Challenge: How can we combine sustainability aspects in agricultural production with the long-term viability of local farms?
Our solution: Using transdisciplinary approaches, we are developing and testing site-adapted strategies that balance the interactions between agricultural production and social, economic and environmental aspects.
Challenge: How do we put innovations into practice in the fields of production, value creation and governance and achieve efficient dissemination?
Our solution: We consider entire value chains and involve all relevant actors when defining research questions. Together, we develop and test strategies for solutions.
Challenge: How can we regionally manage the risks of globalization, climate change and population growth?
Our solution: We think in terms of solutions in the overall landscape-agriculture-society system and make conflicting objectives transparent.
Challenge: How do we make the created knowledge available so that it can be applied at political levels and also transferred to other regions?
Our solution: We are developing scientifically sound knowledge management and decision support systems for actors that allow for region-specific impact assessments.
