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The potential of indoor grown wheat explained by Prof. Asseng in an article by F. Franke in "Die Zeit" of August 4, 2023 where different examples of vertical farming are presented. [read more]

Munich, August 4, 2023 - The "Smartfield" project will receive funding from the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry for the next three years (Jan. 1, 2024-Dec. 31, 2026). Under… [read more]

"Revolution of food production" project in the press. - Süddeutsche:… [read more]

On June 16, 2023, Prof. Asseng, as project leader "Revolution of Food Production", was awarded one million euros together with five other finalist teams as part of the Werner Siemens Foundation's… [read more]

On June 5th, 2023, an article by Anna Gauto entitled "Agriculture: Can indoor wheat help with crop failures in the future?" appeared in the Handelsblatt, in which Prof. Asseng and doctoral student S.… [read more]

The Chair of Digital Agriculture was present at the Farmvison Festival on 6 May 2023 at the Weihenstephan campus. Visitors were able to learn more about and better understand the techniques of wheat… [read more]

The study "The extreme 2016 wheat yield failure in France" led by PhD student Rogerio de Souza Noia and Prof. Asseng will appear on the cover of the next June issue of the journal Global Change… [read more]