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Kultiviertes Fleisch aus Muskelzellen in der Petrischale

Food unspecific Nutritional sciences

Osnabrück University (2022): Acceptance of cultured meat in Germany

According to a study by the University of Osnabrück on the acceptance of in vitro meat, 47% of consumers surveyed said they would eat a lab-grown burger more often instead of conventional meat.

Um die Klimaziele zu erreichen, - muss der hohe Fleischkonsum vor allem in den Industrieländern reduziert werden. Dagegen ist im Globalen Süden (hier in Äthiopien) für viele Menschen der Besitz von Vieh existenzsichernd.
In order to achieve the climate targets, the high meat consumption, especially in the industrialized countries, must be reduced. In the global south (here in Ethiopia), by contrast, the ownership of farm animals provides a livelihood for many people.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

How sustainable meat consumption can succeed

To secure the world's food supply, industrialised countries would not have to give up meat completely, but drastically reduce their consumption - according to an overview study by researchers at the University of Bonn.  

Reisterrassen
The rice terraces of the Philippines owe their existence to a continuous supply of water from the forests above.

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Protecting species often equals protecting the climate

Two-thirds of the biodiversity targets the United Nations plans to adopt this fall also slow global warming.

Nadin Mengis

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"The ecological footprint must incorporate all climate factors"

In the FOOTPRINTS project, a team led by researcher Nadine Mengis is investigating how CO2 emissions must develop in order to stabilize global temperatures and thus achieve the Paris climate goals.

KI-basierter Roboter unterstützt beim Zuckerrübenanbau – Erster Testlauf auf der Lehr- und Forschungsstation Gut Wilmersdorf (Brandenburg)
An AI-based robot assists in sugar beet cultivation - first test run at the Gut Wilmersdorf teaching and research station (Brandenburg)

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Remove weeds from sugar beets

A field robot that independently detects and removes weeds has successfully passed an initial test run in the Uckermark region.

Ein Taucher vor einer Seegraswiese
Measuring metabolites, such as sucrose and phenols, in seawater is difficult. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen had to develop a special method.

unspecific Plants Biodiversity

Seagrass meadows store more CO2 than thought

The plants secrete large amounts of sugar into their root zone, but only a few species of bacteria feed on it.

Pappelblatt mit Flecken durch Pilzbefall
This black poplar is affected by rust fungus.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Poplars show more effective defence than expected

Two important plant hormones intensify each other's effect. The opposite is the case with annual plant species.

The PlanB start-up competition has been held every two years since 2014.

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Looking for startups with green business ideas

The start-up competition "PlanB - Biobased.Business.Bayern" is entering its fifth round. As of now, start-ups with their innovative bioeconomy business ideas can again apply for funding.

Hochmoor
Bog in Arkhangelsk region

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Wetland ecosystems are important carbon stores

A new study underscores the importance of protecting peatlands and similar areas for climate protection.

Produktionsanlage der Südzucker AG in Offstein
Produktionsanlage der Südzucker AG in Offstein

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Südzucker subsidiary plans new protein factory

To expand its portfolio of vegetable proteins, Südzucker subsidiary Beneo plans to build a production facility for protein concentrate from field beans.

Junge Rinder auf einer Weide
Cattle farming is a major contributor to global deforestation and the greenhouse effect.

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Microbial protein as a beef alternative

If meat consumption were reduced by one-fifth, deforestation would be cut in half and fewer greenhouse gases would be produced.

Baden-Württembergs Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann, Landwirt Hubert Bernhard und Prof. Andreas Bett, Leiter des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Solare Energiesysteme, weihten die Agri-Photovoltaikanlage in Kressbronn ein.
Baden-Wuerttemberg's Minister President Winfried Kretschmann, farmer Hubert Bernhard and Prof. Dr. Andreas Bett, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, inaugurated the agri-photovoltaic plant in Kressbronn.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

With agri-voltaics to sustainable fruit cultivation

The cultivation of pome and soft fruit under photovoltaic systems is being tested in a large-scale trial at five locations in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Die Innovationsräume Bioökonomie sind Netzwerke

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The Bioeconomy Innovation Spaces

On the way to a biobased and climate-neutral economy, new value chains are emerging. With the Bioeconomy Innovation Spaces ("Innovationsräume Bioökonomie"), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding four large networks that aim to bring innovative approaches for the biobased economy into application more quickly. A portrait of the four Bioeconomy Innovation Spaces.

