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
Walnut Field Trip in Switzerland, August 27–28, 2026
Specialized companies in Thurgau, St. Gallen, and Graubünden: high-quality production of fresh nuts, in-shell nuts, and shelled nuts, as well as processing along the value chain (cleaning, drying, shelling, oil production, packaging).
Direct registration link (without line break):
https://veranstaltungen.uni-kassel.de/event/walnuss-exkursion-schweiz-5850
Walnut Field Trip in Switzerland, August 27–28, 2026: Registration + Information (PDF)
Image: Thorsten MichaelisField Day: “Walnut and Almond Production on the Farm—That’s Nuts” September 10, 2026, in Rheinhessen
55599 Gau-Bickelheim (Start) / 55237 Flonheim-Uffhofen / 55268 Nieder-Olm
In the morning, starting at 9:45 a.m., presentations on cultivation, marketing, and the walnut fruit fly; in the afternoon, a tour of walnut and almond orchards operated by that's nuts.
Direct registration link (without line break):
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/7faa16a2505dd8c36438d6836e41a610-1853178
Image: Thorsten MichaelisNuPiWi Field Day: Nuss-Braun Farm, August 31, 2026, in 89367 Waldstetten
Tour of hazelnut orchards, demonstration of harvesting techniques, post-harvest cleaning, shelling
Direct registration link (without line break):
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/6285fee4307da8059fe7e42728360ebb-1839730
Hazelnut Field Trip to Piedmont, September 1–3, 2026, in Italy
Specialized machinery for cultivation and processing, nursery and commercial farms, challenges in crop management on commercial farms with a hazelnut cultivation consultant
Direct registration link (without line breaks):
https://veranstaltungen.uni-kassel.de/event/haselnuss-exkursion-piemont
Hazelnut Field Trip to Piedmont, September 1–3, 2026, in Italy: Registration + Information (PDF)
hr 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.
