09/15/2021 - The new special issue of the journal Natur und Landschaft is about recording and protecting plant diversity. The conservation of crop wildrelatives in genetic reserves is presented as a positive example of the overlapping…

09/13/2021 - The IBV, BMEL and FLI, where the German Gene Bank for Farm Animals is physically located, work together in the interest of conserving animal genetic resources.

08/25/2021 - Dual-purpose chickens are currently attracting an increasing amount of interest in poultry farming. The background to this is the German government's decree prohibiting the killing of hatched day-old chicks in the future. Native…

08/23/2021 - The national "Congress on Breeding and Husbandry of Cattle and Pigs" of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) will be held on October 06 and 07 at the Steigenberger Hotel in Berlin.

08/17/2021 - The new biodiversity targets aim to result in a transitional change towards living in harmony with nature by 2050. To this end, the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity is to adopt 10…

08/09/2021 - For the first time, African swine fever (ASF) was detected in two domestic pig herds in Brandenburg. Animal diseases are a major threat, especially for endangered livestock breeds. Expert committees provide concrete…

08/09/2021 - The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is funding "Measures for sustainable animal breeding for healthy and robust animals as well as more environmental and climate protection" as part of the federal livestock…

07/06/2021 - The new availability database for organically reared animals is intended to provide a transparent sales platform, especially for breeding animals. Further features for the management of animal sales and purchases will become…

05/18/2021 - The GenRes Gateway is a product of the EU-funded project GenRes Bridge and a joint initiative of the three European networks for plant, animal and forest genetic resources (ECPGR, EUFORGEN, ERFP). It helps users find relevant…

04/30/2021 - At a high-level international conference on marine protection in the Antarctic the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture reaffirmed the government's position to establish a large marine reserve in the southern polar Weddell…