Forging international research alliances on the bioeconomy
With a new round of tenders for the “Bioeconomy International” funding initiative, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is once again supporting the establishment of international research networks.
New research offensive for sustainable plant protection
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has established new funding guidelines to promote the development and application of new methods for the sustainable protection of crops against insect pests and plant pathogens.
New platform for potato breeding
Researchers have developed a genome-based metabolic model for potatoes that can improve the breeding of new stress-tolerant varieties.
Waste2Value: Microbes for sustainability
Mastering structural change in the Western Palatinate with microorganisms: Alexander Schweitzer, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, saw for himself how this can be achieved during a visit to the Pirmasens campus of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences.
Sustainable fibers from waste materials
In the Texroh joint project, researchers at TU Dresden are seeking to develop cellulose-containing residues and waste materials for the production of sustainable Lyocell fibers.
