Association of German agricultural testing and research institutes
| Association of German Agricultural Testing and Research Institutes (VDLUFA) |
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| purpose | Specialist society for agricultural investigation and research |
| Chair: | Franz Wiesler |
| Establishment date: | 1888 |
| Seat : | Speyer |
| Website: | www.vdlufa.de |
The Association of German Agricultural Testing and Research Institutes e. V. (VDLUFA) is an association to which agricultural testing and research facilities (e.g. experimental stations, LUFA, university and non-university research facilities, state institutes, private laboratories) are affiliated.
history
The forerunner of the association, the "Association of Agricultural Experimental Stations in the German Reich", was founded in Weimar in 1888 and brought back to life under its current name in 1948 after the Second World War . The seat of the association is Speyer and there the Agricultural Investigation and Research Institute Speyer .
activity
The main areas of responsibility are:
- applied research in the field of agriculture
- the investigation of z. B. seeds, fertilizers, animal feed, soil
- advice and information on agricultural issues
The work in the association is carried out in specialist groups (e.g. FG Soil, FG Environmental Analysis). The results of the joint work are published at the annual VDLUFA congress (e.g. 2017 in Weihenstephan), in method books (VDLUFA-Verlag, Darmstadt) and in other ways. In the field of agricultural testing, standardization is now being shifted to the European level ( CEN ) or the international level International Seed Testing Association and International Organization for Standardization (ISO). However, the work is often prepared in the specialist groups of the VDLUFA.
The best-known example of this work is probably the Weender analysis , which was standardized in the 19th century by Wilhelm Henneberg and Friedrich Stohmann in the research institute in Weende (today part of Göttingen). For the first time she systematically defined methods of feed analysis . The Weender analysis is used worldwide today.
Award
In 1954 the association donated the Sprengel-Liebig-Medal , which is named after Carl Sprengel and Justus von Liebig and which is awarded regularly for services to agronomy.