Biomass production and resource efficiency

Growing populations and climate change are presenting new societal and economic challenges, requiring bioeconomic relationships to be re-evaluated and analysed and strategies for optimisation to be developed.

The area of biomass production and resource efficiency focuses on the feasibility of recycling concepts and strategies and examines the ecological and economic effects of the production of biomass. These concepts are evaluated in test fields at the Triesdorf campus. Areas of interest include site-specific fertilisation to increase yield while reducing fertilisation work, catch cropping, efficient water usage and the optimised use of pesticides.

An important aspect to consider is the sustainable production of biomass. It is also important to examine the entire life-cycle and recycling chains. The use of renewable raw materials should be CO₂-neutral as far as possible. This means that when using biomass, the amount of carbon dioxide released should not exceed the amount removed from the atmosphere through planting energy crops, wood, crop waste etc.

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