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Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen (LWK-Niedersachsen)
Institution
Section overview
Description
Farmers and forest owners, agricultural, horticultural and forest entrepreneur, countrywomen, employers and employees in all green professions, all have an interest to work with the Chamber of Agriculture Lower Saxony as an actor in the rural areas of Lower Saxony and Europe. Our topics of the Chamber are the life, work and training of people in agriculture, forestry and horticulture in rural areas.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
- Agricultural Training Centre Echem
- Inter-company training and education site Wehnen
- Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Gartenbau Bad Zwischenahn
- Office for Plant Protection
- Agricultural Analysis and Research Institute North-West
- Department of Organic Farming
- Department of Energy, Building and Technology
- Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Hanover
- Department Forestry
- Department of Crop Protection
- Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Gartenbau Ahlem
- Department Animal
Coordinated projects
- Admixture of certified biochar in compound feed of turkeys and broilers considering animal welfare
- Beginning of opting out of the beak trimming in turkeys (cocks)
- Causes of defects in rod asparagus and ways to reduce with special consideration of bar browning
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 4
- Collaborative project: An agricultural experimental field for implementation of digital technologies for crop protection. Subproject 4
- Collaborative project: Evaluation of welfare in dairy cattle - indicators for metabolism and feeding - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Improved assessment of the greenhouse gas emission reduction by catch crops in arable crop production and development of an advisory tool for more precise nitrogen fertilization after catch crop cultivation – subproject 7
- Collaborative project: Improved control of Stempyhlium in asparagus by means of optimized termination of fungicides and improved spraying technique - Project Part I: Forecast of Stemphylium - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Influence of different farrowing and rearing systems on animal welfare, animal health and economy in pig farming - an interdisciplinary approach. Subproject 5
- Collaborative project: Manure management in Lower Saxony
- Collaborative project: Multivariate assessment of animal welfare through integrative data acquisition and validation of animal indicators in pigs on farm level. Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Nutrient inputs into drainage systems of grassland areas in northern Germany: Analysis to derive recommendations for action. Subproject 5
- Collaborative project: Optimizing sorghum crop production and knowledge transfer into agricultural practice, Subproject 1: Crop cultivation experiments optimizing biogas performance and yield as well as inventory setting
- Comparison of ground-based application technique - Trailing hose, trailing shoe and disk injector for application of liquid organic fertilizer in winter wheat
- Comparison of the harrow technology regarding crop losses and regulatory success in different crops
- Comparison of two weed control systems: harrow and camera-hoe-system
- Effects on yield and quality in organic winter wheat by the use of selected N sources
- Examination of the comparability of pre-harvest of cereals findings with the results of the crop
- Facilitation early development of organic maize through fertilizing under the seed
- Feasibility study for the utilization of dredged material from the Ems on agricultural land
- Forest management and timber use optimisation with the goal of sustainably increasing the carbon sink capacity of forests and timber - CO-2-OPT
- Improvement of the comparability of organic wheat variety tests to the detailed descriptions of varieties in the 'Beschreibende Sortenliste“ of Bundessortenamt (German plant variety office)
- Integration of ethological and functional traits in breeding programs for tomorrow's sow
- Intensive coaching of pig farms to reduce the risk of tail biting
- Investigations on the possibility of use by cow pastures and maintenance of the dikes with sheep in the flood areas of the Elbe
- Joint project: Agronomic, economic and ecological evaluation of sorghum species and hybrids as energy crops. Subproject 1: Variety trial, evaluation of location, crop type and variety
- Joint project: oil plants as intercrops. Subproject 4: Field and plot trials under Lower Saxon site conditions
- Maize crops on sub-optimal locations - the influence of varied lengths and impact of a series of mounds on the yield and quality benefits of the corn at the same time weed control varied
- Minimizing feather pecking and cannibalism in undocked laying hens by optimizing the herd management and animal care taking into account the breeding of pullets
- Mixed cultivation of organic winter wheat as a strategy against yellow rust
- Model and demonstration project for practical implementation of peat-reduced substrates in tree nurseries - model region Ammerland
- Pilot and demonstration project: 'Increasing the efficiency of irrigation technology and irrigation management of open land vegetable growing'
- Pollution of the Elbe - economic land use by using heifers
- Quantification of soil erosion and development of a consultancy in flood area of the Leine
- Research commissioned by the ability to ensure a supply of drinking water for grazing animals in the area of the drainage district boards Butjadingen and Stadland Wesermarsch
