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Coordination:
Dr. Jürgen Kern
 Research
is focused on providing and utilizing renewable plant
resources and biogenic waste materials for producing
innovative bio-based materials and bio-energy in rural
areas. Main topics are plant biomass, natural fibers,
microbiology of bioconversion, bio-methanization,
biocars, and lactic acid for biopolymers.
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Research
aims at enhanced resource efficiency through improved
techniques and processes for crop and animal production.
Main tasks are monitoring of plants and animals
including their environment and modeling and design of
new production processes. Development and application of
novel sensors combined with advanced data management
plays a key role. 
Research
targets at technologies for resource-efficient
production of high quality and safe food and feed along
the supply chain. The two focus areas are -
physiological and physical produce properties as a basis
for the development of technology, sensors, monitoring
and control strategies and - improved quality of
processing, preserving, drying and storage of food and
feed.
The
program ’s tasks are cross-sectional. It analyzes
interactions of environmental and economic effects of
the use of technologies in agriculture with the aim to
provide decision support at different scales from
farmers to policy levels. Research activities involve
the analysis of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in
and modeling of agricultural systems, resource
competition especially in the case of bio-energy.