With the research announcement "Agroecological Innovations for Territorial Markets", the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is calling on international research consortia consisting of partners from Germany, sub-Saharan Africa as well as South and Southeast Asia to submit their project ideas. Read more: New Announcement: Agroecological Innovations for Territorial Markets …
The long-term trend towards a lower meat consumption in Germany continues in 2023. On the basis of the new calculation method, the provisional figures provided by the Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL) show that the consumption of meat per capita fell by 430 grams to 51.6 kilograms in 2023. Read more: Consumption of meat per capita falls below 52 kilograms …
In 2023, 1,059 fires destroyed around 1,240 hectares of forest area (2022: 2,397 fires over 3,058 hectares). These figures are sourced from the forest fire statistics provided by the German Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL). The burned area thus corresponds to roughly 1,771 football pitches. Read more: 2023 forest fire statistics: area of around 1,771 football pitches burned …
