Land use: Producing more food and storing more carbon

Researchers from KIT and HeiGIT find that land use change can increase both food production and carbon storage capacit

24-Oct-2023 - Researchers from KIT and HeiGIT Find That Land Use Change Can Increase BothFoodProduction and Carbon Storage CapacityResearchers from KIT and HeiGIT Find That Land Use Change Can Increase BothFoodProduction and Carbon Storage CapacityUse of the Earth’s surface by humans for the production ...

Genomics: the cradle and path of wine

07-Mar-2023 - The breeding and cultivation of grapevines has had a strong influence on the emergence of European civilizations, but where the vine originated and how it spread has remained controversial. In a comprehensive genome project, researchers at China's Yunnan Agricultural University clarified the ...

Microalgae: Possible perspectives for agriculture

New sources of intake with high-quality fatty acids and colorants from microalgae

18-Aug-2022 - Will German agriculture rely on microalgae in the future? In any case, the unicellular aquatic plants can be used to produce numerous valuable substances - so they have great potential as a renewable raw material and biomass source for the bioeconomy. In the joint project "FuTuReS", researchers ...

Global food production threatens the climate

The use of fertilisers in agriculture is primarily responsible for man-made nitrous oxide emissions

09-Oct-2020 - The concentration of nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas - in the atmosphere is rising sharply, driving climate change. Next to CO2 and methane, it is the third most important greenhouse gas released by human activities. The use of fertilisers in agriculture is primarily responsible for ...

Food technology: Insect-based flours

Researchers improve the baking properties of insect meal

28-May-2020 - According to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), global demand for animal proteins will double by 2050 as a result of population growth. Even if free agricultural land were to be developed, this demand could not be met by meat from livestock alone. ...

Mint fragrance inhibits the growth of weeds

17-Apr-2020 - In the competition for land, nutrients, and water, some plants are very successful: They impede the growth of their competitors by chemical signals that trigger cell death in the neighboring plant. Scientists at the Botanical Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are ...