ising diagnostic
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096326000410?via%3Dihub, DOI: Resolve DOI name
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld:
MyAutoren: Momanyi, D., Lagat, J. K., Han, J., Marchant, R. A., Ogendi, G. M., Lotze-Campen, H., Sieber, S. (2026)
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

From complementarities to constraints: stratified adoption pathways and equity in Kenyan smallholder systems − A Bayesian‑Ising diagnostic

Momanyi, D., Lagat, J. K., Han, J., Marchant, R. A., Ogendi, G. M., Lotze-Campen, H., Sieber, S. (2026)
MyTitle: The sensitivity of shallow-groundwater grasslands to changes in climate and groundwater management
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377426003604?via%3Dihub, Resolve DOI name
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld:
MyAutoren: Khaledi, V., Raza, A., Taubert, F., Berg-Mohnicke, M., Kamali, B., Dietrich, O., Merz, C., Nendel, C. (2026)
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

The sensitivity of shallow-groundwater grasslands to changes in climate and groundwater management

Khaledi, V., Raza, A., Taubert, F., Berg-Mohnicke, M., Kamali, B., Dietrich, O., Merz, C., Nendel, C. (2026)

Projects

MyTitle: CuliFo3 - Mosquitoes and mosquito-borne zoonoses in Germany (continuation)
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.zalf.de/en/forschung_lehre/projekte/Pages/details.aspx?iddp=2337, Take a look
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld: Start: 01.01.2023
MyAutoren:
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

CuliFo3 - Mosquitoes and mosquito-borne zoonoses in Germany (continuation)

Start: 01.01.2023
MyTitle: FORMULA - Agroforestry for sustainable multifunctional agriculture, Sub-project SP3: Biodiversity
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.zalf.de/en/forschung_lehre/projekte/Pages/details.aspx?iddp=2471, Take a look
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld: Start: 01.10.2024
MyAutoren:
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

FORMULA - Agroforestry for sustainable multifunctional agriculture, Sub-project SP3: Biodiversity

Start: 01.10.2024
MyTitle: IGC 2027 - International Grassland Congress 2027 "100 years of grassland research – ways to the future"
MyLinkAnsehenUrl: https://www.zalf.de/en/forschung_lehre/projekte/Pages/details.aspx?iddp=2569, Take a look
MyLinkPDFUrl:
MyTitelMehrzeilig:
MyTextfeld: Start: 11.07.2025
MyAutoren:
MyMeldungsdatum:
MyLabels:
Struktureinheiten:Label: NewWindow:

IGC 2027 - International Grassland Congress 2027 "100 years of grassland research – ways to the future"

Start: 11.07.2025

 

  

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 

 

Address

Leibniz-Zentrum für
Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

Eberswalder Straße 84
15374 Mü​ncheberg​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Fusszeile der Seite
Wordpress icon
Instagram icon
YouTube icon
ResearchGate icon
Mastodon icon
Bluesky icon
LinkedIn icon
© Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. Müncheberg

Funded by:

BMLEH logo
MWFK logo