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BAB 086/25: Situation of farm women in Austria 2026
An analysis of the current working and living conditions Since the 1970s, studies on female farmers have been conducted in Austria every 10 years (1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016), initiated by the Austrian Female Farmers Working Group (ARGE Bäuerinnen). The questions (questionnaires) on the working and living conditions of women farmers remained essentially the same throughout the entire period. The present project is part of the implementation evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plan...
BAB 088/26: New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in Agriculture and Food Production
Relevance of the EU-NGT-Regulation for Austria In mid-2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for an EU regulation on plants and food and feed produced from them using new genomic techniques (NGT). The proposed regulation distinguishes between Category 1 and Category 2 NGT plants. While Category 2 NGT plants are to be regulated largely in the same way as genetically modified organisms, Category 1 NGT plants are to be exempt from the requirements of GMO legislation and instead...
BAB 089/26: Austrian Reporting Pilot study for Sustainability Agriculture (AREPSA)
Austria currently lacks methods and procedures for calculating sustainability indicators at the farm level that are consistent with established indicators (e.g. national greenhouse gas inventory, LGR) in aggregated form. Such methods would be suitable for supplementing the Green Report with sustainability indicators with the help of farms that voluntarily keep accounts. To date, the Green Report has only reported on the economic performance indicators of the various types of farms. The...
BAB 090/26: Fundamentals and infrastructure for model-based analyses
Various measures within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and beyond pursue objectives such as increasing the competitiveness of agricultural holdings or promoting sustainable development and the efficient management of natural resources. The objectives and associated measures address and influence many different components and actors throughout the agricultural, environmental and food system, such as farmers or natural resources such as water, soil or air. The European...
BAB 091/26: Wine online
The Austrian wine sector faces economic challenges due to changing socio-economic conditions (e.g. digitalisation, changes in consumer behaviour, availability of active substances in plant protection, climate change, labour availability). Changes are also imminent at the level of the legal framework. In order to be better equipped to meet future challenges in an international market environment, the Austrian wine sector needs efficient tools at the operational and sectoral management,...
BAB 092/26: Recalculation of standard costs for fruit and vegetable producer organizations
As part of the planned amendment of the GSP-AV and the GSP 2026, changes are also to be made in the area of sectoral interventions for the fruit and vegetable sector. In the course of this, the BMLUK and the AMA approached the BAB to calculate standard cost rates in accordance with the European Commission's guidelines for predefined interventions. The flat-rate system promoted by the European Commission contributes to more efficient administration, a reduction in bureaucracy for applicants,...
BAB 093/26: Calculation of simplified cost options for GSP education providers
During the GSP 23-27 period, the European Commission is offering the option of billing services under the GSP using simplified cost options (VKO; also known as ‘unit costs’). Selected interventions (e.g. 78-01 business consulting) are already being billed according to VKO. This option is now also to be implemented in Austria under the Common Agricultural Policy for intervention 78-02 (knowledge transfer/education providers). Unlike 78-01, the situation is more challenging because factors...
BAB 094/26: Conversations with Data Systems
Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation for SQL Querying of Longitudinal Databases Many scientific institutions rely on large, historically grown databases that span multiple decades, are distributed across several servers and contain heterogeneous documentation. This is especially true for the agricultural funding data maintained by the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, where, besides others, the INVEKOS and ÖPUL systems have accumulated more than...
BF 138/14: Social factors influencing the success of passive flood protection
Georg Wiesinger, Theresia Oedl-Wieser, Thomas Lampalzer Passive flood protection defines spaces that are essentially dedicated to the "flowing retention" of water bodies. Other uses of these spaces, for example agricultural and forestry, are possible in a limited form. Overall, this is a sustainable, albeit land-extensive, option for protecting the (remaining) cultivated area from flood damage. Due to the extensiveness of the area, planners have to take complex actor-network relationships...
BF 141/15: Diversity and Resilience
Dynamics and development paths of socio-ecological systems, illustrated by the Salzburg Lungau and Carinthian Nockberge Biosphere Reserve Biosphere parks contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of large-scale representative sections of natural and cultural landscapes. Together with the local population, concepts for the protection and sustainable development of the region are developed and implemented. The objective of this project is to gain fundamental insights into the...
