TY - GEN A1 - Lenz, Claudia A1 - Wolff, Ian A1 - Beyer, Mario A1 - Koch, Gerald A1 - Pfriem, Alexander T1 - DMP: Predictability of color changes of wood used indoor - A new approach to evaluate the colour change as a function of the radiation dose. Research Data Management Questionnaire N2 - This is a data management plan for the DFG research project "Predictability of color changes of wood used indoor - A new approach to evaluate the color change as a function of the radiation dose". DFG Funding code / Project number: 442135169 Project website: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/442135169?language=en This data management plan (DMP) applies to the Research Data Management Organizer (RDMO) questionnaire and was operated with the RDMO software: https://rdmorganiser.github.io/en/ KW - data management plan; wood; radiation dose; photo-induced color changes; chromophore; natural and artificial irradiation; European wood species; interior; sunlight exposure; physics; chemistry; spectroscopic measurement methods Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8237 N1 - Version 3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kandel, Giri Prasad A1 - Bavorova, Miroslava A1 - Ullah, Ayat A1 - Kächele, Harald A1 - Pradhan, Prajal T1 - Building resilience to climate change: Examining the impact of agro-ecological zones and social groups on sustainable development JF - Sustainable Development N2 - Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, which is negatively affecting agricultural production and food security. However, the role of agro-ecological zones and social groups in climate change adaptation (CCA) and its impact on smallholder farmers in Nepal remains unexplored. To fill this gap, this study aimed to identify the effect of agro-ecological zones and social groups on smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate change using the multivariate probit model. Multistage sampling was used to collect data from 400 households in three agro-ecological zones of Nepal. These zones were highland (mountainous region), midland (hilly region) and lowland (terai/plain region). The results of our study showed that farmers in the Mountain region are more likely to adopt off-farm activities and temporary migration as a CCA strategy than those in the Terai/plain agro-ecological zone. In the Terai/Plain, farmers mainly adopt small-scale irrigation and agroforestry. In terms of social groups, the Brahmin group was more likely to adopt new crop varieties and small-scale irrigation than the Sudra group. The Sudra farmers preferred temporary migration and off-farm activities more than the Brahmins. Our study shows that policies to promote the adoption of CCA strategies need to take into account location and social group differences in order to improve the adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable farmers. Mountain and Sudra farmers need support to adapt to climate change and sustain agriculture. KW - agro-ecological zones KW - climate change KW - multivariate probit model KW - social groups KW - sustainable development Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8226 SN - 0968-0802 VL - 31 IS - 5 SP - 3796 EP - 3810 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Madaki, Mustapha Yakubu A1 - Lehberger, Mira A1 - Bavorova, Miroslava A1 - Igbasan, Boluwatife Teniola A1 - Kächele, Harald T1 - Effectiveness of pesticide stakeholders’ information on pesticide handling knowledge and behaviour of smallholder farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria JF - Environment, Development and Sustainability N2 - Although pesticides ensure the quality and quantity of agricultural produce, they have adverse effects on farmers, their families, and consumers. Therefore, in order to reduce the unpleasant effects of pesticide use, stakeholders would be well advised to extend guidance and precautions to end users. The objective of this study was to determine the pesticide handling behaviour and the effectiveness of pesticide information on pesticide handling knowledge and personal protective equipment (PPE) use among farmers in southwest Nigeria. One hundred and fifty-six farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire in December 2019 and January 2020. The results revealed that a one-third of the farmers dispose their pesticide residues on the field, only 3% of the farmers dispose the hazardous pesticide waste at a collection point, and 65% of them dispose the empty containers indiscriminately. The majority of farmers never use respirators (79%), hats (60%), and boots (57%) when applying pesticides. Knowledge of pesticide application and waste management is low (58% of respondents scored less than 10 on a knowledge scale of 0–14). The result of the regression model shows that information from pesticide labels and farmer-to-farmer exchanges significantly increase farmers’ knowledge of pesticide handling and PPE use. Our results suggest that the effectiveness of current information provision to smallholder farmers on the correct use of pesticides is not sufficient. Therefore, we highlight the need for pesticide companies, distributors, and government agencies to intensify and further develop their efforts to empower smallholder farmers to improve their knowledge and use of