News

Clara Wagner, Stefan Mair und Vera Bitsch have investigated mindsets in the context of family farm succession. Using a grounded theory approach, interviews and group discussions were analyzed. Results based on both data sets present prototypical mindsets of successful predecessors and successors.… [read more]

[read more]

Vocational education and training is one of the key factors in Germany when it comes to educating the future workforce. As plant knowledge seems to be of less importance during the landscaping apprenticeship in Germany, Cora Huhn reached out to apprentices and their trainers. She conducted a survey… [read more]

Nirit Havardi-Burger, Heike Mempel und Vera Bitsch have developed a framework for sustainability assessment of the value chain of flowering potted plants (FPP). Indicator-based assessment methods can provide insights into sustainability performance of agricultural value chains. The FPP value chain… [read more]

Cora Huhn's article was published in the landscaping trade journal DEGA GaLaBau, in which she presents the view of German specialist landscaping companies on the current training situation. The results of her research for her master's thesis show that the diversity of the profession brings future… [read more]

Am 29. Juli 2021 haben sich die Projektpartner und Projektpartnerinnen von Agriskills zum letzten Mal abgesprochen und abgestimmt, bevor das Projekt jetzt in die Schlussphase übergeht. Das Treffen war online und nicht wie geplant vor Ort, in Rumänien bei unserem Projektpartner CPIP. Es war trotzdem… [read more]

Charis Linda Braun, Vera Bitsch and Anna Maria Häring reflected on the action research process that supported and explored the learning process in an emerging agri-food value chain in the Berlin-Brandenburg region in eastern Germany. The action research study involved value chain actors, academic… [read more]

Andreas Gabriel, Meike Rombach, Hannah Wieser and Vera Bitsch investigated the interest, perceived importance, knowledge and behaviour of German students regarding food waste. This target group was expected to differ from the general population in terms of food consumption (shopping, cooking, and… [read more]

At the New Year's Reception of the TUM School of Life Sciences on January 11, 2021, which this year, unlike usual, was a digital review of the year 2020, the best master theses of the six study areas of the TUM School of Life Sciences were awarded the Prize of the mayor of the City of Freising. This… [read more]