Fakultät Agrarwissenschaften

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Die Fakultät entwickelt in Lehre und Forschung nachhaltige Produktionstechniken der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft. Sie erarbeitet Beiträge für den ländlichen Raum und zum Verbraucher-, Tier- und Umweltschutz.

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    Complementary ecosystem services from multiple land uses highlight the importance of tropical mosaic landscapes
    (2023) Raveloaritiana, Estelle; Wurz, Annemarie; Osen, Kristina; Soazafy, Marie Rolande; Grass, Ingo; Martin, Dominic Andreas; Bemamy, Claudine; Ranarijaona, Hery Lisy Tiana; Borgerson, Cortni; Kreft, Holger; Hölscher, Dirk; Rakouth, Bakolimalala; Tscharntke, Teja
    Tropical agricultural landscapes often consist of a mosaic of different land uses, yet little is known about the spectrum of ecosystem service bundles and materials they provide to rural households. We interviewed 320 households on the different benefits received from prevalent land-use types in north-eastern Madagascar (old-growth forests, forest fragments, vanilla agroforests, woody fallows, herbaceous fallows, and rice paddies) in terms of ecosystem services and plant uses. Old-growth forests and forest fragments were reported as important for regulating services (e.g. water regulation), whilst fallow lands and vanilla agroforests as important for provisioning services (food, medicine, fodder). Households reported the usage of 285 plant species (56% non-endemics) and collected plants from woody fallows for varying purposes, whilst plants from forest fragments, predominantly endemics, were used for construction and weaving. Multiple land-use types are thus complementary for providing ecosystem services, with fallow lands being particularly important. Hence, balancing societal needs and conservation goals should be based on diversified and comprehensive land management.
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    Reaping what we sow: centering values in food systems transformations research
    (2025) Care, O.; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Bernstein, Michael J.; Chapman, Mollie; Friis, Cecilie; Graham, Sonia; Haider, L. Jamila; Hernández-Morcillo, Mónica; Hoffmann, Harry; Kernecker, Maria Lee; Pitt, Hannah; Seufert, Verena; Care, O.; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Albanovägen 28, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden; Zaehringer, Julie G.; Wyss Academy for Nature, Kochergasse 4, 3012, Bern, Switzerland; Bernstein, Michael J.; AIT, Austrian Institute of Technology, Gieffengasse 4, 1210, Vienna, Austria; Chapman, Mollie; Transdisciplinarity Lab, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Universitaetstrasse 22, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland; Friis, Cecilie; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen, Denmark; Graham, Sonia; Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, 2220, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Haider, L. Jamila; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Albanovägen 28, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden; Hernández-Morcillo, Mónica; University for Sustainable Development, Alfred-Möller-Str. 1-Haus 11, 16225, Eberswalde, Germany; Hoffmann, Harry; TMG Research gGmbH, EUREF Campus 6-9, 10829, Berlin, Germany; Kernecker, Maria Lee; ZALF, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374, Müncheberg, Germany; Pitt, Hannah; Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3WA, Cardiff, Wales, UK; Seufert, Verena; Institute of Social Sciences in Agriculture, Department Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (430C), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
    In many transdisciplinary research settings, a lack of attention to the values underpinning project aims can inhibit stakeholder engagement and ultimately slow or undermine project outcomes. As a research collective (The Careoperative), we have developed a set of four shared values through a facilitated visioning process, as central to the way we work together: care, reflexivity, inclusivity, and collectivity. In this paper, we explore the implications of a values-centered approach to collaboration in food system transformation research. The paper presents two cases that illustrate how researchers might approach centering values in practice. Where much research on food system transformation focuses on values of food system stakeholders, we contribute insights into the values of researchers in such transdisciplinary endeavors. Specifically, we argue that researchers working on sustainability transformations need to be better prepared to engage in such reflections and aspire to embody values aligned with the transformations they seek to research.