Projects (173)
OG Einkommensstabilisierung
LE 14–20
The incomes in the Austrian agricultural sector have been very volatile in the course of the past few years. Some types of farms are familiar with such situations, for others this is new and causes great insecurity. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna

ARGE Innobrotics
LE 14–20
The project "Innobrotics" is a working group to solve the problems with the maize rootworm in Austria. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Styria

Farm shop in a self-service concept
LE 14–20
The Hofmann family has been running a direct marketing shop on their farm for about 20 years. It all started with asparagus, which is only available for a limited time. However, the product range continuously increased by adding more of the family's own produce as well as products from other partners from the region. As the demand for regional products has increased, a farmer's self-service shop involving a personal sales person shall be realized. MOREState: Upper Austria

Flourishing
LE 14–20
"Flowering-ambassadors" and ambassadors for the diversity of regional grasslands in the biosphere park great Walser valley (Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal). MOREState: Vorarlberg
Agriculture, Forestry and School
LE 14–20
The main focus is on raising awareness among educators regarding the realistic and up-to-date representation and communication of agriculture, forestry and the food industry in Austria. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna

ARGE Ammosafe
LE 14–20
Modern animal husbandry as well as changing legal frameworks confront livestock farms with new challenges in the areas of manure logistics, air, groundwater and soil protection, nutrient efficiency and social acceptance. New processes and methods are therefore needed that enable an environmental and soil-friendly fertilisation. MOREState: Lower Austria | Styria

Cannabeesol®
LE 14–20
The working group (ARGE) Cannabeesol® produces Austrian, organic commercial hemp products in accordance with biodiversity and bee protection. MOREState: Upper Austria

An exceptionally livestock-friendly organic pig fattening farm in the federal province of Carinthia (Austria)
LE 14–20
The aim of the project is to build an exceptionally livestock-friendly organic pig fattening farm equipped with an outdoor area, manure storage and a utility building. MOREState: Carinthia

Biotope trees in the Natura 2000 site "Lainzer Tiergarten"
LE 14–20
The Lainzer Tiergarten nature reserve, located on the outskirts of the city, is one last piece of ancient Viennese forest. MOREState: Vienna

Recharging biodiversity
LE 14–20
Implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020 throughout the nature parks of the federal province of Styria. MOREState: Styria

Excellent apprenticeship businesses in tourism
LE 14–20
Through the project " Excellent apprenticeship businesses in tourism", a network of apprenticeship businesses is to be further established and strengthened. MOREState: Styria

Natural, regional, textile-packed
LE 14–20
The non-profit service company “Gemeinnützige Dienstleistungsgesellschaft», short DLG in the Weiz region has been well on its way to plastic-free corporate governance for quite some time.In order to promote this approach throughout the entire region, 3,000 textile bags have been manufactured from domestic linen fabric produced in Austria. MORE
State: Styria

ARGE SoilSaveWeeding
LE 14–20
Mulch sowing constitutes an efficient strategy against soil erosion by water and wind and contributes to the preservation of soil fertility. MOREState: Lower Austria | Upper Austria

Self-service farmers` shops – Professional.Digital
LE 14–20
Through the project "Self-service farmers` shops – Professional.Digital.", the Carinthian and Lower Austrian chambers of agriculture, supported by the food network “Netzwerk Kulinarik” have developed five tools for the professionalization and further development of farmers' self-service shops. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
ARGE FrostStrat
LE 14–20
The frost protection measures presently applied in wine and fruit growing are examined in this project for their actual effect. MOREState: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Styria
SaLu_T - Clean air in animal production
LE 14–20
High emissions and associated conflicts with nearby residents confront Austria’s animal production sector with the challenge of implementing environmentally compatible husbandry systems that are in keeping with the principle of animal welfare. MOREState: Styria

Development of an Austria-wide infrastructure on the centralised standardised collection and evaluation of data on hoof health, lameness, and animal welfare
LE 14–20
An infrastructure for the standardised documentation and centralised electronic collection of hoof trimming and lameness data and other animal welfare parameters in Austria is being developed. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
ARGE Berg-Milchvieh
LE 14–20
In the mountain areas in the western Federal Provinces of Austria up to 80 % of the dairy farms practice a type of husbandry which is a combination of pasturage, free-range farming, and temporary tethering. A reconstruction of the stable constitutes for small dairy farms in narrow mountain areas an enormous economic challenge. MOREState: Carinthia | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg
ARGE Kreisläufe
LE 14–20
As a result of the increasing specialisation of agricultural holdings in Austria, fewer and fewer farms have a reasonably closed nutrient cycle. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Styria | Vienna
ARGE Wassersparender Bio-Ackerbau
LE 14–20
Agriculture is vehemently affected by climate change, the effects are clearly feasible already now. In order to be able to ensure a sustainable, future-oriented agriculture, appropriate adaptation strategies are required. MOREState: Lower Austria

ARGE Nützlingsblühstreifen
LE 14–20
The focus is on the development of tailored flower mixtures and undersowing for the creation of attractive habitats for aphid antagonists. MOREState: Upper Austria
Development of sustainable measures to combat the spotted wing drosophila in the Austrian fruit-growing and viticultural sectors
LE 14–20
The spotted wing drosophila is an invasive pest from Asia. The existing control strategies cannot always prevent yield losses. MOREState: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Styria

Reduction of N and C emission into the air and shift of N into deeper layers of the soil by means of optimising the cultivation of green areas in arable farming
LE 14–20
Green areas reduce the shift of nitrogen into deeper layers of the soil as well as the gaseous N and C emissions and constitute an important measure for groundwater protection. MOREState: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Vienna
Healthy fattening pigs: Utilisation of health data for the improvement of respiratory diseases and parasite infestation with fattening pigs
LE 14–20
The health of the pigs is an important prerequisite for the economic success of pig fattening farms. MOREState: Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Styria

Extended suckling period: Participation project and transfer of knowledge on extended suckling periods on organic pig farms
LE 14–20
The concept of an extended suckling period demonstrates an approach to a solution how the problems around the weaning of the piglets can be reduced and the welfare of the piglets can be improved. MOREState: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Vienna | Carinthia | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg