Innovation Group AUFWERTEN – Agroforestry for Environmental Services, Energy Production and Added Value – Subproject 2
The goal of the Innovation Group AUFWERTEN is to make a significant contribution to more sustainable land use in Germany. Agricultural land should, through the combined cultivation of trees and cash crops (agroforestry systems or alley-cropping) be enhanced ecologically and socio-economically. At the same time, added value for regions such as within the bioenergy sector is to be strengthened. The holistic research approach of AUFWERTEN includes the areas of nature- and environmental protection, landscape design, engineering, logistics, marketing, economics, governance and participation. The focus will lie not solely on newly established agroforestry systems, but also on opportunities for integration and development of existing landscape components such as windbreaks. The research focuses on an area in the eastern part of Germany within three municipalities in the Brandenburg district Elbe-Elster. Based on the findings from the project, an action plan to implement agroforestry systems for practitioners in agriculture and planning is to be developed.
Subproject 2
The main aim of subproject 2 at the Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management (Prof. Pauleit) is to clarify how the implementation of agroforestry systems can be promoted through participatory processes and good governance. The second objective is the development and application of an exemplary method of estimating and evaluating the effects of agroforestry systems on the landscape perception. Another focus lies on the development of methods for identifying regional demand and potential. A participatory process with stakeholders is organized for the duration of the project. Methods and results developed will finally be tested for transferability and recommendations for the innovation concept derived.
Results
Results of the overall project are summarised by the article 'AUFWERTEN - Agroforst als gesellschaftliche Aufgabe?'
Funding and Running Time:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Funding program "Innovation Groups for Sustainable Land Management", Project Management Jülich
Duration: 01/11/2014 to 07/31/2019
Participating organizations:
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) – Lehrstuhl für Bodenschutz und Rekultivierung, Leibnitz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V. (ATB), Biomasse Schraden e.V., Landwirtschaftsbetrieb Thomas Domin, Amt Kleine Elster, Naturschutzbund Brandenburg (NABU), BALSA – Büro für angewandte Landschaftsökologie und Szenarienanalyse, Fraunhofer IAO – Competence Center Innovationsmanagement, Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V. – Institut für Sozioökonomie, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (HSZG) – Kraftwerks- und Energietechnik, Universität Bayreuth – Lehrstuhl für Innovations- und Dialogmarketing, inter 3 GmbH – Institut für Ressourcenmanagement