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Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
Institution
Section overview
- Description
- Activities
- Subordinate institutions
- Networks
- Coordinated projects
- Coordinated collaborative projects
- Work package leader of collaborative projects
- Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
- Involved in research projects
- Contact
Description
The ATB's task is to create process-engineering bases for sustainable land-use management and to provide innovative technical solutions for industry. By combining scientific and engineering findings, especially in the field of new technologies such as biotechnology and information technology, with economic and social science expertise, ATB aims to ensure that the newly developedATB main building processes and technical solutions are profitable for both manufacturers and users, at the same time ensuring environmental protection and sustainability.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
Coordinated projects
- Agricultural systems for the future: future nutrition - subproject I
- Agrifood quality estimation using spectral techniques
- Agrosystem for future: DAKIS - Digital Agricultural Knowledge and Information System
- Biochar in Agriculture - Perspectives for Germany and Malaysia
- Bioeconomy International 2015: Thermophilic lactic acid production in continuous cultivation based on rice bran
- Biofilms in biogas plants - structure, impact on the biogas yield and optimization of technical systems for the retention of the microbial biomass
- BonaRes (Modul A, Phase 2): I4S - Integrierted system for local site-specific management of soil fertility - subproject Teilprojekt A: projekt coordination as well as set-up of a sensoric platform, UV-, Vis-NIR- und THz- sensors
- BonaRes (Module A, Phase 3): I4S - Integrated System for Site-Specific Management of Soil Fertility, Subproject A: Project Coordination, Development and Testing of the Sensor Platforms
- Cattle innovation network - sustainable cattle farming in Germany, taking into account animal welfare, environmental impacts and social acceptance
- Characterization of the genetic and enzymatic potential of biogas microbiomes by meta-analysis of metagenome datasets, subproject 1 - Phylogenetical and functional species-targeted meta-analysis
- Collaborative project: Anaerobic Pathways to Renewable Energies and Carbon Sinks
- Collaborative project: Artificial intelligence for measuring respiration in dairy cows - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Development of a digital monitoring system for EU regulated non-quarantine pests in orchards and fruit breeding - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Development of a smart 4D insect monitoring system for integrated plant protection in commercial fruit growing - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of a technological chain for the material utilization of hop plants - pre-project: technical feasibility
- Collaborative project: Development of a UAV-based expert platform for precise plant protection in fruticulture - Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of an innovative technique to increase microbial security of prepacked salads by monitoring and disinfection of the washing water. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of an innovative washing process for fresh cut lettuce based on the non-thermal Plasma technology to increase product safety, -quality and sustainability - subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of an innovative washing process for fresh cut lettuce based on the non-thermal Plasma technology to increase product safety, -quality and sustainability. Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Development of an intelligent UAV-assisted weed monitoring system for selective and site-specific herbicide application - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Farm fertilizer production from digestate by reducing the nitrogen emission and concentration of plant nutrients during the drying process (DuenGaer) - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Farm fertilizer production from digestate by reducing the nitrogen emission and concentration of plant nutrients during the drying process (DuenGaer) - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Integration of bio-efficient physical detection and processing modules for sustainable cleaning and desinfection in the food production chain - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Investigation of the efficiency of process-integrated, structural and technical measures to reduce emissions of ammonia, odour and methane from pig and dairy cattle husbandry and implementation of a data platform - subproject 4
- Collaborative project: Knowledge-based site-specific analysis for environmentally sustainable weed management in integrated crop production - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Nutritionally optimized utilization of alternative protein sources by means of innovative and sustainable processing technologies using crickets Acheta domesticus as an example - Subproject A
- Collaborative project: Optimizing sorghum crop production and knowledge transfer into agricultural practice, Subproject 4: Crop cultivation experiments optimizing raw material performance and yield in catch crop cultivation with previous agricultural respective cascade use of sorghum as an inter crop
- Collaborative project: Prevention of heat stress by individualized means and means of genetic selection in dairy farming - subproject A
- Collaborative project: Sensor-based online detection of diseases in cereals - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: smart Multisensor Integration for Livestock Care - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Transformation of cooling management & cooling of fruit storage rooms into the digital age by means of simulative and practical system comparison - subproject 2
- Collaborative projects: Energy use agricultural waste in Germany and China; Subproject 2: Analysis and optimization of staging- and removal of manure procedure