pesticides. KW - Pesticide handling; Personal protective equipment; Pesticide information sources; Pesticide labels Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8213 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blumröder, Jeanette Silvin A1 - Ibisch, Pierre L. T1 - Wald- und Forstbrände im Klimawandel JF - Gegraphische Rundschau N2 - Regelmäßige Landschaftsbrände sind ein wesentlicher Bestandteil vieler Ökosysteme wie Savannen oder Trockenwäldern. In vielen Regionen der Welt sind die Brände größer und häufiger geworden. Brände in den Wäldern der Gebiete mit gemäßigtem Klima wie Deutschland sind eigentlich nicht ökosystemtypisch. Aktuell nehmen allerdings die Häufigkeit und Anzahl sowie die Größe von Waldbränden zu, ohne dass Gesellschaft und Politik darauf angemessen vorbereitet sind. KW - Klimawandel; Forstbrand; Waldbrand; Deutschland Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8205 SN - 0016-7460 IS - 11 PB - Westermann Bildungsmedien Verlag GmbH ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tietze, Nikola A1 - Gerhold, Lars A1 - Ibisch, Pierre L. T1 - Policy narratives in forest fire management T2 - Environmental Research Letters N2 - As the risk of forest fires increases around the globe, the issues of how to control, suppress, and prevent them are the subjects of growing public and political attention. This study focuses on the political debate in Germany regarding forest fires and provides insights into the conceptualization of forest fires and forest fire management at the federal and state policymaking levels. By examining forest fire narratives through the policy lens, this case study takes an exemplary extreme weather event exacerbated by climate change as an opportunity to examine the policy response to this problem. In this way, we examine the role of policy narratives in civil and environmental protection and disaster management. The findings reveal that all politicians examined in this study agree that forest fire management is an urgent matter that needs to be supported. In the prevailing human-centered narrative, policymakers see active forest management and use as tools to improve forest resilience to fire and other calamities. Those who advocate a nature-based narrative assert that it is natural processes in protected forest areas that most effectively enhance resilience. The policy solutions derived from these views include financial support, recognition of the work of foresters, forest fire managers, and civil protection agencies as well as, depending on the type of narrative argument favored, either increased forest management or improved protection of forest ecologies. This suggests that narrative analysis may illuminate the rationales underlying previous policy decisions and the framework for future ones. This contribution throws light on how narratives shape policymaking and, by extension, disaster management. Future studies should therefore take into account the influence of prevailing narratives when it comes to evaluating the potential that policymaking can offer for disaster management in the future. KW - policymaking; forest fire management; narratives; decision-making; forest fire Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8193 SN - 1748-9326 VL - 18 PB - IOP Publishing Ltd ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ibisch, Pierre L. T1 - Natürlicher Klimaschutz als strategische Ökosystementwicklungsplanung Land und Raum in der Multikrise JF - Politische Ökologie Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8187 SN - 2625-543X VL - 172 IS - 1 SP - 119 EP - 123 PB - oekom Verlag ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hörning, Bernhard ED - Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL), T1 - Zur Umsetzung des Kükentötungsverbots in Deutschland T2 - Berichte über Landwirtschaft - Zeitschrift für Agrarpolitik und Landwirtschaft N2 - Seit Anfang 2022 ist das Töten der männlichen Eintagsküken der Legelinien in Deutschland verboten. Im Beitrag wird eine Übersicht über etwaige Auswirkungen des Verbots auf die verschiedenen Akteure der Wertschöpfungskette gegeben. Ferner wird der aktuelle Stand bei den Alternativen zum Kükentöten beleuchtet. Große international tätige Zuchtunternehmen wie Lohmann haben in ihren Brütereien Anlagen zur Geschlechtsbestimmung im Ei installiert (seit 2022 auch in Deutschland). Ferner bieten sie ihren Kunden alternativ die Bruderhahnaufzucht oder auch Zweinutzungsherkünfte an. Die Zahl der Brütereien mit Legeküken (zum Gebrauch) hat von 2021 auf 2022 abgenommen (von 22 auf 14). Da die Gesamtzahl aller Brütereien aber nur von 54 auf 51 zurückging, haben offensichtlich einige auf andere Geflügelarten umgestellt. Die Zahl der geschlüpften Legeküken nahm stark ab (2020 40,5 Mio., 2022 16,2 Mio., 1. Halbjahr 2023 9,9 Mio.). Es besteht ein Bedarf von 47 – 63 Millionen Junghennen im Jahr (bei 12 – 15 Monaten Nutzungsdauer). Mit den für 2020 angegebenen 12,2 Millionen Plätzen konnten nur etwa 28 Millionen Junghennen erzeugt werden, woran der Importbedarf deutlich wird. Der größte Teil der importierten Legeküken (für Aufzuchtbetriebe) oder Junghennen (für Legehennenbetriebe) kommt allerdings aus Erzeugung ohne Kükentöten. Denn von 50 Millionen Haltungsplätzen mit alternativen Haltungssystemen in Deutschland werden 86 Prozent