Funding priority
Our agricultural systems are facing major challenges
Climate change
With the effects of climate change, the risk of crop failures due to weather extremes such as floods and prolonged dry periods will continue to increase in the future. At the same time, the land available for agriculture is limited and even decreasing, e.g. due to soil erosion or salinization.
Transformation
Agricultural production is criticized as a contributor to climate change due to its considerable greenhouse gas emissions and high resource consumption.
However, even though agricultural production currently contributes to many environmental and climate problems, it also has great potential to establish itself as an innovative industry of the future.