- Determination of air exchange rates in naturally ventilated barns - Validation of prediction models
- Development of a practical data management system with embedded sensors for improved environmental management and transparency of dairy farming
- Diversity, precision and networking in plant production - new paths for Brandenburg's agriculture
- Efficient processing of biogas for power generation in PEM fuel cells
- Emission-free bush berry production
- EsRAM: Development of measures for reduction of antibiotic resistant bacteria along the entire poultry production chain. Subproject 5
- Establishment of an ex situ collection of methanogenic archaea from biogas plants in rural areas (Methanogenic Archaea Culture Collection, MACC)
- Evaluation of carbon sink role below the plowpan, environmental impact, crop yield and soil quality after SRC recultivation
- Evaluation of technical and institutional measures for the sustainable intensification of water use in irrigated agriculture on the Zayandeh-Rud River, Iran
- Evaluation of the optimal fruit load using the examples of pome and stone fruits
- FABES. Subproject 4: Microbiological process analysis
- Fermentation of renewable resources and the upflow process
- FreshPack - Mathematical Modelling of Fresh Produce Packaging, Storage and Supply Chain
- Integrated postharvest technologies for improved food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case study Mango
- Investigation of an alternative cropping system on former arid and semi-arid rangelands in the Golestan province, Iran
- Investigation of forms of irrigation using the example of potatoes. Task: coordination of the project, labor studies for irrigation, economic studies
- Junior group: The biogas production from nitrogenous renewable resources and agricultural residues - Development and optimization of process engineering and microbiology solutions to prevent ammonia inhibition
- Novel sustainable aquaculture technologies for the production of innovative feeds for improved fish stocks
- Optimization of methane yield, process management and control of anaerobic fermentation of renewable raw materials in agricultural biogas plants
- Optimized animal specific barn climatization facing temperature rise and increase climate variability
- Optimized nutrient supply for dual-purpose chickens - adapted diets, alternative protein sources, effects and adaptation options - Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie
- Potentials for site-specific liming of grassland
- Reduction of nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions through processing of crop residues in vegetable production - ATB
- Strengthening monitoring systems for antimicrobial use and resistance in cattle farms using participatory, one-health and data management systems in South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo
- Supply composite PEM fuel cell systems - ZUBRA
- Technical approaches for the adaption of existing biogas plants to energetic utilisation of fibrous agricultural waste and residues
- Valorization of by-products from wet coffee processing: waste to carbon-rich material using hydrothermal carbonization to improve the sustainability of the coffee value chain in Vietnam
- World food supply and water resources: an agricultural-hydrological perspective
Coordinated collaborative projects
Work package leader of collaborative projects
- Dynamic regulation of processes for the fermentation of renewable raw materials using a propionic discerning gas sensor arrays
- Field tests
- Microbiological process analysis
- Sensor-based technologies and integrated assessment models in food production chains - Towards enhanced exploration of sustainability potentials
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Advanced Monitoring of Tree Crops for Optimized Management - How to Cope With Variability in Soil and Plant Properties?
- Agro forestry environmental performance for added value and energy, Sub-project 3: Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim
- Basics of plant protection in Precision Farming
- Bioindicators of biogas fermentation. Subproject 1: Microbial communities in two-phase systems
- Colaborative project: Mycotoxin screening of grains during and before storage (OptiScreen) - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Acoustic resonance analysis for quality detection of horticultural products – using the example of hollow white asparagus and mealy pome and stone fruit – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: An automatic multi parameter expert system designed to improve animal welfare and productivity for sows and piglets in the farrowing crate - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Application of plasma technology for gentle preservation of perishables in the post-harvest chain – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Coupled optical measurement techniques for mobile determination of quality signatures along the doner meat production chain – subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Developing of a central online-analyzing and steering unit for milk production 'OASE' – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Development of a rapid chlorophyll fluorescence imaging-based early-detection method of mildew-resistant lettuce lines – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Freshness terminal system for fruit and vegetables – a tool for consumer decisions – subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Innovative potentials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in dairy cows to generate added value in milk production (INNO Mil-CH4) – Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Milking processes with model-driven development of procedures and system engineering (MeMo) - subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Plasma-based decontamination of dried plant-related products for an enhancement of food safety. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Sensor-aided, tree-specific mechanical flower thinning. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Site-specific fungicide application in cereals by use of novel sensors (FungiPrecise) - subproject 1