vom Verein KAT kontrolliert, der das Kükentöten auch bei Importen ausschließt. Die Haltung von Legehennen stieg im Jahr 2022 weiter an (Anzahl Betriebe + 6 %, Haltungsplätze + 3 %, Legehennen + 2 %). Auf eine verlängerte Nutzungsdauer der Hennen deuten sinkende Schlachtzahlen für Althennen in Deutschland hin (2021 34,0 Mio., 2022 29,7 Mio.). Die großen Einzelhandelsketten haben sich verpflichtet, nur noch Schaleneier ohne Kükentöten (OKT) anzubieten, auch für importierte Eier. Einige Ketten dehnen das schrittweise auch auf Eier in verarbeiteten Produkten aus. Traditionell werden etwa 30 Prozent aller Eier in Deutschland importiert. Die Verbraucherpreise stiegen bereits 2021 aufgrund des Kükentötungsverbots etwas an, 2022 hingegen Inflationsbedingt stark. Dennoch ist der Konsum von Eiern nur leicht zurückgegangen (von 233 in 2021 auf 230 in 2022). Beim Kauf von Schaleneiern gab es in 2022 eine leichte Verschiebung zu kostengünstigeren Eiern (Bio-Eier - 1,2 %), sowie zu Käufen im Discounter (+ 2 %). Verbraucherstudien haben gezeigt, dass mittlerweile die meisten Konsumenten die Problematik des Kükentötens kennen und dieses auch ablehnen. Die Alternativen dazu sind jedoch weniger bekannt. Dies trifft am meisten auf Zweinutzungshühner zu. Bei der Geschlechtsbestimmung im Ei hat eine starke Weiterentwicklung stattgefunden. Mittlerweile sind Anlagen mit fünf verschiedenen Verfahren in Brütereien im Einsatz (seit 2022 auch in Deutschland). Die für Deutschland angegebenen Kapazitäten addieren sich auf etwa 17 – 21 Millionen Eiern im Jahr. Die derzeit in den Brütereien genutzten Verfahren können nach der Gesetzesänderung (Bestimmung bis max. 12. Bruttag) künftig weiter angewendet werden. Aus Tierschutzsicht wäre allerdings eine Betäubung der Embryonen vor der Tötung zu diskutieren. Die Anzahl Brütereien mit Sortierung von Bruderhähnen hat deutlich zugenommen (2021 4, 2022 13). 2022 wurden 10,59 Millionen männliche Küken zur Aufzucht aussortiert. Dies macht einen Anteil von 65,3 Prozent der 16,20 Millionen geschlüpften Legeküken aus (Übrige Geschlechtsbestimmung). Mit den von der Branche angegebenen 5 – 8 Millionen Plätzen ließen sich 20 – 23 Millionen Bruderhähne im Jahr aufziehen. Die KAT gibt an, dass 2022 9 von 20 Millionen Bruderhähnen in Polen aufgezogen wurden. Über die Verwendung der Bruderhähne ist wenig bekannt. KAT schreibt eine Verwendung als Lebensmittel vor. Zweinutzungshühner sind bislang noch selten in der Praxis anzutreffen (geschätzt unter 1 % der Hennen). Sie sind bei vielen Verbrauchern nicht bekannt und in den Supermärkten gibt es keine speziellen Angebote. Aufgrund der geringeren Leistungen müssen die Landwirte höhere Preise erzielen. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8178 SN - 2196-5099 VL - 101 IS - 3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hörning, Bernhard A1 - Gaio, Christina T1 - Bruderhähne N2 - Wohin mit den jährlich mehr als 40 Millionen männlichen Küken der Legehennenhybriden, die in deutschen Brütereien schlüpfen? Denn deren Aufzucht ist kostenintensiv und kann mit der Mast herkömmlicher Masthybriden nicht konkurrieren. In den Regalen des Lebensmittelhandels sind dennoch immer mehr Eier zu finden, die die Aufzucht der Hähne garantieren. Neben der Geschlechtsbestimmung im Ei und dem Einsatz von Zweinutzungshühnern ist die Bruderhahnaufzucht oder Junghahnaufzucht eine wichtige Alternative zum Töten der männlichen Küken der Legelinien. Die Entwicklungen stehen aber noch am Anfang. Derzeit zeichnet sich noch kein Haltungsstandard ab, denn die Haltungsverfahren sind noch sehr heterogen. Welche Verfahren sich in der Praxis bewähren und durchsetzen werden, bleibt abzuwarten. Für Empfehlungen zur Haltung fehlen aus diesem Grund noch abgesicherte wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und weitere praktische Erfahrungen. Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hörning von der Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde hat die ersten Erfahrungen für das KTBL-Arbeitsprogramm "Kalkulationsunterlagen" zusammengetragen. Christina Gaio vom KTBL hat daraus für vier Beispiele die Kosten der Bruderhahnaufzucht berechnet und ihnen die Kosten der Hühnermast und der Mast von Zweinutzungshähnen gegenübergestellt. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8169 UR - http://www.ktbl.de/themen/bruderhahnaufzucht PB - Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e.V. (KTBL) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Donmez, Cenk A1 - Schmidt, Marcus A1 - Cilek, Ahmet A1 - Grosse, Meike A1 - Paul, Carsten A1 - Hierold, Wilfried A1 - Helming, Katharina T1 - Climate change impacts on long-term field experiments in Germany JF - Agricultural Systems N2 - CONTEXT Long-Term Field Experiments (LTEs) were implemented to study the long-term effects of different management practices, including tillage, fertilization and crop rotation under otherwise constant conditions. Climate change is expected to change these conditions, challenging interpretation of LTE data with regard to the distinction between climate change and management effects. