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Group photo of the project consortium
06
2025

2025-06-17

  • ERNST, Daria
  • MACHOLD, Ingrid
  • SCHROLL, Karin

RUSTIK Project Meeting in Joensuu, Finland

From June 3 to 5, 2025, the consortium of the EU Horizon project RUSTIK gathered in Joensuu, Finland, for its fourth project meeting. Around 50 participants from the 14 Living Labs and scientific partner institutions came together to discuss...
biogas production
06
2025

2025-06-12

  • HAMBRUSCH, Josef

Conference report: IFCN Dairy Conference 2025

The International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) invited dairy researchers from all over the world to its 26th Dairy Conference in the Netherlands. The theme of this year's conference was ‘Future dairy farming systems: resilience as a path to...
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05
2025

2025-05-16

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ÖGA Conference in Vienna

On September 19 and 20, 2024, the 34th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics took place at BOKU Vienna with the theme “Global Challenges for Agricultural and Food Systems in Europe”. The plenary session...
serigo group picture
05
2025

2025-05-16

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The Second SERIGO Consortium Meeting in Maribor

From May 6th to 8th, Georg Wiesinger, Somaye Latifi and Katrin Hofer took part at the second in-person progress meeting of the HORIZON+ SERIGO project in Maribor, Slovenia. This meeting gathering brought together over 30 academic and pilot...
group photo of the meeting
04
2025

2025-04-30

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • TAMME, Oliver

RURACTIVE Konsortium-Meeting in Zadar

The annual progress meeting of the RURACTIVE consortium took place in Zadar, Croatia, from 7 to 11 April. The meeting brought together the participating coordination team from Bologna, project partners and regional stakeholders from all over...
Business analysis of staggered transition periods
04
2025

2025-04-29

  • ZEILINGER, Julian
  • GAHLEITNER, Gerhard

Business analysis of staggered transition periods

Business analysis of staggered transition periods to minimum housing standards in pig fattening and piglet rearing Following the annulment of the 2022 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act (TSchG) and the 1st Animal Husbandry Ordinance (THVO) by...
Austrian Participants at the conference
04
2025

2025-04-24

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • HOFER, Katrin

International conference ‘Women in agriculture’ in Bolzano

From 2 to 4 April 2025, the 5th International Conference ‘Women in Agriculture’ took place in Bolzano, organised by the South Tyrolean Women Farmers' Organisation, the Institute for Economic Research of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce (WIFO),...
04
2025

2025-04-22

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RURACTIVE - Project video is out!

RURACTIVE strives to support the just and sustainable transition of European rural areas. This video highlights the goals and anticipated impact of the project. It shares the importance of empowering rural communities across Europe through...
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04
2025

2025-04-01

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • SCHORN, Martina
  • TAMME, Oliver

RURACTIVE – Local Workshop 3 in Jormannsdorf

Fine-tuning for sustainable innovations On March 24, 2025, the Local Workshop 3 “Fine Tuning” took place in Jormannsdorf at the Burgenland Business Agency (WAB) as part of the EU project Ruractive. In this advanced phase, the previously...
Agricultural areas
03
2025

2025-03-28

  • LAPPÖHN, Sarah

First Results from the Project: Making Bureaucracy Accesible

Insights into Bureaucracy on Austrian Farms This interim report presents the initial results of the project "Making Bureaucracy Accessible". The project was launched in September 2024 by staff members of the University College for Agricultural...
Dr. Martina Schorn
03
2025

2025-03-14

  • SCHORN, Martina

Dr. Martina SCHORN

The BAB is delighted to have gained Dr Martina Schorn as a top-class researcher. With her experience in residential mobility, youth migration, rural and urban development and regional governance, she will strengthen Rural Social Research at the BAB.
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03
2025

2025-03-13

  • WIESINGER, Georg

Social farming and green care in Austria

The BAB has been involved in social farming for a long time. Georg Wiesinger analyses the development and situation in the book ‘Potenziale der Sozialen Landwirtschaft’ (ed.: Hofmann & Spieker, 2025,...
Podium with speakers at the workshop
03
2025

2025-03-05

  • WIESINGER, Georg

Farmers‘ Knowledge and Farming Practices Workshop

On March 4, 2025 the Institute of Rural History (Brigitte Semanek & Jessica Richter) organized an international workshop on "Farmers' Knowledge and Farming Practices" together with BAB (Georg Wiesinger). This event took place at the Lower...
Lecturer at the Ruractive Symposium 2025
03
2025

2025-03-04

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • WAGNER, Klaus
  • TAMME, Oliver

RURACTIVE Dynamos Symposium Februar 2025

From February 25 to 26, 2025, the Dynamos Symposium Workshop took place in Vienna as part of the EU research project RURACTIVE with the participation of 34 participants from 8 countries. The aim of the project is to strengthen rural communities...
Proposed solutions at the workshop
02
2025

