Permanent Senate Commission on the Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems
The primary focus of the Permanent Senate Commission on the Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems (SKAE) is to advise various target groups in politics, research and society on developments relating to upcoming transformations in agricultural and food systems. In doing so, the Commission takes the entire value chain into account, including the natural conditions of the environment and landscape, cultivation and production systems for plants and animals, food processing methods and consumer eating habits.
The Senate Commission was established by the DFG Senate on 1 January 2024. Current topics are:
ways of achieving food security within planetary boundaries
ways of diversifying agricultural systems
ways of bringing about a societal transformation in the production and consumption of meat and animal products
ways to quantitatively describe and analyse agricultural and food systems as a basis for assessing the impact of changes.
In its first position paper, the Permanent Senate Commission on the Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems (SKAE) calls for stronger political efforts to promote diversified cropping systems for arable crops. The Commission also emphasises the need for an expansion of research funding to systematically investigate the long-term effects and benefits of such systems.
The members of the Senate Commission are academic experts representing various disciplines of the agricultural and nutritional sciences as well as neighbouring disciplines. The permanent guests represent various other research organisations in Germany. The Commission is currently chaired by Professor Doris Vetterlein of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Halle/Saale.
Permanent Senate Commission on the Transformation of Agricultural and Food Systems Helmholtz - Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ Department Bodensystemforschung Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120 Halle (Saale) Email: skae@ufz.de(externer Link)
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