A sufficient and high-quality food and biomass supply that is produced in an even more environmentally and nature-friendly manner is a strong socio-political concern. The use of synthetic chemical pesticides (csPSM) is coming under increasing criticism due to residues in food and nature as well as threats to biodiversity. Thus, an Agriculture 4.0 is developed, which follows biological principles using state-of-the-art, networked technologies, while rejecting pesticides. At the same time, the use of mineral fertilizers is made possible to ensure soil fertility in order produce the required amount of biomass yields. This approach represents a complete reorientation in arable farming and requires careful accompanying research from all angles and at all scales. The aim of the research network of the University of Hohenheim (UHOH) and Georg-August-University Göttingen (UGOE) as well as the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) is the development and analysis as well as the description of NOcsPS cropping systems in comparison to other cropping systems. This comparison is carried out in system, exact and on-farm trials at plot, field, farm and landscape level as well as from an ecological, economic and social perspective. The Institute of Farm Management contributes as consortium partner 17. The main objective is to assess how the abandonment of chemical pesticides affects the cropping systems of rationally acting farms. To this end, suitable mathematical programming models will be developed and to generate realistic variances also stochastic risk analyses are to be carried out.
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