2025-02-12

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • WAGNER, Klaus

RURACTIVE - Local workshop in Jormannsdorf

As part of the Horizon Europe project RURACTIVE, the 2nd local workshop for the design and discussion of ‘challenges’ and their possible solutions in the South Burgenland study region, took place on 23th January 2025. The 15 participants from...
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11
2024

2024-11-28

  • HEINSCHINK, Karin
  • WEIGL, Martin
  • REITTER, Astrid

BIOECO-UP at the BIOEAST Science-policy dialogue

On 27.11.2024, the Croatian Chamber of Agriculture organised the BIOEAST Science-Policy Dialogue “Bioenergy Smart Choices in Difficult Times” with 35 participants. The Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics and Mountain Farming presented...
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11
2024

2024-11-14

  • HOFER, Katrin
  • LAPPÖHN, Sarah
  • MITTERHUBER, Lena
  • REITTER, Astrid

Networking event "Young Generation"

On November 12, 2024, AMA-Marketing hosted the networking event "Young Generation" at its facilities. Katrin Hofer, Sarah Lappöhn, Lena Mitterhuber, and Astrid Reitter accepted the invitation, along with nearly 100 young colleagues under the age...
10
2024

2024-10-28

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COST Connect Event on Agriculture and its products

The COST Connect event, titled “Agriculture and its products” took place on October 17-18 in Brussels with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to address the complex challenges facing the agricultural sector. Somaye Latifi...
Rustik Group Photo
10
2024

2024-10-25

  • ERNST, Daria
  • MACHOLD, Ingrid
  • WAGNER, Klaus
  • SCHROLL, Karin

RUSTIK Project Meeting in Millstatt

From October 14th to 17th, this year’s meeting of the HEU project RUSTIK took place in Millstatt am See, Carinthia. The aim of the project is to support sustainable transformation processes in rural regions through Living Lab processes. The...
group photo at the consortium meeting
10
2024

2024-10-10

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • TAMME, Oliver

3rd RURACTIVE Consortium meeting in Zamora

The RURACTIVE project aims to strengthen rural communities that are committed to local and regional change. The aim is to enable equitable and sustainable development of rural areas. RURACTIVE considers solutions as place-based practices,...
group photo Uniclad final conference
10
2024

2024-10-04

  • WAGNER, Klaus
  • WIESINGER, Georg

Cluster Development - UniClaD Final Conference

From September 30 to October 4 2024, various final events took place in Baku as part of the Erasmus+ project UniClaD (Support of Cluster Development at Universities). The results of the establishment of technology centers at universities in...
Ukraine students at BAB
10
2024

2024-10-04

  • HOFER, Katrin
  • REITTER, Astrid

Erasmus+: BAB welcomed seven Ukrainian students

On October 3rd, Katrin Hofer and Astrid Reitter welcomed seven Ukrainian students to the BAB as part of their Erasmus+ trip. The aim was to provide them with a comprehensive overview of the activities and research areas of the Federal Institute....
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09
2024

2024-09-30

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Integration of biodiversity in agriculture

On September 24, 2024, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lakner from the University of Rostock visited the BAB and gave a lecture on the topic “Integration of biodiversity in agriculture - findings on causes and options for action”. Prof. Lakner...
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09
2024

2024-09-25

  • GAHLEITNER, Gerhard

What we can learn from successful farm managers

Income results of farms voluntarily reporting for the Green Report vary significantly. In addition to structural characteristics such as farm size, farm type or location (e.g. natural handicaps), other factors such as entrepreneurial personality,...
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09
2024

2024-09-16

  • GRUENEIS, Heidelinde
  • WAGNER, Klaus

20th ERDN Conferenz in Vilnius

The 20th conference of the European Rural Development Network (ERDN) with the theme “Green Transformation in the European Rural Areas” took place from 11 - 13.9.2024 at the Lithuanian Center for Social Sciences, Institute of Economics and...
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06
2024

2024-06-27

  • QUENDLER, Erika
  • STELZER, Christoph
  • HEINSCHINK, Karin

Workshop: Bioeconomy and the CAP

Measures to support a sustainable and/or circular bioeconomy are not limited to bioeconomy action plans, but can also be defined in other policy frameworks, such as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). On this topic, the online workshop “How...
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06
2024

2024-06-14

  • QUENDLER, Erika
  • TAMME, Oliver

2nd World Agritourism Congress

From 16 to 18 May 2024, the 2nd World Agritourism Congress, titled "Agritourism is more!", was held at the EURAC in Bolzano, South Tyrol. This event served as a global forum for scientists, practitioners, associations, stakeholders, businesses,...
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04
2024

