Agriculture and food

Projects relating to agriculture and genetically modified crops as well as questions of future nutrition

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Ackerland - Agrarsysteme
Measuring the agricultural system

Or: Which assessement approaches help paving the way to an economically viable, socially and environmentally compatible agricultural and environmental policy?

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Symbolbild Digitalisierung der Landwirtschaft
Digitisation of agriculture

Digitalisation raises hopes for more efficient and sustainable agricultural production. What would be the implications of a comprehensively networked agriculture?

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News on the topic
TAB report 197 Pflanzenzüchtung - plant breedingPlant breeding as a central element of a sustainable and future-oriented agriculture

New TAB report provides an overview of tasks and challenges of a diverse plant breeding that promotes diversity.

Mehr23.01.2023 | Publication
Impression während der keynote der EPTA-Konferenz 2022, disruption, Rohwer, Becker, Elsberg, Gehring, Prehn (vlnr)Technology assessment in times of multiple crises – more important than ever. A conference report

On 17 October 2022, members of parliament and scientists met for the international EPTA conference in Berlin to discuss the political and social handling of disruptions and the role of TA for parliament.

More25.10.2022 | Event | TABlog
Titelbilder TKP 55-58: Maritime Landwirtschaft, urbane Seilbanen, innovative Schiffbaukonzepte, föderales Lernen (Collage)On potentials of maritime agriculture, urban cable cars, sustainable shipbuilding concepts and federal machine learning

New topic profiles from horizon scanning offer compact answers to current questions and impulses for future research and innovations.

More31.08.2022 | Publication
Sensoricons auf Feld - Symbolbild Digitalisierung in der LandwirtschaftOn the way to a digitally integrated agriculture?

In two newly published reports TAB sheds light on development trends in digital agricultural technologies and analyses the opportunities and risks of a systemically integrated agriculture. The corresponding Policy Briefs are now available in English.

More16.02.2022 | Publication

Projects on the topic

Publications on the topic


2021
Digitisation of agriculture: societal preconditions, frameworks and effects. TAB-Fokus
Kehl, C.; Meyer, R.; Steiger, S.
2021, September. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Digitisation of agriculture: technological developments and perspectives. TAB-Fokus
Kehl, C.; Meyer, R.; Steiger, S.
2021, September. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Paving the way to a sustainability assessment of farming systems. TAB-Fokus
Meyer, R.; Priefer, C.; Sauter, A.
2021, May. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB) Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2010
Opportunities and challenges facing new energy crops. Summary
Meyer, R.; Rösch, C.; Sauter, A.
2010. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137880 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2007
Opportunities and challenges facing new energy crops. Summary
Meyer, R.; Grunwald, A.; Rösch, C.; Sauter, A.
2007. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137978 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Industrial conversion of biomass. Summary
Oertel, D.
2007. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137984 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2005
Precision Agriculture. Summary
Rösch, C.; Dusseldorp, M.; Meyer, R.
2005. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137991 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Green genetic engineering. Summary
Sauter, A.; Hüsing, B.
2005. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137993 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Alternative crop plants and methods of cultivation. Summary
Meyer, R.
2005. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137534 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Reduction of land use rate. Summary
Jörissen, J.; Coenen, R.
2005. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137539 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2000
Risk assessment and post-marketing monitoring of transgenic plants. Summary
Sauter, A.; Meyer, R.
2000. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137707 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Cloning animals. Summary
Revermann, C.; Hennen, L.
2000. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137711 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
1998
Research and technology policy for a sustainable development. Summary
Hennen, L.; Krings, B.-J.
1998. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137912 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Genetic engineering, breeding and biodiversity. Summary
Meyer, R.; Revermann, C.; Sauter, A.
1998. Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB). doi:10.5445/IR/1000137916 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document