- COOL - flow sensor based airflow in fruit and vegetable warehouses; Flow simulation and measurement for bulk bins and storerooms as a basis for the design and operation of cold stores
- Coordination and Management of ProSenso.net2
- Demonstration Project medicinal plants (CAMEL); development of a harvester for chamomile flowers
- Demonstration Project medicinal plants (CAMEL); joint project: Immediate and sustained improvement of existing dryer for chamomile, lemon balm and valerian; Subproject 2: increased efficiency of surface drying
- Demonstration Project medicinal plants (KAMEL), collaborative projects: Optimization of the dehydration process for medicinal and aromatic plants as regards energy use, efficiency and product quality, sub-project 1: Studies on the optimization of a surface drying plant
- Development and comparison of optimized cultivation systems for agricultural production of energy crops under different site conditions in Germany - Phase II (EVA II). Subproject 4: Effect of substrate quality on the biogas yield in the laboratory and in practice
- Development and comparison of optimized cultivation systems for agricultural production of energy crops under different site conditions in Germany - Phase III (EVA III). Subproject 4: Effect of substrate quality and silage management on biogas yield
- Development of an eco-efficient technology to reduce emissions from the storage of biological nutrient solutions
- Differentiation of autofluorescence signatures for online detection of bacterial contaminants in automated meat cutting
- FENAFA network interconnection - part 3a: Targeted development and adaptation of the method steps for providing and conditioning of natural fiber konservat for use in composite materials (focusing on hemp)
- Grass-based circular business models for rural agri-food value chains
- Hazard perception based on cross-production identification of plant-associated microorganisms
- Highly efficient sensors for perishable fruit products to evaluate the role and impact of technologies on nutritional damage and elaborate optimising strategies
- Influence of mineral nitrogen fertilization on the biomass yield of poplar and willow, and identification of relevant environmental impacts
- Joint project: an innovation network planning climate adaptation region of Brandenburg Berlin (INKA BB) - Part 2
- Joint Project: Intelligent Radio-based irrigation (IFuB) – Subproject 5
- LeguAN: Innovative and integrated value-added concepts for functional food and feed from grain legume crops local from cultivation to usage. Subproject 6: Technological evaluation and comparison of methods
- Monitoring of the methane-forming microflora in biogas plants in rural areas: analysis of the actual state and development of a quantitative detection system
- Practical testing and implementation of sensor-based methods of fertilization and pest management to improve environmental performance, sustainability and profitability in grain production
- Recycling of plant nutrients
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 8: Field trials to GHG emissions at the site Berge
- Review of biomass potentials, taking into account the impact on nature and landscape
- Studies on phyto sanitary risk due to the anaerobic fermentation of plant biomass in biogas plants. Sub-project 3
- Sub-Project 1: Dynamic regulation of processes for the fermentation of renewable raw materials using a propionic discerning gas sensor arrays
- Subproject 2: Energy - Energy Crop Cultivation
- Subproject 2: Provide high-quality silage and fair determination of the energetic and economic parameters to evaluate and optimize the overall process
- Subproject 4: Determining the influence of plant species and substrate quality on silage and biogas yield
- USER-PA: USability of Environmentally sound and Reliable techniques in Precision Agriculture
- WeGa - Work Packages 3.2, 4.6 and 4.7
Subordinate institutions as work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Detection of clone-site interactions in poplar and willow on agricultural sites in short rotation - ProLoc (income program / locus)
- Development and comparison of optimized cropping systems for the arable prodcution of energy crops for the varying site conditions in Germany - Phase III (EVA III); Modul 2: Ecological effects, Part: Abiotic effects
- Development and comparison of optimized cropping systems for the arable prodcution of energy crops for the varying site conditions in Germany - Phase III (EVA III); Modul 2: Ecological effects, Part: Biotic effects
- European biogas initiative to improve the yield of agricultural biogas plants
- EuroPruning: Development and implementation of a new, and non existent, logistic chain on biomass from pruning
- I4S-Integrated system for site-specific management of soil fertility
- Investigation, evaluation and development of biogas processes (especially with co-fermentation) including the energetical utilization of biogas.
- Joint project: an innovation network planning climate adaptation region of Brandenburg Berlin (INKA BB) - Part 1
- Joint project: an innovation network planning climate adaptation region of Brandenburg Berlin (INKA BB) - Part 9
- N2O emissions as response of process-related soil microbial activity to different irrigation and nitrogen fertilization regimes in potato cropping
- Nationwide monitoring program for assessment of novel biomass-biogas plants
- Practice model projects: the introduction of quality systems to ensure traceability of freshness and quality in regional eco vegetables - in food retail chains LEH and NEH
- Shell germ reduction in hatching and table eggs by means of atmospheric-pressure plasma
- Spread of antibiotic resistance in an agrarian landscape
- Use of biomass ashes as phosphorous source in plant production
- Use strategies for calcareous fen grasslands
Contact
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy
(ATB)
Max-Eyth-Allee 100
14469 Potsdam
Brandenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)331 5699 0
Fax: +49 (0)331 5699 849
Email: atb(@)atb-potsdam.de