Program in March

Fachtagung Landtechnik und Landwirtschaftliches Bauwesen

Joint Congress for China Agriculture University and the University of Hohenheim on the adaptation of the production systems of a maize-based bioeconomy to a future phosphate shortage. How can we better use, save, or recover phosphorus compounds?

Feeding the soil - Which fertilization strategies do we need in organic farming without animals or with only a few animals?

The event will focus on the results of the EIP project "EIP BARVÖ - Improving soil fertility and sustainability on organic farms with few and no animals”.

The Winter Conference on Organic Farming Baden-Württemberg is jointly organized by the Agricultural Technology Centre Augustenberg (LTZ), the University of Hohenheim, the Working Group on Organic Farming Baden-Württemberg e.V. (AÖL), and Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU) and takes place every spring at different locations.

Postponed due to Corona

The various points of contact between the University of Hohenheim and WALA Heilmittel & Dr. Hauschka Kosmetik GmbH are to  be verified at working level and, if there is mutual interest, developed further and converted into sustainable forms of cooperation.

In the face of climate change, peatland rewetting is coming into focus, not only to secure habitats for rare animal and plant species, but also as a necessary contribution to solving the climate problem. However, continuing to use the land at high water levels represents a paradigm shift in peatland use and requires completely new concepts, cultures, and technology. Therefore, new alternative uses that can cope with the wet soil are in demand - paludicultures. How can this biomass be used? What are the markets? Which ones could be adapted and established for reeds, sedges, bulrushes, or peat moss? The event will provide an overview of the possibilities for the utilization of biomass from wet moors in a practical manner with presentations from sample farms and a market of possibilities to engage in intensive discussions with experts and operators.

A lecture at the information event "Utilization possibilities of biomass from wet moors: practical examples" for farmers, land owners, associations, administration, land agencies, companies, and investors with lectures and stands.

Speaker: Markus Götz, Department of Conversion Technologies of Biobased Resources, University of Hohenheim

NOTE: Because of the coronavirus the event is unfortunately cancelled!

Cancelled because of coronavirus regulations

Ways to reduce CO2 in dairy processing

The Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology at the University of Hohenheim will hold the Hohenheim Milk Technology Seminar 2020 on 19 March 2020. The motto of the event is “ways to reduce CO2 in dairy processing.”

Cancelled because of coronavirus regulations

Focus on proteins
(DGE-BW-Forum)

Continuing education course for teachers and consultants
Target group: Nutrition multipliers

Postponed because of coronavirus

Young researchers from the field of agricultural engineering in Hohenheim will use lectures and experiments to show how the bioeconomy can function using new technologies in rural areas. By-products from agriculture are turned into fertilizer, energy, and new materials for the bioeconomy. This event focuses on the role of phosphorus and nitrogen compounds, which can be considered as valuable resources on the one hand, and as potential environmental pollutants on the other, and which deserve attention in any bioeconomy concept.

After the cold season there is nothing better than fortifying yourself with fresh spring greens.

On a guided tour of the Hohenheim Gardens with the botanists Silke Horakh and Anna Krupp, you will learn about edible wild plants, their use, and how to safely identify them.

Canelled due to Corona

10 billion - How do we all get enough to eat?

During the SchulKinoWochen, lessons take place in the cinema. Every year, school classes of all school types and grades can attend cinema performances at reduced special prices in a cinema in their vicinity. Dr. Sabine Zikeli, head of the Center for Organic Agriculture at the University of Hohenheim, is a participant in a film talk that follows the film "10 Billion - How do we all get enough to eat?”.

Speaker: Dr. Sabine Zikeli, Center for Organic Farming, University of Hohenheim

Postponed due to the coronavirus - new date will be announced in advance

Eat lunch together and learn something new about an interesting topic at the same time before discussing it - you can do that in the Brown Bag Lectures. Everyone interested in the topic is invited. Students, scientists, and other University members can meeting up a relaxed atmosphere in the TMS or outside on the Long Table.

The participants bring their own lunch - the term “Brown Bag” refers to the typical color of lunch bags in the USA. Intellectual food for thought will be offered by the speakers from all faculties who give insights into current topics of bioeconomy.

What you can make out of coffee berries

The production of coffee beans generates waste products - and you can use them. Whether for the production of biogas or alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks from the fruit pulp: biologist Dr. Kaus Meissner explains the possibilities in his Brown Bag Lecture.

Speaker: Dr. Klaus Meissner