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Press Release 08 from 14.06.2011

The Bio-economy Council presented the priorities that it has set out for its research fields in the initial expert report in Brussels on 14 June 2011. In the Council’s estimation, this setting of priorities will make it possible to achieve the

objectives of the Federal German Government's “National Research Strategy Bio-economy 2030”. According to this the most pressing need is to breed new crop plants and farm animals, secondly to develop more efficient cultivation technologies and reduce harvesting losses, and thirdly to utilise soil as a resource on a more sustainable basis.

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Press Release 04 from 18.12.2009

As far as the increasing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture are concerned, we basically understand the processes, Hüttl said. On the other hand, our knowledge about their quantitative classification is far poorer. At the moment, for example, there is no clear evidence as to whether the soils in Germany, which are amongst some of the most closely analysed in the world, should be seen as a carbon sink or a carbon source.

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Press Release 02 from 14.10.2009

The Bio-economy Research and Technology Council (BioÖkonomieRat), which is funded jointly by the German Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, and which is housed at acatech, has again highlighted the importance of focusing on research areas that show potential. In view of the increasing global demand for energy, food and water it is essential that Germany expands its agricultural research. The Council also emphasised the need to improve cooperation in all areas of research.

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Press Release 01 from 10.07.2009

Experts recommend greater harmonisation of research funding and the creation of reliable parameters.

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