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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: “Productive Region” exhibition brings agriculture to the city
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Interspaces © Sandra Schäfer, 2024
19.06.2025

“Productive Region” exhibition brings agriculture to the city

Title: Giovanna Chavez Miguel completed her PhD at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
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After the successful defense of Giovanna Chavez's doctoral thesis (2nd from right)
18.06.2025

Giovanna Chavez Miguel completed her PhD at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

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

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Publications

MyTitle: Revisiting the root economics space - its applications, extensions and nuances advance our understanding of fine-root functioning
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MyAutoren: Matthus, E., Zwetsloot, M., Delory, B. M., Hennecke, J., Andraczek, K., Henning, T., Mommer, L., Weigelt, A., Bergmann, J. (2025)
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Revisiting the root economics space - its applications, extensions and nuances advance our understanding of fine-root functioning

Matthus, E., Zwetsloot, M., Delory, B. M., Hennecke, J., Andraczek, K., Henning, T., Mommer, L., Weigelt, A., Bergmann, J. (2025)
MyTitle: Land use/land cover dynamics in an arid and semi-arid landscape: a 24-year analysis of Baringo County, Kenya (2000–2024)
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MyAutoren: Kipkulei, H., Rotich, B., Ahmed, A., Lameck, A., Burudi, J., Hounkpati, K., Makindi, S., Boitt, M., Sieber, S., Kindu, M. (2025)
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Land use/land cover dynamics in an arid and semi-arid landscape: a 24-year analysis of Baringo County, Kenya (2000–2024)

Kipkulei, H., Rotich, B., Ahmed, A., Lameck, A., Burudi, J., Hounkpati, K., Makindi, S., Boitt, M., Sieber, S., Kindu, M. (2025)
MyTitle: Prediction of the methane yield from extensively managed, flower-rich fen grassland based on NIRS data
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MyAutoren: Wendt, M., Nandke, S., Scharschmidt, P., Thielicke, M., Ahlborn, J., Heiermann, M., Eulenstein, F. (2025)
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Prediction of the methane yield from extensively managed, flower-rich fen grassland based on NIRS data

Wendt, M., Nandke, S., Scharschmidt, P., Thielicke, M., Ahlborn, J., Heiermann, M., Eulenstein, F. (2025)

Projects

MyTitle: FLEUR - Europaen network of researchers interested in the dynamics of forest plant species in a changing environment
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FLEUR - Europaen network of researchers interested in the dynamics of forest plant species in a changing environment

Start: 01.04.2008
MyTitle: BOENLE - Vigna beans and more – Screening of subtropical legume species for cultivation in Germany
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BOENLE - Vigna beans and more – Screening of subtropical legume species for cultivation in Germany

Start: 01.02.2025
MyTitle: FairPES - Fair institutions for sustainable agricultural landscapes: An empirical investigation of procedural equity in incentive-based policy instruments for the provision of ecosystem services
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FairPES - Fair institutions for sustainable agricultural landscapes: An empirical investigation of procedural equity in incentive-based policy instruments for the provision of ecosystem services

Start: 01.11.2023

 

  

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

E-Mail Sekretariat Programmbereich 2 

 

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Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.

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