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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: New plant mixture convinces in practical test: Ribwort plantain increases forage yield and protects groundwater
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/Pressemitteilungen/Spitzwegerich_und_Luzerne.aspx, More
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50% alfalfa in a mixture with 50% ribwort plantain with 200 germinable grains/m² each for the 3rd cut
21.10.2025

New plant mixture convinces in practical test: Ribwort plantain increases forage yield and protects groundwater

Title: Wheat and soybean as a team: new study shows the benefits of relay intercropping
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11.03.2025

Wheat and soybean as a team: new study shows the benefits of relay intercropping

Title: ZALF Research on Gender Equality in Alternative Food Networks: Contribution to the Fourth Gender Equality Report of the German Government
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07.03.2025

ZALF Research on Gender Equality in Alternative Food Networks: Contribution to the Fourth Gender Equality Report of the German Government

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Publications

MyTitle: Impact of adoption of climate-smart practices on horticulture yield: lessons from smallholder horticulture empowerment and promotion approach in Ethiopia
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MyAutoren: Asmiro Abeje, F., Nomura, H., Gebre, G. G., Payal, S. (2025)
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Impact of adoption of climate-smart practices on horticulture yield: lessons from smallholder horticulture empowerment and promotion approach in Ethiopia

Asmiro Abeje, F., Nomura, H., Gebre, G. G., Payal, S. (2025)
MyTitle: Arabidopsis thaliana Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel 19 is involved in root extracellular ATP and Pep1 signalling
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MyAutoren: Ning, Y., Jacobs, B. C. I. C., Langlet, C., Wang, L., Song, Z., Dark, A. M., Matthus, E., Eves-van den Akker, S., Rahman, T., Davies, J. M. (2025)
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Arabidopsis thaliana Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel 19 is involved in root extracellular ATP and Pep1 signalling

Ning, Y., Jacobs, B. C. I. C., Langlet, C., Wang, L., Song, Z., Dark, A. M., Matthus, E., Eves-van den Akker, S., Rahman, T., Davies, J. M. (2025)
MyTitle: Toward understanding the scaling out of sustainable land use systems in Colombia: integrating case study insights and national pathways design for cacao farming
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MyAutoren: Del Río Duque, M. L., Löhr, K., Pérez-Lora, Á. P., Lana, M., Castro-Nunez, A., Sieber, S., Chevelev-Bonatti, M. (2025)
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Toward understanding the scaling out of sustainable land use systems in Colombia: integrating case study insights and national pathways design for cacao farming

Del Río Duque, M. L., Löhr, K., Pérez-Lora, Á. P., Lana, M., Castro-Nunez, A., Sieber, S., Chevelev-Bonatti, M. (2025)

Projects

MyTitle: HiddenFun - Plant functioning hidden belowground: an interdisciplinary approach to studying nutrient acquisition and transport across growth forms
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HiddenFun - Plant functioning hidden belowground: an interdisciplinary approach to studying nutrient acquisition and transport across growth forms

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MyTitle: KARO - Climate-resilient cultivation methods for risk optimization – with special consideration of the goals of the arable farming strategy and their regional requirements
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KARO - Climate-resilient cultivation methods for risk optimization – with special consideration of the goals of the arable farming strategy and their regional requirements

Start: 01.06.2024
MyTitle: LegumeMix - Development and evaluation of organic heterogeneous material and variety mixtures in spring grain peas with special consideration of foot and root dieseases, processing quality characteristics and their suitability for intercropping cultivati
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LegumeMix - Development and evaluation of organic heterogeneous material and variety mixtures in spring grain peas with special consideration of foot and root dieseases, processing quality characteristics and their suitability for intercropping cultivati

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People of the research area

 

Co-Heads

Prof. Dr. agr.
Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

T +49 (0)33432 82-207

Prof. Dr. Bettina Matzdorf
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
T +49 (0)33432 82-150

 

Administration

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

Secretary’s office

Viola Kranich
T +49 (0)33432 82-207
F +49 (0)33432 82-308

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

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Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

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