Agroforestry
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What kind of knowledge transfer would you like to see for walnuts, hazelnuts or edible mushrooms?
Image: Miriam Athmann
Image: Vivian BöllersenAgroforestry in Frankenhausen
"Hazelnut cultivation: a niche with a future" on 24/25/02/2026 in Witzenhausen
"Scaling walnut cultivation" on 20-22.03.2026 in Saxony-Anhalt
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Program and registration will follow
Hazelnut for newcomers - Focus: Hazelnut cultivation as an alternative to viticulture?
with Johannes Jäger (organic viticulture consultant) and Herbert Knuppen (hazelnut expert)
(Further information on the registration page)
NuPiWi practical hazelnut field day to exchange experiences in northern Germany
with Britta Schumacher-Stechmann and Herbert Knuppen
(Further information on the registration page)
The visit can easily be combined with the North German Fruit Growing Days in Jork.
Online seminar series: Getting started in edible mushroom production - opportunities and challenges
Noble mushrooms - thinking from the marketing perspective - 05.02.2026 - 18:30 to 21:00
(Further information on the registration page)
Image: Annett Klötzinghr 11.3.2025: Gottsbüren equips itself against the risk of flooding - 3:28 min.
Agroforestry systems increase resilience
Agroforestry systems are strips of woodland, in arable land or grassland, laid out to match the working widths of agricultural machinery. They also include orchards. They can provide a variety of benefits for agriculture: They reduce erosion and drought and thus create resilience to extreme weather events, which are becoming increasingly frequent due to climate change. They provide protection and shade for poultry and grazing animals. They provide a refuge for beneficial insects, wild animals, insects and wild plants. In agroforestry systems, we are researching the crop development, soil biological parameters, root growth, carbon dynamics and the effects on biodiversity and nature conservation.
The Department of Organic Farming and Crop Production and other employees are members of the DeFAF trade association.
