Agricultural Science Center Weihenstephan
The Agricultural Science Center Weihenstephan is a teaching and research cooperation between the Technical University of Munich , the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture . The basis of the cooperation is a cooperation agreement that was signed on April 4, 2011 by Agriculture Minister Helmut Brunner , Science Minister Wolfgang Heubisch and the presidents of the three institutions, Wolfgang A. Herrmann , Hermann Heiler and Jakob Opperer .
organization
The spatial and thematic concentration of the three institutions on the Freising-Weihenstephan campus provides the basis for bundling competencies in basic, departmental and applied research and thus for intensive cooperation in agricultural education and research.
The respective independent profile is maintained:
- the orientation of the Technical University of Munich on system and basic research and training of students,
- the concentration of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University on application-related teaching and application-related research and development projects,
- the focus of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture on implementation-oriented, applied research.
The cooperation is accompanied by a coordination committee and an advisory board.
coordination
The coordination is carried out by the managing director of the central institute Hans Eisenmann Center for Agricultural Sciences as well as a representative of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture. The chairmanship changes every three years between the following institutions:
- the managing director of the Hans Eisenmann Center (currently Johann Bauer)
- the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Management at the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (currently Ulrich Bodmer)
- the head of the Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture (currently Georg Wendl)
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the Agricultural Science Center Weihenstephan makes decisions of fundamental importance for the cooperation.
Advisory board members are:
- President of the Technical University of Munich
- President of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
- President of the Bavarian State Agency for Agriculture
- Representative of the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests
- Representative of the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art
Participating institutions
1. In the area of the Technical University of Munich
- Weihenstephan Science Center for Nutrition, Land Use and Environment
- Central Institute of the Hans Eisenmann Center for Agricultural Sciences
2. In the area of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
- Faculty of Agriculture and Food Economics
- Faculty of Horticulture and Food Technology
- Faculty of Agriculture (Triesdorf)
3. In the area of the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture
- Institutes
- Central departments
goals and tasks
The aim of the Agricultural Science Center is to coordinate activities in the field of agricultural and horticultural sciences at the Freising-Weihenstephan research location and to pool resources in order to achieve synergy effects.
The cooperation between the three institutions consists of:
- mutual coordination and complementation in teaching and research
- the joint initiation and implementation of research projects
- the creation of technology platforms
- the networking of the libraries
- Alignment of institutes, chairs and professorships
- Coordination and cooperation in the test activities at the test stations of the cooperation partners
- Participation in committees of the cooperation partners
Joint research projects
In the area of research, the participating institutions of the Technical University of Munich, the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University and the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture cooperate in numerous projects.
Since 2005, the three institutions have collaborated on over 200 research projects.
Current joint research projects are currently z. B .:
- Copper minimization and avoidance strategies for organic potato cultivation
- Sustainable safeguarding of corn production by improving resistance to European corn borer
- Proof of the duration of the infectiousness of stone brandy and dwarf stone brand spores in the soil, manure and liquid manure, taking into account various crop rotations in organic farms
- CORNET EFFICIENT WHEAT - Improvement of the nitrogen use efficiency in European winter wheat under drought stress
- Optimization of irrigation management in hop growing
- Synbreed: Cattle resource project
- WeGa product and production safety of high-intensity plant production - safety and product control - biological detection of relevant substrate pathogens
- Process economic analyzes of possible consequences of climate change and climate efficiency on land management
Teaching cooperation
In the area of teaching, there is intensive cooperation between the three institutions on the Weihenstephan campus.
The two master's courses in agricultural management and renewable raw materials are offered jointly by the Technical University of Munich and the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. Lecturers from the Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture take part in numerous modules - especially through topics with a strong practical relevance.