Federal Research Institute for Agriculture
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Federal Research Center for Agriculture |
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| position | Federal authority |
| Supervisory authority | Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture |
| founding | 1977 |
| resolution | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Braunschweig , Lower Saxony |
The Federal Research Center for Agriculture (FAL) was a research institution in the portfolio of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection . As of January 1, 2008, the FAL institutes were divided between the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute , the Julius Kühn Institute and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute . The previous institution was the Agricultural Research Institute (LFA) , which began on November 1 , 1947; the decision was taken by the Economic Council of the United Economic Area on December 18, 1947, and from September 1, 1949, the Agricultural Research Institute (FAL)as an institution of the state of Lower Saxony, also in Braunschweig. On July 1, 1966, the FAL became the responsibility of the federal government and from January 1, 1977 it was called the Federal Research Institute for Agriculture (FAL).
The FAL was concerned with the provision of scientific bases about agriculture for politics and the creation of new knowledge for agriculture. The institution was based in Braunschweig in the northwestern district of Völkenrode . It operated a total of twelve institutes at three other locations in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein (as of 2007). The director with the title "President" was elected every two years from among the institute directors. The last President of the FAL was Hans-Joachim Weigel , Vice President Axel Munack (2007).
Research areas
- The Federal Research Center for Agriculture was divided into four areas with corresponding institutes:
- Soil / plant (plant nutrition and soil science , plant cultivation and grassland management , agroecology )
- Animal (animal nutrition, animal breeding, animal welfare and animal husbandry)
- Technology (technology and biosystem technology, industrial engineering and building research)
- Agricultural economics ( business administration , rural areas, market analysis and agricultural trade policy )
There was also an interdisciplinary institute for organic farming in Trenthorst ( Schleswig-Holstein ).
Former FAL institutes
The founding phase with regard to the planned scientific tasks extended over several years.
- Institute for Grassland Management in Braunschweig, from November 5th, 1947
- Institute for Humus Management in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for Animal Nutrition in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for Basic Agricultural Research in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for tractor research in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for Agricultural Machinery Research in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for Agricultural Market Research in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1948
- Institute for Plant Cultivation and Seed Production in Braunschweig, August 1st, 1948
- Institute for Biochemistry in Braunschweig, October 1st, 1948
- Institute for Soil Preparation in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1949
- Institute for Constitutional Research in Grub near Munich, April 1st, 1950
- Institute for Business Administration in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1950
- Institute for Agricultural Building Research in Braunschweig, April 1st, 1953
As a result of changed tasks, numerous name changes, closings, amalgamations and new foundations of institutes have occurred over the years:
- Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science in Braunschweig
- Institute for Crop Production and Grassland Management in Braunschweig
- Institute for Agroecology in Braunschweig
- Institute for Organic Agriculture in Trenthorst
- Institute for animal welfare and husbandry in Celle
- Institute for Animal Nutrition in Braunschweig
- Institute for Animal Breeding in Mariensee
- Institute for Technology and Biosystems Technology in Braunschweig
- Institute for Industrial Engineering and Building Research in Braunschweig
- Institute for Business Administration in Braunschweig
- Institute for Rural Areas in Braunschweig
- Institute for Market Analysis and Agricultural Trade Policy in Braunschweig
Web links
- Archived website of the FAL ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Internet offer of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute
- Internet offer of the Julius Kühn Institute
- Internet offer of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Individual evidence
- ↑ see data on the FAL up to 1976 in the German National Library under GND 2010405-4 and DNB 010956166
- ^ Thünen Institute: FAL (agricultural research). In: www.thuenen.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
- ^ Rolf Ahlers and Gerhard Sauerbeck (editors): History of the research location Braunschweig-Völkenrode. Appelhans, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-930292-90-4
- ↑ see FAL is part of four federal research institutes, in: Topagrar, December 21, 2007, accessed February 19, 2013
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