This research focus encompasses topics from Departments 1—Agriculture, Ecotrophology and Landscape Development—and 7—Department of Applied Biosciences and Process Engineering.
The research areas with the highest levels of external funding are:

• Biodiversity
• Sustainable Land Use
• Food Technology
• Algal Biotechnology
• Biological Active Compounds
• Biotechnology
• Agricultural Sciences

In addition, this research focus encompasses many other areas of research, including:

• Smart Farming,
• Nature conservation,
• Animal Nutrition,
• Active Ingredient Research,
• Bioinformatics,
• Bioprocess Engineering,
• Food processing engineering