BF 142/15: Social farming and social capital in rural regions
In recent years, an increasing importance of measures summarised under the catchwords Green Care and Social Farming can be observed. The special setting of the work and social system on a farm enables many meaningful activities and social interactions that not only open up a new quality of life for a wide range of clients, but also new fields of employment and income opportunities for farms and multiple benefits for society as a whole. The research project "Social Farming in Austria, South...
BF 143/15: Public Ecosystem Goods and Services from land management – Unlocking the Synergies (PEGASUS)
Gerhard Hovorka, Thomas Dax, Josef Hoppichler, Thilo Nigmann The management of agricultural and forestry land increasingly includes the provision of public goods and the provision of specific ecosystem services. The PEGASUS project is developing innovative and practice-oriented approaches for the application of these two concepts: The aim is to identify effective application tools to contribute to the sustainability of primary production. In particular, the project aimed to make the...
BF 146/15: A New Approach for Rural Development in Georgia (LEADER – Georgien)
The research project was carried out within the framework of the EU Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD Georgia) in cooperation with the coordinator MercyCorps Georgia. It included in particular the activity of expert advice on the possibilities of applying the LEADER approach and sharing the relevant lessons learned from the European LEADER practice of the past decades, support to the preparation of the Local Development Strategy (LES) in the pilot project...
BF 149/15: Small-scale farming and cooperation between regional sustainability and globalisation
This project subjected the multi-layered aspects of small-scale agriculture in the 21st century to a comprehensive analysis both in the Austrian and in the concrete regional context and places them in the context of the international development of small-scale agriculture. The following central questions were at the centre of the analysis: What are small-scale farms? What do small-scale farms stand for? What value is placed on small-scale agriculture? How can small-scale farming structures...
BF 150/16: Accompanying evaluation of the Austrian Programme for Rural Development 2014-202
For the evaluation of the Austrian Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (LE2020), the BMNT has defined a number of evaluation packages for the assessment of the different priorities of the programme. For the evaluation, the assessments of the individual project types are to be coordinated within the packages. Horizontal coordination work is also required between the packages. The evaluation work is to be carried out in parallel with the implementation of the programme. A selection of these...
BF 151/16: The development of social networks for the direct marketing of fruit and vegetables
as well as for the integration of asylum seekers in rural areas The central concern is the use of local resources, especially with regard to the offer of regional organic products, as well as to analyse social processes around the integration of asylum seekers and migrants in rural areas. In this context, the accompaniment of asylum seekers/migrants by the voluntary team of "Schattendorf hilft" as well as the voluntary support activities of "Region Neusiedler See hilft" are examined. The...
BF 152/16: Climate change adaptation and protection from natural hazards: Capacity building for people with migration background in Austria (CCCapMig)
Ingrid Machold, Thomas Dax, Oliver Tamme, Thilo Nigmann The Austrian Climate Fund supports research projects that deal with aspects of climate change, its impacts in Austria and possible adaptation measures. In the 8th call for proposals (2015), socio-cultural and socio-economic aspects of climate change, among others, were a thematic focus. In this research project, the knowledge and risk perception of immigrants for climate change and natural disasters in Austria will be investigated and...
BF 155/17: Rural Space 4.0? - Stocktaking and Critical Reception
Désirée Ehlers, Oliver Tamme The progressive spread of the internet (keyword digitalisation) in almost all areas of life has gone hand in hand with rapid technical development in recent years. In order to be able to use the increasingly diverse and sophisticated possibilities of the internet (video streaming, internet commerce, home office, cloud computing, etc.), the availability of adequate internet access is necessary. Today, the term "broadband connection" has become established as a...
BF 157/17: ESPON ALPS 2050. Common spatial perspectives for the Alpine area. Towards a common vision
The alpine space is characterized by a great territorial diversity, ranging from specific morphological differences between the northern and southern, western and eastern alpine space to the diverse configuration of economic, ecological, social and institutional development in the seven alpine states. Despite the different conditions, the Alpine regions are part of the European and global development trends and in this context are particularly affected by climate change and demographic...
BF 156/17: ROBUST - Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies
Objective Spatial development processes are increasingly characterised by exchange relationships between different regions. This also includes the different spatial types, so that urban-rural relationships are becoming increasingly important for the sustainable spatial development of rural areas. This EU project aims to improve the understanding of the relationships and interdependencies between rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Appropriately adapted policies, institutional processes...