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to quantify the expected, spatially differentiated changes of agroclimatic conditions for the German LTE sites as a precondition for modelling and LTE data interpretation. METHODS We developed a framework combining spatially distributed climate data and LTE metadata to identify the possible climatic changes at 247 LTE sites with experiments running for 20 years or more. The LTEs were classified using the following categories: fertilization, tillage, crop rotation, field crops or grassland, conventional or organic. We utilized climate variables (temperature, precipitation) and agroclimatic indicators (aridity, growing degree days, etc.) to compare a baseline (1971–2000) with future periods (2021−2100) under the IPCC's Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSP). A comprehensive LTE risk assessment was conducted, based on changes in climate variables and agroclimatic indicators between baseline and future scenarios. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Under the most extreme scenario (SSP585), 150 LTEs are expected to shift from humid and dry sub-humid to semi-arid conditions. Frost days in LTE areas are expected to decline by 81%, and the growing season to lengthen by up to 92%. The spatial differentiation of expected climate change also facilitates the identification of suitable sites for future agricultural practices and may inform the design of new LTEs. SIGNIFICANCE Our results may guide the interpretation of LTE data regarding the effect of climate change, facilitating future soil crop modelling studies with LTE data and providing information for planning new LTE sites to support future agricultural research and/or adapting management on existing LTE sites. The framework we developed can easily be transferred to LTE sites in agricultural regions worldwide to support LTE research on climate change impacts and adaptation. KW - Long-term field experiments; Climate change; Agriculture; Soil quality; Agroclimatic indicators; Crop modelling Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8150 IS - 205 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paul, Carsten A1 - Bartkowski, Bartosz A1 - Dönmez, Cenk A1 - Don, Axel A1 - Mayer, Stefanie A1 - Steffens, Markus A1 - Weigl, Sebastian A1 - Wiesmeier, Martin A1 - Wolf, André A1 - Helming, Katharina T1 - Carbon farming: Are soil carbon certificates a suitable tool for climate change mitigation? JF - Journal of Environmental Management N2 - Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in agricultural soils removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and contributes towards achieving carbon neutrality. For farmers, higher SOC levels have multiple benefits, including increased soil fertility and resilience against drought-related yield losses. However, increasing SOC levels requires agricultural management changes that are associated with costs. Private soil carbon certificates could compensate for these costs. In these schemes, farmers register their fields with commercial certificate providers who certify SOC increases. Certificates are then sold as voluntary emission offsets on the carbon market. In this paper, we assess the suitability of these certificates as an instrument for climate change mitigation. From a soils' perspective, we address processes of SOC enrichment, their potentials and limits, and options for cost-effective measurement and monitoring. From a farmers’ perspective, we assess management options likely to increase SOC, and discuss their synergies and trade-offs with economic, environmental and social targets. From a governance perspective, we address requirements to guarantee additionality and permanence while preventing leakage effects. Furthermore, we address questions of legitimacy and accountability. While increasing SOC is a cornerstone for more sustainable cropping systems, private carbon certificates fall short of expectations for climate change mitigation as permanence of SOC sequestration cannot be guaranteed. Governance challenges include lack of long-term monitoring, problems to ensure additionality, problems to safeguard against leakage effects, and lack of long-term accountability if stored SOC is re-emitted. We conclude that soil-based private carbon certificates are unlikely to deliver the emission offset attributed to them and that their benefit for climate change mitigation is uncertain. Additional research is needed to develop standards for SOC change metrics and monitoring, and to better understand the impact of short term, non-permanent carbon removals on peaks in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and on the probability of exceeding climatic tipping points. KW - Carbon sequestration KW - Emission offset KW - CDR KW - Permanence KW - Agriculture KW - Private governance Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8140 SN - 0301-4797 IS - 330 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reckling, Moritz A1 - Watson, Christine A. A1 - Whitbread, Anthony A1 - Helming, Katharina T1 - Diversification for sustainable and resilient agricultural landscape systems JF - Agronomy for Sustainable Development N2 - This virtual issue comprises papers that address diversification for providing sustainable solutions at different scales from cropping and grassland to food systems. The authors investigated processes in case studies at the landscape scale where synergies and trade-offs between social and environmental objectives become the most