2024-04-15

  • GRUENEIS, Heidelinde

APCC Special Report on Land Use and Climate Change

In the APCC Special Report on Land Use and Climate Change in Austria, the current state of knowledge was systematically reviewed, summarized and evaluated. An open process was developed and pursued that enabled the entire Austrian community...
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02
2024

2024-02-07

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DI Mag. Dr. Martin SCHÖNHART

DI. Dr. Martin SCHÖNHART was appointed Director of the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research on January 8, 2024.
10
2023

2023-10-25

  • OEDL-WIESER, Theresia
  • QUENDLER, Erika

FactSheet 011: The female face of agriculture and forestry

Spotlights on developments and empowerment potentials Since the reinforced emergence of feminist issues in the 1970s and the subsequent institutionalisation of gender-equality policy the visibility of women has also been increasing in...
Covilha, Portugal
09
2023

2023-09-06

  • ELLER, Lisa
  • WAGNER, Klaus

CoRoots project meeting in Covilha, Portugal

In July, the third meeting of the Erasmus+ project "CoRoots" ("Communicating roots: co-learning to improve rural resilience and governance") took place. This time, 2 colleagues from BAB and 5 participants from Spain travelled to Covilhã,...
DI M.Sc. Thomas RESL
09
2023

2023-09-01

  • RESL, Thomas

DI M.Sc. Thomas RESL

Director Thomas Resl has left the Federal Institute of Agriculture and Mining for the private sector as of 31 August 2023. Until a new director is appointed, his deputy Thomas Dax is in charge.
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07
2023

2023-07-31

  • ELLER, Lisa
  • EGARTNER, Sigrid
  • WIESINGER, Georg

Congress of the Austrian Sociological Society, ÖGS

From July 3-5, 2023, the Congress of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS) took place at WU Vienna under the title "Critical Times". More than 300 exciting lectures in over 100 events, including keynotes, plenaries, ad hoc groups, section...
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07
2023

2023-07-27

  • GRUENEIS, Heidelinde

Competent into the future - young people research climate change

As part of the k.i.d.Z.21 project, a researcher's week was held at the beginning of July for second grade students at the Radstadt secondary school. They were able to acquire competencies in adaptation strategies and action skills in dealing with...
Check-in GI Salzburg 2023
07
2023

2023-07-20

  • MITTERHUBER, Lena
  • SCHROLL, Karin

GI_Salzburg23 - Conference for Geoinformation in July 2023

The GI Forum Salzburg is a major annual conference in the field of geoinformatics, GIS and information technology. The event provides a platform for scientists, industry experts and professionals to exchange ideas, research results and...
HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein
07
2023

2023-07-20

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GIS Jour fixe at HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein in June 2023

Three times a year an inter-agency GIS Jour fixe takes place in the agricultural sector to maintain a permanent exchange of knowledge, initiate and coordinate projects for all topics with direct or indirect spatial reference. Host for the date...
logo-institut-agro-rennes-angers-endossement-esrs2023
07
2023

2023-07-18

  • MACHOLD, Ingrid
  • HEINSCHINK, Karin
  • WIESINGER, Georg
  • QUENDLER, Erika

European Congress for Rural Sociology

From 3 - 7 July 2023, the European Congress of Rural Sociology of the ESRS (European Society for Rural Sociology) took place in Rennes, France, dedicated to the issues of "Crises and Futures of Rural Areas"....
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07
2023

2023-07-12

  • DAX, Thomas

Participation in the 3rd Caucasus Mountain Forum in Georgia

The 3rd Caucasus Mountain Forum on "Transdiciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development: Role of Caucasus Scientists" took place in Kutaisi, Georgia, from 4-6 July 2023. It was complemented by a field trip to the mountain region of Svaneti,...
Soria Municipality Building
06
2023

2023-06-16

  • ELLER, Lisa
  • STELZER, Christoph
  • TAMME, Oliver
  • WAGNER, Klaus

CoRoots project meeting in Soria, Spain

In the framework of the project CoRoots (Co-learning methods to improve resilience management in rural areas) the project meeting with Spanish and Portuguese project partners took place this time in Soria (Central Spain). The region is...
03
2023

2023-03-16

  • HAMBRUSCH, Josef

Study on low/no alcohol beverages

At the beginning of March 2023, the European Commission published a "Study on low/no alcohol beverages", in which the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics and Mountain Farming also participated in the context of conducting a case study in...
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03
2022

2022-03-15

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Poster: Family Farmers on The Move: Possibilities and Challenges

Nidal Shaban, University of Forestry Sofia, Bulgaria / ISLE ASSOCIATION Erika Quendler, Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Austria / ISLE ASSOCIATION Iman Kadhum, Agricultural Academy Sofia, Bulgaria /...
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