The Research Centre for Agriculture and the Environment
The Research Centre for Agriculture and the Environment (ZLU) was founded in 1985 as a co-operative institution of the Faculty of Agriculture at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. It provides a basis for interdisciplinary co-operations in order to achieve a resource-, environmental- and social-friendly development of agriculture.
In the conflict between agriculture and environment, problems are identified and forward-looking solution approaches developed. Different disciplines of the faculty for agriculture, other faculties of the University of Göttingen and extra-curricular institutions are working together in combined research projects.
Competence
- Land Use Concepts
- Improvement of Agri-Environmental Schemes
- Biodiversity Management in Agricultural Landscapes
- Animal Nutrition in environmental sound systems
- Integrated Crop Protection
- Vegetation of Arable Land and Grasland
Organisation
The members of the ZLU are:
- All the departments in the Faculty of Agriculture (each department being represented by one lecturer)
- The heads of the ZLU projects
- The scientific and technical assistants working at the ZLU or in its projects
- Post-graduate students from all fields of agricultural science, who are engaged in ZLU projects.
The ZLU Managing Committee
The Managing Director
is elected from:
- 3 representatives for the lecturers
- 1 representative for the scientists
- 1 representative for the technical assistants
- 1 representative for the post-graduate students
(The term of office for each representative lasts 2 years)
The ZLU Office
Staff