tangible. Contributions from all continents highlighted regional specificities related to diversification and include research from natural and social sciences, with inter- and transdisciplinary approaches including synthesis of knowledge (reviews), empirical studies with experiments as well as assessments with interviews in case studies: Model-based design of crop diversification, the role of digitalization for achieving sustainability in the European context, ecological engineering for rice pest suppression in China, the role of cereal species mixtures in Ethiopian smallholder farmers, diversified planting in arid irrigation areas in northwestern China, integration of legumes in European and Canadian cropping systems, screening of native forage legumes for northern Swedish grassland systems, cropping system diversification of smallholder farmers in south-central Bangladesh, identification of how farmers imagine diversified landscapes in southern Idaho in the US, farm diversification affecting impacts from COVID-19 across Europe, the role of diversified farming in Mato Grosso Brazil, diversification and soil management measures in Germany, value chain formation for the scaling of crop diversification, and the design process with farmers and scientists for the transition toward legume-supported farming in Europe. A key finding from these examples is that agricultural intensification has led to the simplification of cropping systems and landscapes in terms of species diversity and ecosystem function. To instead move towards sustainable transformation, all system levels (i.e. from the plot, farm, landscape, governance and overall food systems) need to interact and reinforce each other for diversification to deliver the desired outcomes. KW - Co-design; Crop-livestock systems; Food system; Legumes; Transformation Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8135 SN - 1773-0155 VL - 43 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strauss, Veronika A1 - Paul, Carsten A1 - Dönmez, Cenk A1 - Löbmann, Michael A1 - Helming, Katharina T1 - Sustainable soil management measures: a synthesis of stakeholder recommendations JF - Agronomy for Sustainable Development N2 - Soil degradation threatens agricultural production and soil multifunctionality. Efforts for private and public governance are increasingly emerging to leverage sustainable soil management. They require consensus across science, policy, and practice about what sustainable soil management entails. Such agreement does not yet exist to a sufficient extent in agronomic terms; what is lacking is a concise list of soil management measures that enjoy broad support among all stakeholders, and evidence on the question what hampers their implementation by farmers. We therefore screened stakeholder documents from public governance institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the agricultural industry, and conventional and organic farmer associations for recommendations related to agricultural soil management in Germany. Out of 46 recommended measures in total, we compiled a shortlist of the seven most consensual ones: (1) structural landscape elements, (2) organic fertilization, (3) diversified crop rotation, (4) permanent soil cover, (5) conservation tillage, (6) reduced soil loads, and (7) optimized timing of wheeling. Together, these measures support all agricultural soil functions, and address all major soil threats except soil contamination. Implementation barriers were identified with the aid of an online survey among farmers (n = 78). Results showed that a vast majority of farmers (> 80%) approved of all measures. Barriers were mostly considered to be economic and in some cases technological, while missing knowledge or other factors were less relevant. Barriers were stronger for those measures that cannot be implemented in isolation, but require a systemic diversification of the production system. This is especially the case for measures that are simultaneously beneficial to many soil functions (measures 2, 3, and 4). Results confirm the need for a diversification of the agricultural system in order to meet challenges of food security and climate change. The shortlist presents the first integrative compilation of sustainable soil management measures supporting the design of effective public or private governance. KW - Agriculture in transition; Diversification in agriculture; Soil functions; Soil health; Sustainable soil management; Stakeholder recommendations Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8129 VL - 43 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Voglhuber-Slavinsky, Ariane A1 - Lemke, Nahleen A1 - MacPherson, Joseph A1 - Dönitz, Ewa A1 - Olbrisch, Mathias A1 - Schöbel, Philipp A1 - Moller, Björn A1 - Bahrs, Enno A1 - Helming, Katharina T1 - Valorization for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the Agri-Food Value Chain JF - Environmental Management N2 - This article defines the term valorization of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) measures, as distinguished from their valuation, and underpins it with an assessment of private valorization examples along the agri-food value chain. Valorization incentivizes measures for promoting BES, while valuation refers to its quantification. Valuation can be a step of