Federal Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry
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Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry |
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| position | Higher federal authority |
| founding | 1950 |
| resolution | January 1, 2008 |
| Headquarters | Braunschweig and Berlin |
The Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA), based in Braunschweig and Berlin, was a higher federal authority and research institution within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection . In addition to the two main locations, the BBA had institutes in Darmstadt , Kleinmachnow , Bernkastel-Kues , Münster and Dossenheim near Heidelberg. At the end of 2005 around 630 employees were working at the various facilities.
On January 1, 2008, the BBA was merged into the Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants .
tasks
The areas of responsibility of the Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry were laid down in the Plant Protection Act and the Genetic Engineering Act.
Some of the priorities were:
- Work on the biology of harmful organisms
- Development of new plant protection methods
- Evaluation of plant protection products in terms of effectiveness, plant tolerance and benefits
- Testing and approval of plant protection equipment
- Coordination of plant protection in organic farming
- Assessment of the risks associated with the release of genetically modified organisms
In connection with the reorganization of consumer protection by the German federal government in 2002, the Federal Biological Institute was withdrawn from the authorization of plant protection products and transferred to the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety .
Origin and history
- January 28, 1898 Application in the Reichstag "For the establishment of a biological research institute for scientific research into economically useful life relationships between plants and animals: 30000 M"
- Biological Department for Agriculture and Forestry at the Imperial Health Department
- 1905 Imperial Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry
- 1919 Biological Reich Institute for Agriculture and Forestry (BRA)
- 1949 three "Biological Central Institutes for Agriculture and Forestry" (BZA):
- Central Biological Institute Berlin-Dahlem
- Central Biological Institute for Agriculture and Forestry of the United Economic Area (Braunschweig)
- Central Biological Institute of the GDR
- 1950 BZ-VWG becomes the "Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Braunschweig"
- 1954 "Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Berlin and Braunschweig"
- 1991/92 incorporation of the BZA Kleinmachnow into the BBA
- January 1, 2008 Merger with other institutes to form the Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants
See also
- Universities and research institutions in Berlin
- Working group of departmental research institutions
Web links
- History of the Julius Kühn Institute , see previous institutions
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 ′ 30 ″ N , 13 ° 17 ′ 48 ″ E