The public pitch “The glass plant – digitization of the plant value chain in Saxony-Anhalt counters the consequences of climate change” attracted a lot of interest and in-depth questions from the transfer fair guests. At the project stand, a film provided information about research work on the Julius Kühn test field of the Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). Using an exhibited drone, possibilities for the digitization of agriculture were explained as examples. Many visitors were interested in the potential of digitization in agriculture, the effects but also the risks associated with it. But the agricultural potential of Saxony-Anhalt was also not on the radar of many. This also resulted in many discussions among the other exhibitors and research projects. In addition to the technology, the project stand also showed selected crops (spice and medicinal plants) that are currently already being cultivated (thyme, marjoram) and which may have the potential to become native here due to climate change and improve the value chain of some farmers.
- DiP on tour
DiP project presented at the OVGU transfer fair in Magdeburg
The first public appearance: at the end of September, the project "Model region of the bioeconomy for the digitization of plant value chains in the Central German mining area in Saxony-Anhalt" - DiP for short - was presented by DiP project manager and spokesperson Prof. Dr. Klaus Pillen and his project manager Anne-Karen Beck at the Saxony-Anhalt Transfer Fair organized by Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU) in the Festung Mark.
