AgriDENZ newsletter

During the 2026 agri benchmark Beef and Sheep Conference, held from 18–21 June in Dinokeng, Pretoria, South Africa, the AgriDENZ project hosted a side event that brought together South African, Latin American and international experts to discuss Livestock, Climate, and Economics: Pathways to…

During the 2026 New Zealand Agriculture and Climate Change Conference (NZACCC) held on 29–30 April at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, the AgriDENZ project hosted a side event on 29th April bringing together international and New Zealand voices to discuss indigenous knowledge in…

Nau mai, Haere Mai, Herzlich Willkommen, Welcome to the fourth edition of the AgriDENZ project newsletter!

It’s been another action-packed six months since our last newsletter. We have been busy on multiple fronts: from the warmth of a German delegation’s visit to Aotearoa New Zealand, to an exciting…

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting developing countries in strengthening agricultural productivity, food security, market competitiveness, and agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, AgriDENZ launched Foundations for Change — a four-part webinar learning series.

The series…

On the 7th of May, the AgriDENZ project hosted the third webinar in the webinar series on farm-level GHG accounting. On this day, we invited Andrea Furlan, Eszter Kis Csatari and Raphael D‘Andrimont from DG-Agri to present their ongoing work on building  a consistent farm-level GHG accounting…

We are pleased to invite you to the third webinar in the AgriDENZ webinar series on farm-level GHG accounting. On May 7, Andrea Furlan, Eszter Kis Csatari and Raphaël D’Andrimont (DG Agri) will present their ongoing work on developing a common accounting methodology for GHG and ammonia emissions…

On the 19th of March, the AgriDENZ project hosted a second webinar on farm-level GHG accounting. In this webinar, the AgriDENZ topic leads on farm-level GHG accounting, Elin Martinsson (Thünen Institute) and Darran Austin (MPI), presented ongoing work on comparing farm-level GHG accounting…

On the 12th of February, the AgriDENZ project hosted a webinar on farm-level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting where Koen Deconinck from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Trade and Agriculture Directorate presented ongoing work including insights from a new…

We are pleased to invite you to the first webinar in the AgriDENZ webinar series on farm-level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. Over the coming months, we will host webinars on various topics relating to on-farm emissions calculations and we are kicking off with the topic "Methods and Tools for…

We are pleased to announce the publication of the third issue of the AgriDENZ project newsletter, highlighting our collective efforts in the latter half of 2025 to advance agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation through science, policy, and collaboration.

You can download the newsletter here.

The AgriDENZ project hosted a webinar on strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in dairy production systems, featuring research and industry perspectives from New Zealand and Germany. The webinar featured presentations from Dr. Cecile DeKlein (AgResearch Group, New Zealand Bioeconomy…

After a great day in the Waikato, Elin Martinsson and Matthew Barnett flew down to Ōtautahi Christchurch for the 12th and 13th of November. The visit included meeting with members of the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited: AgResearch Lifecylce Assessment (LCA) team (André Mazzetto,…

AgriDENZ topic lead for food loss and waste, Felicitas Schneider, contributed in person to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD Food Chain Analysis Network (FCAN) meeting, which took place on November 13-14, 2025, in Paris. The meeting focused on the crucial topic of…

On Tuesday 11th of November, Elin Martinsson and Matthew Barnett headed to the mighty Waikato. First up was a visit to New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited: AgResearch on the Ruakura campus, where they were hosted by members of the Ethical Agriculture Team. A big thank you to…

On 10th November, Elin Martinsson (AgriDENZ topic lead “farm-level GHG accounting”) began her two-week science exchange in New Zealand as part of the AgriDENZ project. The first port of call was to the German-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Inc. (GNZCC) in Auckland where she and Matthew Barnett met…

After many years of occasional collaboration, we had the great pleasure of welcoming Dr. Ali Abdelrahman from Fayoum University in Egypt to our Thünen Institute campus today. Dr. Abdelrahman is currently a scholar at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability in Bonn and took the…

Only two days to go! Join us for the AgriDENZ - Qinisa webinar titled “Charting the Course for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research in Southern Africa”

Event Details:
Date: 06 November 2025
Time: 10:00 SAST (South Africa) | 09:00 CET (Germany) | 21:00 NZDT (New Zealand)
Registration link: https://lnkd…

The excursion yesterday concluded our AgriDENZ-funded Regional Workshop on Food Loss and Waste in Sub-Saharan Africa. With mostly dry weather, we were able to visit Urban Aquaponics in Gerhardsville. Owner Neil explained to us the sophisticated system, which, with optimized energy and water…

The goal of our annual regional workshops on food loss and waste is to bring together different stakeholder groups, facilitate concrete knowledge sharing on pressing issues, and initiate long-term collaborations. By doing so, we aim to make an active contribution to achieving SDG 12.3.

