Climate change has caused an increase in droughts and crop failures. An interdisciplinary research team made up of scientists specializing in agriculture, plants, geology, computers, and business and economics has therefore decided to focus on basic research to arm farmers, businesses, and society against these urgent problems. | more
In order to assist the extremely time-consuming basic research to a breakthrough, the University of Hohenheim has submitted an application for funding as an Excellence Cluster in the federal and Länder governments’ Excellence Strategy (Agricultural Droughts in the Digital Era, AGER)