valorization but is not indispensable. In scientific literature, the terms valorization and valuation are often used interchangeably. In addition, there is a lack of research on private options versus conventional, public policy options. Therefore, we searched for private valorization options primarily in public sources (gray literature and websites). This led to the identification of four clusters (markets for voluntary services, labeling, and certification, environmental management/CSR, and tradable permits and quotas). Based on these clusters the options were assessed from a legal and systems dynamics perspective. In addition, the viability of selected valorization options in different future scenarios was examined. The analysis revealed a wide range of private valorization options, which in contrast to public policy options that focus almost entirely on the production stage, are spread across the agri-food value chain. Their suitability differs under different future scenarios, legal and systems conditions. KW - Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Valorization; Value chain; Foresight; Private valorization options Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8104 VL - 72 IS - 6 SP - 1163 EP - 1188 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Purfürst, Thomas A1 - de Miguel-Díez, Felipe A1 - Berendt, Ferréol A1 - Engler, Benjamin A1 - Cremer, Tobias T1 - Comparison of wood stack volume determination between manual, photo-optical, iPad-LiDAR and handheld-LiDAR based measurement methods JF - iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry N2 - The measurement of roadside wood stacks in the forest still plays an important role in many forestry operations. Traditional manual measuring methods can be laborious, inaccurate and error-prone. Therefore, the issue is whether 2.5D or 3D optical remote sensing measuring methods provide more precise or detailed results and advantages in further data processing. This study examined and partly developed nine different manual, photo-optical, iPad®-LiDAR and handheld laser scanner-LiDAR-based wood stack measurement methods. Forty-seven wood stacks, ranging from 8.9 to 209.3 m3 (totalling approximately 2700 m3), were measured and compared using these nine methods. All the methods give volume estimations, and none can be seen to give the real or true wood stack gross volume. Surprisingly, the results varied significantly within and between the individual methods, with up to a 9% mean relative deviation. The relative deviation is strongly dependent on the size of the wood stack. The 3D measurement methods using iPad® RGB and LiDAR recorded lower timber volumes than the other methods, in contrast to the method based on samples taken with handheld laser scanner-LiDAR, which overestimated the volume. Generally, optical- and laser-based surveying techniques could be more widely applied in measuring wood stacks in the future. However, such automatic wood stack gross volume determination approaches still face some challenges, regarding accuracy in the case of the 2.5D methods and the lack of automatisation in the case of 3D methods. Consequently, further research is required in the near future. KW - iPad LiDAR; Wood Stack Volume; 3D Volume; Photo-optical Measurement; Personal Laser Scanner; SLAM; RVR Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8062 SN - 1971-7458 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 243 EP - 252 PB - Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Conrad, Alexander A1 - Krebber, Sophia A1 - Pieczynski, Yvon T1 - Unternehmensnachfolgemonitoring Uckermark - Ermittlung von Bedarfen, Potenzialen und regionalökonomischen Risiken N2 - Studien zeigen auf, dass ein bestimmter Anteil Unternehmen den Nachfolgeprozess nicht überstehen und in der Folge zur Aufgabe gezwungen sind. Gründe dafür liegen einerseits darin, wie sich das Unternehmen auf den Nachfolgeprozess vorbereitet bzw. wann und wie es diesen durchführt. Andererseits lässt die Betrachtung der Entwicklung des Potenzials für Unternehmensnachfolge vermuten, dass die Zahl geeigneter, interessierter Personen und Unternehmen nicht hinreichend hoch ist, um den Nachfolgebedarf zu decken. In der Folge entsteht eine Deckungslücke, die ein ökonomisches Risiko für die Volkswirtschaft bedeuten kann - z.B. mit Blick auf drohende Verluste im Bereich der Arbeitsplätze und Wertschöpfung. Aber lässt sich das ökonomische Risiko aus gescheiterten Unternehmensnachfolgen auch konkret für eine bestimmte Region ermitteln? Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Monitorings. Es beinhaltet den Versuch einer Abschätzung der Deckungslücke bzw. des regionalökonomischen Risikos für den Landkreis Uckermark - einer ländlich geprägten, peripheren, wirtschaftlich eher schwachen Region im Bundesland Brandenburg. Es wird gezeigt, wie Schätzansätze zu Bedarfen und Potenzialen im Bereich der Unternehmensnachfolge auf die Uckermark angewendet werden können, welche Resultate dies ergibt und wie belastbar diese sind. Es zeigt sich, dass bis 2025 ca. 1.150 Unternehmen in der Uckermark vor einer Nachfolge stehen. Mit einer gewissen Wahrscheinlichkeit werden 138 bis 322 Unternehmen den Nachfolgeprozess nicht überstehen. Hiernach kann eine Aussage zum regionalökonomischen Risiko getroffen werden. Da diese Betrachtung eher einem Status-Quo Szenario folgt, beinhaltet das Monitoring auch eine Diskussion dazu, inwiefern Megatrends wie New Work oder auch Neo-Ökologie Potenziale für eine Reduktion der Deckungslücke und damit des regionalökonomischen Risikos besitzen. Schließlich reflektiert das Monitoring die angewendeten (und angepassten) Methodiken und stellt heraus, wie mit Problemen der vorgenommenen Regionalisierung umgegangen werden könnte. Dies liefert eine Basis für ein vertieftes und hiernach belastbareres regionales Nachfolgemonitoring. KW - Unternehmensnachfolge; Unternehmensnachfolgeprozess; regionalökonomische Entwicklung Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8082 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Conrad, Alexander T1 - Evaluation des Instruments Raumstipendium - Bewertung der Zielerreichung und Wirkung nach einem Jahr Anwendung N2 - Das Raumstipendium ist ein Instrument der Zwischennutzung des Haus mit Zukunft in Angermünde (Uckermark). Es wurde 2022 das erste Mal eingesetzt und hat 16 Raumstipendiat:innen Raum und Ort für das Entwickeln und Umsetzen von Angeboten und Leistungen gegeben. Dabei waren mit dem Raumstipendium verschiedene Zielsetzungen verbunden: Übergeordnete Ziele, wie die sinnvolle Zwischennutzung einer städtischen Immobilie, aber auch das positive Einwirken in die städtische Entwicklung oder die Förderung des Gemeinwohls. Daneben hatten die 16 Stipendiat:innen selbst Ziele, die z.B. das Schaffen eines Raums für freies Experimentieren und Gestalten, das Stiften von Freude und Spaß, der Austausch und die Identifikation mit Gleichgesinnten oder aber auch die Förderung der Selbstwirksamkeit der Menschen in der Stadt umfassten. Nach einem Jahr Laufzeit sollte ermittelt werden, ob die Ziele, die mit dem Instrument verbunden waren, erreicht wurden und es sollten Wirkungen des Instruments ermittelt werden. Hierzu wurde eine Evaluation durchgeführt, die auf Befragung der für das Raumstipendium verantwortlichen Akteur:innen und der Raumstipendiat:innen fußt. Die Evaluation ist im Kern als summative Evaluation angelegt, sie besetzt aber auch formative Elemente. Ergebnis ist, dass die mit dem Raumstipendium verbundenen Ziele sehr gut erreicht werden konnten. Außerdem gibt es vielfältige Anhaltspunkte dafür, dass das Instrument konkrete Wirkungen erzielt hat: So lassen sich Indizien dafür finden, dass in der Stadt neues Wissen entstanden ist, dass sich Verhaltensweisen geändert haben und das sich auch die individuellen Lebensumstände z.B. der Raumstipendiat:innen, aber auch der Nutzer:innen ihrer Angebote verbessert haben. Es lassen sich auch Argumente dafür benennen, dass mit dem Stipendium die gesellschaftliche Wohlfahrt geisteigert werden konnte, in dem die Raumstipendien zum Anwachsen des sozialen Kapitals in der Stadt beigetragen haben. KW - Zwischennutzung; Zukunftsorte; Evaluation; Gemeinwohl; nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung; Soziale Innovation Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8072 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Litschel, Johannes A1 - Berendt, Ferréol A1 - Welp, Martin A1 - Cremer, Tobias T1 - Perspektiven von Schlüsselakteuren auf das Potenzial der Agroforstwirtschaft in Nordostdeutschland T2 - Tagungsband 9. Forum Agroforstsysteme, 27. & 28. September 2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8040 SP - 16 EP - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Greischel, Eva A1 - Nagy, Emilia A1 - Conrad, Alexander A1 - Schäfer, Martina T1 - Social logistics: Rethinking public transport as a regional distributor of goods in rural areas. Chances for the long-term establishment of a sustainable regional logistics approach JF - Raumforschung und Raumordnung N2 - This paper presents initial findings on the establishment of a social logistics project in a peripheral rural region in Germany. As part of a real-life laboratory, two services were developed and tested with the aim of improving rural supply: the delivery of regional goods and the return of online orders in cooperation with a regional public transport provider, regional retailers and parcel services. An evaluation team provided support to the project in identifying, monitoring, and documenting the societal impact of the services and promoted impact-oriented project management. The concept of providing services of general interest through social logistics and testing them in a real-world laboratory was based on preliminary work in the region. The results indicate that this approach can promote this type of social logistics in the long term. A social logistics approach does not focus solely on economic aspects but emphasises social and environmental benefits for the region. A real-world laboratory approach enables an environment that promotes open exchange, involvement of different stakeholders and joint problem solving in a reflective, iterative process. This methodological approach enabled the continuation and out-scaling of the service’s core offerings immediately after ending the test phase and is seen as an important prerequisite for establishing a long-term perspective. KW - Social Logistics; Rural Areas; Regional Economics; Social Innovations; Real-World Laboratory Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8032 SN - 0034-0111 PB - oekom