Successful kick-off meeting for DAKIS Pro held in Berlin On October 6 and 7, the DAKIS team met for the official kick-off of the second funding phase in the lecture halls of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The event schedule included presentations on the individual work packages and coordination, workshops, team-building activities and a joint dinner [...]
Up close and personal with the DAKIS project in Berlin's FUTURIUM On October 4, the Futurium in Berlin gave visitors young and old a glimpse into the possible world of tomorrow. On this hands-on day dedicated to science, they were able to "get up close and personal with the future"...and with the DAKIS project, which [...]
DAKIS in the podcast of Aktion-Agrar - "Hack the future" Prof. Bellingrath-Kimura was interviewed in the podcast "Hack the future" by Aktion-Agrar and reports on the DAKIS project.The topic of the episode is the challenges and opportunities of digitalization in agriculture - and how to keep nature in mind. The question: How can digital innovations [...]
DAKIS at the Industry Transfer Workshop of the Agricultural Systems of the Future At the two-day industry transfer workshop at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), around 150 participants from research, industry, politics and civil society came together to discuss the practical implementation of research results and the next steps on the path [...]
Insect walls: New tool models where planted walls on fields prevent erosion and retain water A narrow earth bank on a slope can protect against erosion - if it is in the right place. These so-called insect walls are created on agricultural land, are around half a meter high and are usually overgrown with [...]
DAKIS prototype shows a small-scale agricultural landscape and recommended measures (AI-generated, © S. Möller) It goes on! Grant notification received for the follow-up financing of DAKIS2 The DAKIS joint project receives follow-up funding under the name DAKIS2. After almost 5 years of project duration, the DAKIS team can look back on great [...]
Marvin Melzer (left) on a test area with a Beetle bank New support in the project coordination of DAKIS Marvin Melzer has been coordinating DAKIS since April and talks about his work so far, the new tasks and plans for a possible second funding phase of DAKIS. Click here for the interview: [...]
Delegation from Uzbekistan visits ZALF - Lecture on DAKIS and EROSPOT On 30 July 2024, around 15 delegates from Uzbekistan visited ZALF in Müncheberg. In addition to field trips, the visitors were given insights into the DAKIS project and current research priorities in the field of erosion, presented by Marvin Melzer together with an [...]
Ceremonial presentation of the doctoral degree: Prof. Dr Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura (HUB), Marco Donat, Dr Kathrin Grahmann (ZALF), Prof. Dr Ralf Bloch (HNEE) | Source: David Lukow. Successful promotion of Marco DonatAfter 3.5 years as a doctoral student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura and at the [...]
Photo: Benjamin Lucks/ RESET "Agriculture can do so much more than produce food." Interview with Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura (Project Manager DAKIS) Agriculture primarily produces food. However, it can also help to protect the climate and nature. Sonoko Bellingrath-Kimura explains the role that digitalisation plays in this in an interview with RESET - Digital [...]