The second day…

Following several months of preparation, we proudly launched our Regional Workshop on Food Loss and Waste in Sub-Saharan Africa on 27 October 2025. Funded by AgriDENZ project the workshop took place at the Future Africa campus in Pretoria, South Africa.

Alongside with our colleagues from the…

AgriDENZ project conducted engaging online workshop series exploring innovative research and practices for soil health, carbon sequestration, and sustainable land management.
These sessions brought together experts from around the world to share cutting-edge insights and practical approaches.

If you…

On October 15, 2025, the AgriDENZ project organized an online workshop on Peatlands and Greenhouse Gases: Insights and Mitigation Pathways from New Zealand, South Africa, and Germany.

Heidi van Deventer from the Agricultural Research Council in South Africa presented an overview of the current…

The AgriDENZ Project and the Qinisa Initiative are pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming webinar titled “Charting the Course for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research in Southern Africa”

This webinar will convene a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss the key findings and…

On October 8, 2025, the AgriDENZ project hosted an online workshop on Agroforestry on Grasslands: Global Perspectives and Practices.

Andreas Gattinger from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen, Germany, presented German agroforestry systems, their history, their current state and gave a glimpse…

On 5 October 2025, the AgriDENZ project hosted a side event during the 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture (GGAA2025) Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

Entitled “Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ruminant Production Pasture Systems in Europe, South America, New Zealand,…

The AgriDENZ project hosted an online workshop on Advances in Spectroscopy and Analytical Approaches for Characterizing Soil Organic Carbon on 30th September 2025 with speakers from New Zealand, Germany, Australia and Uruguay.

Marcus Schiedung from the Thünen Institute, Germany kicked off with an…

The AgriDENZ project hosted an online workshop on Carbon Sequestration Potential in Agricultural Soils on 22nd September 2025 with speakers from New Zealand, Germany, Ghana and Uruguay.

Based on national inventories and case studies, the presenters demonstrated how carbon loss mitigation and…

During the first week of September, following the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) congress in Bonn, Darran Austin (New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries) visited the German side of the AgriDENZ team at the Thünen institute in Braunschweig. During his visit, Darran had…

Earlier this week, the AgriDENZ project, Diálogo Agropecuario Uruguayo-Alemán (DAUA), and UKUDLA successfully co-organized a Pre-Conference Workshop at Tropentag Conference Tropenzentrum 2025 in Bonn, Germany. The workshop convened these three initiatives that are co-financed by the…

We had an interesting and fruitful session at the XVIII European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Congress in Bonn last week, where we discussed farm-level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting approaches, their potential for policymaking, and carbon pricing. One main takeaway we bring with…

A reminder of our upcoming first AgriDENZ Webinar, in which we will learn more about Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in dairy production systems and strategies to mitigate these. We will have perspectives from both research and industry in Germany and New Zealand.

Our speakers are confirmed:
Dr Cecile…

Do not miss our organised session on farm level greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting!

In this organised panel discussion, we will discuss current approaches to GHG accounting, the role of farm-level GHG accounting for agricultural policy and ways to harmonise diverse approaches for stringent policy and…

Strengthening scientific exchange between research institutions is one of the key pillars of the AgriDENZ project. The last six months have seen a lot of activity, with four exchanges taking place to deliver against this pillar.

One of the highlights was the visit of Dr. Thiagarajah Ramilan from…

Establishing science-policy dialogues is one of the key pillars of the AgriDENZ project. Farm-level Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting tools is one of the project’s focus topics. A series of policy dialogues were held on farm-level GHG accounting tools to bring these two strands of the project…

At the 2025 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin in January, an expert panel “Cultivating a greener future – toward sustainable use of biomass for carbon sequestration” was held. This panel was hosted by the AgriDENZ project and its partners - Thünen Institute, Bundesministerium…

As we previewed in our first newsletter, the AgriDENZ project was officially launched on October 25, 2024, following the AgriGHG-2024 Symposium in Berlin. The event, held at the BMEL offices in Berlin, was jointly hosted by the Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) and New…

In our first newsletter, we highlighted a special two-day workshop, “Food Loss and Waste Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa.” The workshop was financially supported by Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) and the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) through the AgriDENZ project. 

The “International Research Symposium on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: From Research to Implementation” took place from October 21 – 23, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. The event was hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), with support from the AgriDENZ project, and…