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Federal Minister Alois Rainer learns about bark beetle research at the JKI Institute for Forest Protection during the BMLEH Open Day. Foto: JKI

23. June 2026

BMLEH Open Door Day: Looking the Bark Beetle Right in the Eye

On June 20 and 21, 2026, the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Homeland (BMLEH) in Berlin opened its doors to the public.

30. April 2026

Working with Brazilian partners towards sustainable and resource-efficient agriculture

A Brazilian delegation from Embrapa, the Ministry of Agriculture and the German-Brazilian Agricultural Policy Dialogue visits JKI Braunschweig

Signing of the Implementation Agreement for the administrative partnership. From left: Prof. Dr Benjamin Stich (JKI) presented a gift of honey from JKI-bees to his cooperation partner, Prof. Nigussie Dechassa Robi, Director General of EIAR, pictured here with Simon Wittich from GFA Consulting GmbH. © C. Harms/JKI

29. April 2026

JKI and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research launch Institutional Partnership by signing an Implemtation Agreement

JKI’s breeding researcher Benjamin Stich attends kick-off workshop and field trip, to learn about the research at the partner institution in Ethiopia in the field of on plant variety breeding, testing and multiplication.

: Dr Andreas Stahl (left) from the JKI in conversation with his Korean colleague Dr Hyundai Han (centre) whilst viewing a drought stress experiment at the NICS. © C. Harms/JKI

23. April 2026

International project with South Korea aims to further develop methods for researching heat and drought stress of wheat

JKI breeding researcher visits partners to discuss next steps

(from left) Dr. Jehoon Sung, president of the South Korean National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS) and Prof. Dr Johannes Jehle, representing the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) and acting head of JKI’s Institute for Biological Plant Protection signed in Jeonju the ‘Joint Declaration of Intent’ between the two state-funded research institutes, which aim to establish research cooperation in order to contribute to the further development of sustainable agriculture through application-oriented cutting-edge research. © J. Pistorius/JKI

21. April 2026

Southkorea’s National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, NAS and JKI host an International Joint Symposium and sign a Joint Declaration of Intent to intensify their research cooperation

A JKI delegation visits its cooperation partners in Jeonju from April 20th-22nd 2026.

Attendees of the Pherosphere2026-Meeting of the IOBC-Working Group „Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Production” at the JKIs modern research facilities at Dossenheim, near Heidelberg. © S. Faus/JKI

17. April 2026

Researchers from 17 countries met at Pherosphere-Gathering held by the JKI in Dossenheim. Two JKI-scientists accept responsibility to lead the IOBC-Working Group „Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Production”

Group picture at the IOBC-WPRS General Assembly in Mikulov, Czech Republic. © Giselher Grabenweger

29. October 2025

Strong JKI commitment at the European level for biological and integrated plant protection – participation in the IOBC-WPRS General Assembly in Mikulov (CZ)

Federal Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer, Saxony-Anhalt’s Agriculture Minister Sven Schulze, and JKI President Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon visit the Elbaue model region in Saxony-Anhalt. © Stefanie Hahn/JKI

24. October 2025

Controlling the planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus using practical methods

Permanent exhibition ‘Julius Kühn and the JKI’. © Isabel Haberkorn/JKI