GreenGrass
Innovative use of grassland for a sustainable intensification of agriculture at landscape scale
Duration: 2019-2024
Founded by: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (grant no. 031B0734K)
Leitung: Peter Feindt
Bearbeitung: Malte Möck
Projektpartner: Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Grünlandzentrum Niedersachsen/Bremen, Horizont Group GmbH, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Universität Hohenheim, Universität Kassel, Universität zu Köln, Texas Trading GmbH
The inter- and transdisciplinary research project GreenGrass develops innovations for grassland management to get grazing animals out of the stall and back onto pasture. Virtual fences, remote sensing technologies and decision support software provide new opportunities in grassland management. Their development considers effects on ecosystem services and on the economic viability on the farm as well as in the value chain. To ensure that these innovations meet the needs of practice and that they become part of a social transformation already in the process of development, research is conducted as co-creation. In three German farming regions (Havelniederung, Solling, Wesermarsch), practitioners from farming, animal welfare, administration and from the value chain meet in living labs on a regular basis to design and test the innovations.
Website: https://www.greengrass-project.de/