The Federal Agricultural Research Center (FAL) (german: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft), headquartered in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

, was a federal authority of the

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. On January 1, 2008, FAL was split into the

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

, the

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and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. The Federal Research Institute for Agriculture was divided into four areas: * Soil / Plant (Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Agronomy and green agriculture, agro-ecology) * Animal (animal nutrition, animal husbandry, animal welfare and animal husbandry) * Technology (technology and biosystems, engineering and Construction) * Agricultural Economics (Business Administration, Rural areas, market and agricultural trade policy) There was also a ''Institute of Organic Farming'' in

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Institutes

* Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science in Braunschweig * Institute for Crop and Green Agriculture in Braunschweig * Institute for Agricultural Ecology in Braunschweig * Institute for organic farming in Westerau * Institute for Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry in

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

* Institute for Animal Nutrition in Braunschweig * Institute for Animal Breeding in

Mariensee (Neustadt am Rübenberge) Mariensee is a village in Hanover Region, Lower Saxony in Germany. It is part of the town Neustadt am Rübenberge Neustadt am Rübenberge ( nds, Niestadt) is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At , it is the 9th large ...

* Institute for Technology and Biosystems in Braunschweig * Institute of Industrial Technology and Construction in Braunschweig * Institute of Management in Braunschweig * Institute for Rural Studies in Braunschweig * Institute for Market Analysis and Agricultural Trade Policy in Braunschweig

External links

Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
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