Institut für Strategien und Folgenabschätzung
With the aim of achieving the greatest possible sustainability of resilient agricultural cultivation systems (AS), a new agricultural system is being developed from the sum of selected research approaches. This system will not utilize chemical synthetic plant protection products (csPPP), but will allow the use of mineral fertilizers. In light of of the EU's Green Deal and the Montreal Agreement of 2022 on nature conservation, this goal is increasingly significant, not least because the use of csPPP and the associated risks to humans and the environment are to be significantly reduced. It can be assumed that not all affected farms will be willing or - able to convert to organic farming. NOcsPS-AS is expected to become the normative system. However, there is so far no practical experience in agriculture and no market for such products. The NOcsPS research project, with its results to date and the further developments envisaged in the second funding phase, provides an ideal basis for a corresponding agricultural system of the future. The second funding phase will therefore focus on innovative cultivation system, technology and model developments. The JKI researches the potential and challenges of NOcsPS cultivation systems using experimental and model-based research and develops solutions for the better use of functional biodiversity in agriculture. Favorable regions for NOcsPS are to be identified in Germany-wide analyzes and banker plant systems for biological pest regulation are to be established.
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
