Projects (176)

ARGE Klauen-Q-Wohl / Zuchtdata Austria

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
LK für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Steiermark

ARGE Innobrotics

LE 14–20

The project "Innobrotics" is a working group to solve the problems with the maize rootworm in Austria. MORE

State: Burgenland | Carinthia | Styria
Biohofmann

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. MORE

State: Upper Austria
Christine Klenovec, Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal

Flourishing

LE 14–20

"Flowering-ambassadors" and ambassadors for the diversity of regional grasslands in the biosphere park great Walser valley (Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal). MORE

State: 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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
LK Steiermark

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. MORE

State: Lower Austria | Styria
Cannabeesol

Cannabeesol®

LE 14–20

The working group (ARGE) Cannabeesol® produces Austrian, organic commercial hemp products in accordance with biodiversity and bee protection. MORE

State: Upper Austria
Josef Prasser

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. MORE

State: Carinthia
LK Wien

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. MORE

State: Vienna
OIKOS

Recharging biodiversity

LE 14–20

Implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020 throughout the nature parks of the federal province of Styria. MORE

State: Styria
LAG Thermenland-Wechselland

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. MORE

State: Styria
DLG Weiz

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
Martin Fischl

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. MORE

State: Lower Austria | Upper Austria
LK NÖ

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Carinthia | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg | Vienna
HBLAWO

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Styria
Raumberg-Gumpenstein

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. MORE

State: Styria
EIP Berg-Milchvieh Projektteam

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. MORE

State: 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. MORE

State: 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. MORE

State: Lower Austria
Marion Gerstl LK OÖ

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. MORE

State: Upper Austria
Monika Riedle-Bauer

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Styria
Bioforschung Austria

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. MORE

State: 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. MORE

State: Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Styria
Anja Eichinger

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. MORE

State: Burgenland | Lower Austria | Upper Austria | Vienna | Carinthia | Salzburg | Styria | Tyrol | Vorarlberg