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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: Michelle Bonatti achieves Habilitation at Humboldt University of Berlin
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Michelle Bonatti after successful habilitation (from left to right Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti, Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura and Marcel Robischon)
26.05.2025

Michelle Bonatti achieves Habilitation at Humboldt University of Berlin

Title: First Agri-PV Field Day in Müncheberg attracted great interest
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Participants of the Agri-PV Field Day visit the new ZALF research site in Müncheberg
21.05.2025

First Agri-PV Field Day in Müncheberg attracted great interest

Title: Wheat and soybean as a team: new study shows the benefits of relay intercropping
MehrLink: https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/FPD/Mischanbau-Modellierung.aspx, more
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Christophg Möller / ZALF
11.03.2025

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

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Publications

MyTitle: Gemeinsam zu mehr Biodiversität
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MyAutoren: Sattler, C., Schmidt-Kittler, P., Grahl, V., de Freitas Arieta, B., Vorlaufer, T., Smentek, M., Immel, V. (2025)
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Gemeinsam zu mehr Biodiversität

Sattler, C., Schmidt-Kittler, P., Grahl, V., de Freitas Arieta, B., Vorlaufer, T., Smentek, M., Immel, V. (2025)
MyTitle: Factors influencing low-income households in substituting traditional charcoal with alternative energy sources for cooking in Northwestern and Lusaka Province, Zambia
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MyAutoren: Mulima, C., Yuichiro, A., Gebre, G. G., Sieber, S. (2025)
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Factors influencing low-income households in substituting traditional charcoal with alternative energy sources for cooking in Northwestern and Lusaka Province, Zambia

Mulima, C., Yuichiro, A., Gebre, G. G., Sieber, S. (2025)
MyTitle: Farmers' tolerance for crop damage caused by wildlife: the role of compensation
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MyAutoren: Hemminger, K., Eriksson, L., Nilsson, L., Månsson, J., König, H. J., Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D., Hallengren, A., Ostermann-Myashita, E.-F., Kiffner, C. (2025)
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Farmers' tolerance for crop damage caused by wildlife: the role of compensation

Hemminger, K., Eriksson, L., Nilsson, L., Månsson, J., König, H. J., Bellingrath-Kimura, S. D., Hallengren, A., Ostermann-Myashita, E.-F., Kiffner, C. (2025)

Projects

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: MarginUp! - Raising the bio-based industrial feedstock capacity of Marginal Lands
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MarginUp! - Raising the bio-based industrial feedstock capacity of Marginal Lands

Start: 01.12.2022
MyTitle: PRO-PLANTEURS-Recherche II - Accompanying research on strategies for improving farmer families’ incomes and sustainable cocoa production
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PRO-PLANTEURS-Recherche II - Accompanying research on strategies for improving farmer families’ incomes and sustainable cocoa production

Start: 01.01.2025

 

  

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

Sabi​ne Seidel
T +49 (0)33432 82-124

 

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

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