Verlag ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Arrekhi, Armin A1 - Niknahad Gharmakher, Hamid A1 - Bachinger, Johann A1 - Bloch, Ralf T1 - Investigation of Feasibility and Effect of Alternative Farming System on the Grain Yield of Barley and Forage Production in Western Semi-arid Region of Golestan Province, Iran JF - Journal of Rangeland Science N2 - One of the major challenges in semi-arid regions of Iran is to supply the adequate forage for livestock and meanwhile prevent the destruction of rangelands due to overgrazing. Therefore, this study aimed to compare three cropping systems of barley using Salsola turcomanica (ST), and Chrysopogon zizanioides (CZ) in three treatments of barley+ST, barley+ST+CZ and mono-culture of barley. Two-year field trials data were collected from November 2018 to October 2020 in two experimental sites using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. The results of analysis of variance over two years indicated that the effects of year, location, and year by location interaction were significant (p<0.01) for all of barley’s yield components. Mixed cropping of barley with other species had no negative effect on barley traits such as grain yield, straw yield and harvest index. In addition, the mixed cropping of barley+ST and barley+ST+CZ in the first year produced 2.5 t/ha more forage yield than that mono-culture of barley. This was due to high production of Salsola (ST), in mixed cropping. In both years, yield of Salsola production was about 25% of whole produced biomass. Drastic reduction in rainfall in the second year reduced the obtained yield; so, there was no significant difference among three cropping systems in the second year. However, cropping systems of barley+ST and barley+ST+CZ produced about 1 t/ha more forage than that for the mono-culture of barley. Mixed cropping of barley +ST+CZ did not affect yield components of barley. Mixed cropping of barley with Salsola turcomanica could guarantee soil cover throughout the year and is recommended for forage production in rangeland in Iran. KW - Barley; Salsola turcomanica; Chrysopogon zizanioides; Mixed cropping Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8022 SN - 2008-9996 VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 155 EP - 167 PB - IA University, Borujerd Branch ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mouratiadou, Ioanna A1 - Lemke, Nahleen A1 - Chen, Cheng A1 - Wartenberg, Ariani A1 - Bloch, Ralf A1 - Donat, Marco A1 - Gaiser, Thomas A1 - Hanike Basavegowda, Deepak A1 - Helming, Katharina A1 - Ali Hosseini Yekani, Seyed A1 - Krull, Marcos A1 - Lingemann, Kai A1 - Macpherson, Joseph A1 - Melzer, Marvin A1 - Nendel, Claas A1 - Piorr, Annette A1 - Shaaban, Mostafa A1 - Zander, Peter A1 - Weltzien, Cornelia A1 - Bellingrath-Kimura, Sonoko Dorothea T1 - The Digital Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (DAKIS): Employing digitalisation to encourage diversified and multifunctional agricultural systems JF - Environmental Science and Ecotechnology N2 - Multifunctional and diversified agriculture can address diverging pressures and demands by simultaneously enhancing productivity, biodiversity, and the provision of ecosystem services. The use of digital technologies can support this by designing and managing resource-efficient and context-specific agricultural systems. We present the Digital Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (DAKIS) to demonstrate an approach that employs digital technologies to enable decision-making towards diversified and sustainable agriculture. To develop the DAKIS, we specified, together with stakeholders, requirements for a knowledge-based decision-support tool and reviewed the literature to identify limitations in the current generation of tools. The results of the review point towards recurring challenges regarding the consideration of ecosystem services and biodiversity, the capacity to foster communication and cooperation between farmers and other actors, and the ability to link multiple spatiotemporal scales and sustainability levels. To overcome these challenges, the DAKIS provides a digital platform to support farmers' decision-making on land use and management via an integrative spatiotemporally explicit approach that analyses a wide range of data from various sources. The approach integrates remote and in situ sensors, artificial intelligence, modelling, stakeholder-stated demand for biodiversity and ecosystem services, and participatory sustainability impact assessment to address the diverse drivers affecting agricultural land use and management design, including natural and agronomic factors, economic and policy considerations, and socio-cultural preferences and settings. Ultimately, the DAKIS embeds the consideration of ecosystem services, biodiversity, and sustainability into farmers' decision-making and enables learning and progress towards site-adapted small-scale multifunctional and diversified agriculture while simultaneously supporting farmers' objectives and societal demands. KW - Digital agriculture KW - Ecosystem services KW - Decision support system KW - Farming practices KW - Biodiversity KW - Modelling KW - Small-scale management Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-8012 SN - 2666-4984 VL - 16 PB - Elsevier ER -