Der Anteil von Biogas bei der Gasversorgung liegt bundesweit bei etwa 9%.
The share of biogas in gas supply nationwide is about 9%.

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Mobilize sustainable biomass for gas production

In a position paper, the German Biomass Research Center explains why Russian natural gas can only be replaced by biogas to a limited extent - and makes recommendations for future biogas policy.

Universalstreuer der Firma Bergmann, TSW 5210 W VSpread, im Einsatz bei SteenFOS.
Universal spreader of the company Bergmann in use for the project

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Recycled fertilizer from manure and leaves

Researchers want to establish environmentally friendly fertilizer for agriculture from manure and leaves, thus offering farmers and municipalities a new source of income.

bunte Zucchini
Eating more vegetables is not enough to make the food system sustainable.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Food system: Only growth is not enough

A combination of dietary change and emissions pricing would make the food system more sustainable, concludes a study by the Potsdam Institute.

Hauptgebäude der Universität Hannover
Leibniz University Hannover coordinates the DECADES research project.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Solvents are to become greener

An international research project is seeking sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products.

Gebäude der Universität Frankfurt
A research team at Goethe University Frankfurt has developed a bacterial hydrogen storage system.

Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biobattery as a green hydrogen storage system

Specially adapted bacteria enable the energy carrier to be bound and released again in a controlled manner.

Ein Forscher sichtet Grubenschlamm.
Martin Bertau of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg sighting the slurry at the Rote Graben.

Construction Waste Plant and process engineering

Climate-friendly cement from mining sludge

A new recycling process cleans mine water and sludge from toxins and recovers contained valuable materials.

Ausschnitt eines Photobioreaktors
Cyanobacteria that produce the enzyme furanolide synthase grow in this photobioreactor at the TU Dresden.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

New enzyme class for natural product synthesis discovered

A recently discovered enzyme from cyanobacteria opens up new options for biotechnology.

Bundesforschungsministerin unterzeichnet Vertrag zur Bioökonomie-Forschung
An agreement reached to strengthen bioeconomy research: Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Cameron Dick (Queensland State Minister).

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Bioeconomy research alliance with Australia

Germany and the Australian state of Queensland want to cooperate more in the future on green hydrogen - and in bioeconomy research.

metallischer Kubus als Methanreaktor
This is what the reactor for catalytic methanation of CO2 looks like, which already has 50 kW of nominal power.

Energy Plants Chemistry

Biogas without carbon dioxide emissions

A new process will use green hydrogen to convert CO2 produced during biogas production into methane.

Biertreber, ein Nebenprodukt der Bierbrauerei, kann zum Brotbacken genutzt werden: in getrockneter, geschroteter Form oder als Mehl.
Brewer's grains, a by-product of brewing, can be used for baking bread: in dried, ground form or as flour.

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Brewer's grains as a flour substitute for bread and veggie burgers

Saarbrücken researchers show the potential that spent grain could have for healthy and sustainable food production in the sense of a circular economy.

Quietscheenten
Just one example of what would not be possible without plasticizers.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

The search for the perfect plasticizer

Many plastic and rubber products cannot do without plasticizers, but a bio-based alternative is not easy to develop.

Pilotanlage in Dänemark
The process for producing climate-neutral methane has already been tested at this pilot plant in Denmark.

Energy Microorganisms Energy technologies

Electrochaea raises 36 million euros

Using microbial electrochemical cells, the young company produces climate-neutral methane from CO2 and green hydrogen.

Katjes Werk in Potsdam
Confectionery manufacturer Katjes has been pursuing a "veggie strategy" for years.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Katjes invests in UNMILK

Through its investment platform Katjes Greenfood, the confectionery manufacturer will support the start-up UNMILK, which offers milk alternatives made from oat and pea proteins.

In der vorkommerziellen Produktionsanlage in Straubing hat Clariant Chinaschilf enzymatisch zu Bioethanol verarbeitet.
Clariant's pre-commercial production plant in Munich-Straubing already produces bioethanol from straw.