- SafeGuard. Work package 2.2B Coordinated approaches for sampling schedules, monitoring strategies and diagnostics methods
- Studies on effects of ammonia and nitrogen depostions on ecosystems in the vicinity of stables
- Sustainable use of resources by reducing the nitrogen supply by means of area-specific fertilization management in the broccoli and ice salad cultures with the help of imaging sensors
- Use of peat reduced growing media for cultivation of ornamentals. Coordination. Subproject model region north
- Variety trial for sweet potatoes: Site-specific field trial on variety recommendations for Lower Saxony
- Water and climate protection oriented production and processing of winter wheat. Subproject 1: Conducting field trials at 3 locations with 6 quality wheat varieties
- Water and climate protection oriented production and processing of winter wheat. Subproject 2: Effects of different nitrogen regimes on the baking quality of wheat
- Ways of ensuring a supply of drinking water for grazing animals in the area of the drainage district boards Butjadingen and Stadland Wesermarsch
- Web-based nutrient flow program: recycling of organic nutrients in support of agriculture
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Acidification of slurry and digestate during application to growing crops
- Assessment of the nutrient supply through leaf probes of potatoes of organically farmed fields
- Claw Condition Score - naturally fat padded
- Collaborative project: Cross innovation and digitisation in animal-friendly pig farming, taking into account the protection of resources - 'DigiSchwein advise, qualify and promote'. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Mobile soil sample lab and data fusion for resource-efficient crop production - subproject 5
- Collaborative project: Modular mobile soilsensor-technologies for sustainable nutrient management. Subproject 6
- Collaborative project: peat substitutes in horticulture
- Collaborative project: Technical-economical evaluation and validation of a prediction model for the degradation kinetics of lignocellulosic feedstock for use in the flexible operation of the biogas process in practice
- Comparison of winter field beans regarding winter hardiness, yield potential and plant health
- Comparison of winter field beans regarding winter hardiness, yield potential and plant health
- Control of the creeping thistle and of docks in agricultural farming by the Electroherb-Technique
- Demonstration project: Exclusion netting for fruit crops to prevent infestation by the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii). Subproject: Lower Saxony
- Development and validation of a quality assurance system for mobile NIRS systems for measuring nutrient concentrations in liquid farm manure
- Development of a web application for the risk assessment of the worm load of free-range laying hens
- Development of a web-based management system (SWATopti) for non-chemical control of carrot fly (Chamaepsila rosae), cabbage fly (Delia radicum) and root fly (Delia spp.) using SWAT and risk analysis - LWK Lower Saxony
- Development of an imputation procedure for increased groundwater recharge through forest management to aid groundwater retention in view of a decreasing groundwater supply as a consequence of climate change. A project in the private forest of the eastern Lüneburger Heide in Lower Saxony
- Distributed genebank network Rhododendron
- DükonaR Fertilizer concentrates from remnants
- Effect of different strategies of sulphur fertilisation on yield of grain legumes and the grain yield of the follower crop in organic farming
- Employment Material for sows
- Evaluation of approved and practically working exhaust air treatment installations in pig keeping in view of functional reliability and cleaning capacity.
- Exemplary demonstration network for cultivation and processing of lupines
- Formation of a network to develop an animal welfare concept considering sensory perception of cows for the dairy barn of the FBN Dummerstorf as an experimental farm exploring innovative husbandry and management solutions for dairy cows and their offspring
- Gentle waters crop protection for conservation grown fruit farming landscapes in Germany
- Gentle waters crop protection for conservation grown fruit farming landscapes in Germany
- Health and performance of dairy cows in ecological farming interdisciplinary point of view - an (intervention) study on metabolic disorders and diseases in the udder due to inclusion of forage production, feeding management and husbandry
- Impact of variable row widths on the intensity of weed control, yield, quality and costs of organic sugar beet cultivation
- improve animal welfare, animal health and the environment in the pig fattening by optimizing ventilation systems
- Joint project for the construction of four models of stalls for sow keeping and piglet rearing and two models of stalls and a film for pullet husbandry
- Joint project: Development of integrated pest management methods to control soil pests (weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus in gardening). Optimization and expansion of the nematodes used against weevil (Otiorhynchinae) and other soil pests
- Joint project: Progress with competence and specialist knowledge for animal well-being, environmentally friendly and sustainable livestock farming. Subproject 3
- Joint project: Regional management of climate impacts in the Metropolitan Region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg, sub-project 6: potential for substitution of groundwater for irrigation field
