finished projects
holistic sustainability assessment of farms
SMART (Sustainability Monitorung and Assessment RouTine)-Farm Tool

To adress these questions, the FiBL (Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Schweiz) developed the SMART-Farm Tool (Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTine). SMART is a tool for sustainability assessment and evaluation of farms and food companies. It is based on the SAFA-sustainability guidelines (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems) of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) published in December of 2013. These guidelines divide sustainability in 21 themes and 58 sub-themes in the four dimensions of economics, ecology, social and corporate management. The FAO has developed a specific sustainability goal for each of these sub-themes. The objective of the SAFA-guidelines is to give meaning to the concept of sustainability, to support actors in the food production and to assure the implementation of improvements in sustainability. The guidelines provide a uniform framework which allows for a transparent and comparable evaluation of businesses and farms of various types and sizes.
After training at FiBL Switzerland, the IBLA is now able to measure, analyse and compare the different sustainability objectives of Luxembourgish farms using the SMART-Farm Tool. The pilot project “Complete Sustainability Assessment of Farms“ is a cooperation of IBLA, SFS GmbH (Sustainable Food Systems) and FiBL (Sustainable Food Systems) Switzerland.
go crop research
Discover and investigate agriculture
While discussing agricultural development with consumers, we often realise that most of them underestimate the complexity and multidisciplinarity of agriculture. The main objective of agriculture is to produce high quality food at an affordable price. However, the media blames agriculture for the decline of biodiversity, water pollution and soil erosion. Therefore, the main task of research in the field of agriculture is to develop solutions for the production of high-quality food in accordance with the protection of natural resources on a farm. Scientists are often imagined wearing white coats while working on complex experiments in laboratories. Most people are unaware that research can also look quite different, in the form of field experiments together with the farmer in their arable land.
The objective of the “Go Crop Research” project is to promote the importance of research on crop rotation, in water and soil protection, as well as in the production of foods, to young scouts taking part in the GoUrban scout camp . In the process, the scouts are given an interactive insight into the scientific approach and methodoloy used to plan and establish a field trial, to carry out assessments and data sampling for the evaluation as well as to interpret and present the results. Exciting experiments such as earthworm extraction will arouse the natural curiosity of young researchers to stimulate their enthusiasm for the topic.
In addition, the general public, together with the scouts, is given the possibility to debate the existence, importance and multiplicity of agricultural research with the internationally recognized expert Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli from the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL Switzerland).
tilman-org
Reduced tillage and green manures for sustainable organic cropping systems

cobra
Coordinating Organic Plant Breeding Activities for Diversity

weiterbildung auf bio-höfen
ein Leonardo Da Vinci Projekt
ausbildung und arbeitsplätze im gemüsebau
Schaffung von Ausbildungs- und Arbeitsplätzen im (biologischen) Gemüsebau in Luxemburg
legolux
Suitability of grain legumes as regional animal food for organic agriculture in Luxembourg
öko-öko
Vergleichende ökonomisch-ökologische Analyse von bio- und konventionellen Betrieben
wasserschutz durch bio-landwirtschaft
Strategie für einen pro-aktiven und nachhaltigen Wasserschutz in Luxemburg
Ziel dieser Studie war es die Möglichkeit des Wasserschutzes durch die biologische Landwirtschaft in Luxemburg zu beleuchten.
**Arbeitsschwerpunkte und Fragestellungen:**
- Vergleich der Gesetzgebung die luxemburgische Landwirtschaft betreffend mit den Leistungen der biologischen Landwirtschaft in Bezug auf den Wasserschutz.
- Erfüllt die biologische Landwirtschaft die Voraussetzungen für den gesetzlich erforderlichen Wasserschutz in Luxemburg?
- Welche Hemmnisse bei der Umstellung auf biologische Landwirtschaft bestehen in Bezug auf die Politik und die Praxis?
z.B. durch eine Analyse der aktuellen und angedachten Förderung (PDR und Agrargesetz, Biodiversitätsprogramme) und erreichter Anteil an biologischer Landwirtschaft in Luxemburg in Bezug auf die Ausweitung in Wasserschutzgebieten.
- Welche Maßnahmen gibt es um diese Hemmnisse abzubauen?
z.B. durch die Ausrichtung der landwirtschaftlichen Beratung in Bezug auf den biologischen Landbau und Wasserschutz
- Vergleich zwischen konventioneller und biologischer Landwirtschaft in Bezug auf den Wasserschutz anhand von einigen konkreten Beispielen: langfristige Erfahrungen, Messungen, Kosten und umfassender Nutzen. Umsetzbarkeit und/oder Relevanz für den luxemburgischen Wasserschutz.
artenvielfalt der ackerbegleitflora
Untersuchung der Artenvielfalt der Ackerbegleitflora biologisch und konventionell bewirtschafteter Äcker in Luxemburg
agenda bio-landbauforschung
Agenda zur zukünftigen Bio-Landbauforschung in Luxemburg - Aktualisierung 2016
eu projekt autograssmilk
