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- Name
- Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (VTI)
- Native name
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
- Address
- Bundesallee 50
- Zipcode
- 38116
- City
- Braunschweig
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- +49-531-596-0
- Fax
- +49-531-596-1099
- Email
- info@vti.bund.de
organisation profile
- The Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI) is one of four German federal research institutes under the auspices of the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). The vTI was created on January 1, 2008 from the German Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, the German Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products and part of the German Federal Agricultural Research Centre.
The vTI drafts scientific basics as decision-making helps for the policy of the German federal government and thus serves, with its application oriented and practice related research, the development of society tomorrow.
The vTI pursues interdisciplinary research in the following areas:
* Economics (micro and macroeconomics of agriculture, forestry, lumber, food and fish production),
* Technology,
* Material use of renewable natural resources,
* Climate,
* Biodiversity,
* Organic Farming.
The vTI is comprised of 15 specialty institutes. The headquarters of the vTI are in Braunschweig with facilities in Hamburg, Großhansdorf, Eberswalde, Waldsieversdorf, Rostock, Cuxhaven, Ahrensburg and Trenthorst.
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edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1575
- Collating centre
- German Oceanographic Datacentre (DOD)
- Latest update
- 30 June 2008 2:25:49 PM