- Knowledge transfer and demonstration network for expanding and improving the cultivation and utilisation of grain legumes in Germany
- Peat substitutes and culture management in nursery container cultures (ToKuBa) on the field of peat substitutes in horticulture
- Pilot project 'Demonstration Farms Integrated Pest Management' - production arable farming in Lower Saxony, coordination by LWK Lower Saxony
- Pilot project 'Demonstration Farms Integrated Pest Management' - subproject apple cultivation in Lower Saxony, coordination by LWK Lower Saxony
- Potential use of harrow employment in sugarbeet
- PreciseNitrogen: An novel sensor system for precise nitrogen application based on IoT-sensor networks and image analyses
- Prospects of controlling the aspargus fly in integrated and ecological crop cultivation
- Reduction of pig roundworm (Ascaris suum) infestation in ecological pig farming
- Spread of liquid manure and yield assessment on organic grassland
- Spread of liquid manure and yield assessment on organic grassland
- STEM (desiccation ? thermic, electric, mechanical)
- Supply of poultry manure
- Supporting the transformation of agricultural peatland use in Lower Saxony in terms of climate protection through systemic studies and process support
- Testing and evaluation of biological safety of gas purification equipment (BioAbluftR) in farm animals
- Testing of potato varieties to their particular suitability for organic farming
- VALDIS TROST - Validation of identified markers for selection of drought tolerant starch potatoes; subproject 3: effects of different drying resistance on the yield and storability of starch potatoes
- Water forest infiltration monitoring - monitoring of the infiltration performance in the case of groundwater-based forest conversion
- WeGa - Prevention of latent damage (Phytophthora) - Measures for Rhododendron
Involved in research projects
- Adapting technology in professional fruit growing in the „Alte Land“ region
- Assessment of bread wheat quality in terms of the amended regulations for fertilization
- Assessment of the suitability of potato varieties for organic farming
- Automated behavioural enrichment for poultry – development of an innovative system to improve animal welfare
- Biotope network grassland
- Building a network of experts for animal welfare and animal health
- Cross Border Integrated Quality Assurance in meat chains - Tools for the intercompany quality and health management
- Demonstration network expanding and improving cultivation and utilization of soybeans in Germany
- Development and assessment of direct control of Alternaria leaf blight (Alternaria dauci) in carrot cultivation for industrial processing
- 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
- Development and testing of an animal and environmentally friendly innovative housing for fattening and breeding rabbits under practical conditions
- Development of strategies for adapting the quality production of agricultural crops to climate change and gartenbaullicher in Lower Saxony. TP3: Adaptation of variety, soil preparation and fertilization on scarce water supplies in the production of quality wheat
- Economic analysis of points for the improvement of animal health in pig farms
- Effects of varying percentages of the genotype Duroc in organic fat-tening pigs on performance, carcass and meat quality
- Energy beets in the Emsland
- Energy efficiency in agriculture
- Filtration of recirculation water in nurseries for the non-chemical control of Phytopthora sp. in recirculation water
- Fluctuations of the ingredients in organic feed: rapid determination of the ingredients for safe handling of the problem
- Gentle waters crop protection for conservation grown fruit farming landscapes in Germany
- Intensification of the production and the improvement of the quality of seed onion by the selection of variety and strategy of fertilisation
- Interdisciplinary concept for optimization of the piglet growth and stabilization of the stock immunity for the purpose of salmonellae reduction
- INTERREG - Determination of nitrogen loads from animal husbandry to formulate innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and peatland protection (ERNST)
- Investigation of the Sprinklerverfahrens Schorfprophylaxe in organic fruit growing
- Management of pasture parasites - Web-based decision trees: Forward planning of pasture management in ruminants to reduce exposure with gastrointestinal worms and to reduce use of veterinary drugs
- Monitoring the occurrence of soil-borne viruses in wheat, triticale and rye in the most important cereal growing areas of Germany
- Optimization of organic potato production: processing and discussion of current knowledge, derive further research needs, including research, consulting and practice
- Possibilities to control wireworms in potatoes with insecticide baits and testing of attracting with cereal catch strip
- Production of milk on pasture or with zero-grazing: an process analysis
- Sensor supported irrigation control of potatoes
- SWAMPS - possibilities and limits of water level regulation from the perspective of agriculture
- Testing and evaluation of biological safety of air purification equipment (BioAbluftR) in farm animals
- Testing and evaluation of biological safety of an air cleaning device (BioAbluftR) in farm animals
- Water and climate oriented production and processing of winter wheat
- Water Resources Management in Cooperation with Agriculture (WAgrico, EU-LIFE)
Contact
Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
(LWK-Niedersachsen)
Mars-la-Tour-Straße 1-13
26121 Oldenburg
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: 0441 801-0
Fax: 0441 801-180
Email: info(@)lwk-niedersachsen.de