Eight innovative green projects from Aarhus University receive support from the Green Development and Demonstration Programme (GUDP)

7 December 2021 by Tina Fruelund

The Green Development and Demonstration Programme (GUDP) is a programme under the the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, and it is administered by the Danish Agricultural Agency. Twice a year, they grant a funding pool to development projects within the entire food sector.

"We’ve selected 19 innovative projects that can help pave new paths for the food industry and solve some of society's environmental and climate challenges. At the same time, we’re helping to launch projects that support the ambitions in the new political agreements within agriculture, the sea, fisheries and aquaculture," says the chair of the GUDP board, Mikael Thinghuus.

No less than eight projects from the Faculty of Technical Sciences at Aarhus University will receive funding from the GUDP, a total of more than DKK 65 million. Eskild Holm Nielsen, dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences says about the awards:

"It's extremely impressive that eight of the 19 projects originate from agricultural and food research at Aarhus University, and this clearly demonstrates our strength in this area! The Dean's Office is both humbled and proud, and we thank you for your hard work."

The eight projects from Aarhus University are:

Optimised use of alternative plant protection agents in potted plants – OPTIPOTTE: Per Kudsk, Department of Agroecology (DKK 4.358.792)
Smart Farm concept for scaling up seaweed production (SMART TANG): Annette Bruhn, Department of Ecoscience (DKK 7.327.804)
Compact filter systems for phosphorus in drainage water from high and bottom soil – FosLav: Goswin Johann Heckrath, Institut for Agroøkologi (DKK 10.134.175)
Growth cessation in potatoes – TERMINATOR: Per Kudsk, Department of Agroecology (DKK 5.086.397)
Climate, animal welfare and economics in healthy cows: Søren Østergaard, Department of Animal Science (DKK 10.484.105)
Efficient production of black soldier fly through systematic breeding (FLYBREED): Morten Kargo, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG) (DKK 7.460.767)
Low Emission Slurry Storages (LESS): Lise Bonne Guldberg, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering (DKK 10.968.572)
Grass for Green Protein production – tool to protect groundwater and surface water – GGP4H2O: Christen Duus Børgesen and Uffe Jørgensen, Department of Agroecology (DKK 9.654.366)