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Industrial bioeconomy: Bavaria invests in scale-up plants

With a new funding program, Bavaria is supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production plants on an industrial scale.

Die einzellige Amöbe Dictyostelium discoideum kann sich zu einem vielzelligen Verband zusammenschließen und Fruchtkörper ausbilden, die Sporen produzieren.
The unicellular amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum can form a multicellular association and produce fruiting bodies that produce spores.

Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Amoebae as biofactories for natural substances

Leibniz researchers from Jena have succeeded in producing the natural substance olivetolic acid - a precursor of the cannabis active ingredient THC - in amoebae.

Aufwuchskörper in der Aquakultur - der Schlüssel zu einer biologischen Wasserreinigung.
Growing bodies in aquaculture - the key to biological water purification

Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences

Ridding aquacultures of microplastics

A research team at Hof University of Applied Sciences is developing a fully biodegradable growth body for aquaponics to make water treatment more sustainable.

Die Libanonzeder gilt als Alternativbaumart für den Anbau im Klimawandel. Dr. Muhidin Šeho vom Bayerischen Amt für Waldgenetik, Koordinator im Forschungsprojekt „CorCed“, mit einer Baumscheibe der Libanonzeder.
The Lebanon cedar is considered an alternative tree species for climate-resistant cultivation. In the photo: Dr. Muhidin Šeho from the Bavarian State Office of Forest Genetics with a tree slice of Lebanon cedar.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Stronger forests through exotic trees

Researchers have identified drought-tolerant tree species that could better protect native forests from the effects of climate change.

Kickoff-Event GFFA 2022
Due to the pandemic, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture will also be held completely digitally in 2022.

Food unspecific Agriculture sciences

GFFA 2022: Focus on soil and land use

Agricultural and food policy experts will discuss how soils can be better protected and used more sustainably at the 14th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) this week.

Anne Lamp Gründerin von Traceless Materials

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

"Our biomaterial can replace hard-to-recycle plastic"

With her Hamburg-based start-up Traceless Materials, Anne Lamp wants to launch an innovative biomaterial that is fully compostable.

Holzstapel auf Wiese vorm Wald
Wood is one of the most important resources of the bioeconomy.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Alliances sought for wood bioeconomy

A new call for proposals has been launched as part of the "Bioeconomy in the North" funding initiative. It calls for collaborations that research and develop new wood-based biorefinery concepts and products.

Straßenansicht des Brain-Sitzes in Zwingenberg
The Zwingenberg-based BRAIN Group acquires a 62% stake in the Dutch company Breatec.

Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Brain Biotech acquires Breatec and Comix

The Dutch specialist for functional food ingredients is to expand the enzyme portfolio of the German biotechnology group.

Spühlmittel beim Abwasch
Evonik strengthens market presence in biosurfactant production.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Evonik expands biosurfactant production

The Essen-based specialty chemicals group wants to completely ban petroleum-based ingredients from its laundry and cleaning products by 2030 and replace them with biodegradable raw materials instead.

veganer Käse
The start-up Formo is currently working on animal-free production of fresh cheeses such as mozzarella or ricotta.

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

BRAIN: Alliance with producers of vegan cheese

The Zwingenberg-based biotechnology company BRAIN is cooperating with the Berlin-based food tech start-up Formo to advance the fermentative production of animal-free milk proteins.

Spinnennetz mit Tautropfen
Researchers have optimized the natural product spider silk to make it even more suitable for medical applications.

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Spider silk further developed for medical purposes

Fibers with two differently functionalized sides are intended to heal damaged nerve and muscle strands more quickly.

Maisfeld

Agriculture and forestry Plants unspecific

University of Bonn and Breakthrough-Institut (2022): Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation

A new study by the University of Bonn and the Breakthrough Institute (USA) shows that genetically modified plants could have a positive impact on the environment and especially on the climate.

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WWF and AWI (2022): Impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems

The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has warned of dramatic effects of the increasing plastic waste in the oceans. It refers to a study by the Alfred Wegener Institute.

Schwarze Soldatenfliege
Since 2019, a research team at FBN has been exploring the black soldier fly as an alternative high-quality protein source.

Food Waste Agriculture sciences

Optimal feeding black soldier flies

A research team is investigating which residues are used as food to turn fly larvae into particularly valuable protein feed.