“Research workshops“ for sustainable arable farming

• Negative environmental impacts of arable farming systems, e.g. on biodiversity due to nitrogen surpluses and the use of pesticides, must be reduced. It is therefore necessary to further develop arable farming systems extensively. • There are many calls for establishing practical research networks to enable transformation. We have developed a concept for so-called "research workshops" in arable farming. We show what framework conditions and resources are needed to integrate new production methods or technologies into arable farming systems. • In the "research workshops", the participants from practice, science, advisory services and other relevant stakeholder groups work together to develop solutions and test them on areas of the participating farms over a period of at least one rotation.