Lighthouse 2

DiP Smart Agroforestry

Digitization to promote the establishment of agroforestry systems at the landscape level as a contribution to the climate resilience of southern Saxony-Anhalt and the decarbonization of its chemical industry.

Project description

The “DiP-SMART-Agroforst” project aims to use digital tools to bring the added value of agroforestry systems (AFS) to bear at farm and landscape level in southern Saxony-Anhalt.
Strengthening agroforestry systems and their value chains in the region promotes sustainable and climate-resilient land management and forms an economically significant basis for the production of bio-based raw materials, for example for the chemical industry in Central Germany.
With innovative research on digitalization and bioeconomy with a focus on lignocellulosic streams, the proposed project aims to address key problem areas for the necessary structural change.

Goals

  • Development of a digital tree and land cadastre using innovative geo-remote sensing methods to estimate potential areas of growth and ecological benefits
  • Development of a product and process database for utilization paths of lignocellulosic raw materials
  • Development of decision support tools for different actors in AFS-based value networks (e.g. location-based wood selection, capacity planning)
  • Development of a “SMART Agroforestry” information platform as a central coordination tool for all stakeholders in AFS-based value creation networks
  • Use of digital tools and networking of stakeholders along the value chain to develop and strengthen cooperative management concepts

Funding period

01.04.2024 – 31.12.2028
Network coordinator
Jan Lukas Wenzel
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
jan.wenzel@geo.uni-halle.de

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