Agriculture

Extreme climates can occur due to climate change. Agriculture suffers from this. At the same time, it contributes significantly to climate change through its greenhouse gas emissions. At CEN, scientists are working on smart agriculture in the context of climate change.

18 May 2022|Forschung

Less red meat - which arguments count?

Lauchzwiebeln und Champignons auf einem Schweidebrett mit einem Messer daneben / Spring onions and Champignons on a cutting board

Photo: Pixabay/ M. Schröder

Health, climate protection, and animal welfare motivate women to eat less red meat – especially in company: the conclusion of a new study from the University of Hamburg. Men, on the other hand, are hardly receptive to arguments against meat consumption.

25 October 2021|Research

Water Wheels or Diesel Pumps?

Traditionelles Wasserrad in Ricote, Spanien, zur Bewässerung im Terrassenfeldanbau

Photo: UHH/CEN/K.Heider

In the Mediterranean, on the coastal slopes and in the mountainous hinterland alike, farming traditionally takes place on so-called terraced fields. This requires water to be transported to the various levels of the fields. Today, this is mainly done by motor-driven pumps, which produce CO2...

19 May 2020|Research

How can we introduce climate protection on farms?

Photo: Raphael Rychetsky/unsplash

Agriculture has to become climate-friendlier. In Germany, the federal government’s climate targets call for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions produced in animal confinements and on crop fields by more than 30 percent by 2050. Yet it remains unclear how emissions at farms can even be measured. A...

11 July 2019|Forschung

Pesticides: improving harvests, or a hazard in our crop fields?

Getreidefeld bei Sonnenaufgang mit Mähdreschern

Photo: unsplash.com/J.Marques

What can farmers in Europe or Africa do when the temperatures climb or extreme downpours become more frequent? For farmers around the globe, climate change represents a true challenge. Should they adapt by switching the crops they grow? Or invest in new technologies like overhead irrigation?

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12 March 2018|Forschung