AGES Food Security
Our four institutes in Vienna and Linz examine, assess and evaluate soils, varieties, seeds and planting material including plant genetic resources, feed, premixes and additives, fertilizers, soil additives, growing media and plant aids, plant protection products, phytosanitary harmful organisms and goods according to the Marketing Standards Act with regard to risks and quality.
Unser Ziel ist eine nachhaltige, wettbewerbsfähige landwirtschaftliche Produktion auf Basis fruchtbarer Böden, einwandfreier Betriebs- und Futtermittel sowie gesunder Pflanzen, um die Versorgung mit hochwertigen Lebensmitteln sicherzustellen.
Our tasks
- Operational activities for the Federal Office for Food Safety (BAES) for the enforcement of the following material laws: Seed Act, Planting Material Act, Plant Variety Protection Act, Plant Protection Products Act, Plant Protection Act, Animal Feed Act, Fertilizer Act, Marketing Standards Act
- Investigation, appraisal and risk assessment of
- Seed and planting material including plant genetic resources
- Varieties
- Feedstuffs, premixes and additives
- soils, fertilizers, soil additives, growing media and plant aids
- phytosanitary pests and plant diseases
- plant protection products
- goods under the Marketing Standards Act and the fight against illegal fishing under the IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) Fisheries Ordinance
- Bees and honey
- Running reference laboratories
- Agricultural experimentation
- Production of cannabis for the manufacture of medicines
- Conservation of plant genetic resources
- Consulting activity
- Private sector research
- Participation in national and international committees
- Research
- Method development
Institute for Sustainable Plant Production
Our focus areas
- Food security and food safety (Food Security)
- Raw material security
- Ensuring the competitiveness of sustainable crop production
- Creation of practical solutions, especially for the "agriculture" sector
- Offering private-sector services (soil and fertilizer analyses, examination of plant samples, greenhouse and field trials, fertilization recommendations, etc.)
- Research on crop production, integrated pest management, climate change and soil
Reference laboratories
- European reference laboratory for insects and mites
- National reference laboratory for insects and mites
- National reference laboratory for nematodes
- National Reference Laboratory for Bacteria
- National Reference Laboratory for Fungi and Egg Fungi
- National reference laboratory for viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas
Institute for Plant Protection Products
Our focus
- Risk assessment of plant protection products on national level
- Risk assessment of plant protection product active substances on EU level
- Support of the national monitoring authority (Federal Office for Food Safety)
- Cooperation with national and international organizations, working groups and committees
- Collaboration in the preparation of guidance documents, legal standards, EC directives and regulations as well as OECD guidelines in the field of plant protection products
- Collaboration in the preparation of guidelines on integrated crop production and plant protection
- Technical advice to authorities and ministries
Institute for Seed and Propagating Material, Phytosanitary Service and Apiculture
Our focus
- Support of national authorities in the implementation of the seed law including the GMO seed law
- Applied research within national and international research projects on
- Beekeeping and bee protection
- Seed and planting material (e.g. new breeding techniques)
- Plant protection
- Plant genetic resources
- Monitoring the GMO-free status of seeds in Austria
- Management of the organic database for plant propagation material
- Private-sector services such as information databases on plant genetic resources, pollen and organic seed; studies of seed and planting material, bee health and bee products; expert opinions
Institute for Animal Nutrition and Feed
Our main focus
- Answering technical and legal questions within the scope of the national and European feed law, the Marketing Standards Act and the IUU Fisheries Regulation
- Expert opinion and risk assessment in the course of the enforcement of the Feed Law, the Marketing Standards Act and the IUU Fisheries Regulation
- Administrative support in the registration of feed businesses on behalf of the Federal Office for Food Security
- Technical trainings
- Analytical tests in an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory and assessment of analytical results
- Organization of interlaboratory tests
- Certification of feedstuffs within the framework of Pastus+ of AMA Marketing
- Issue of certificates, in particular for the marketability of feedstuffs
National Reference Laboratory
- National Reference Laboratory for Metals and Nitrogen Compounds in Feed and Food
- National Reference Laboratory for additives for use in animal nutrition
- National reference laboratory for animal proteins in feeds
- National reference laboratory for monitoring the water content in poultry meat according to Regulation (EC) No. 433/2006
Contact
Special topics of the Institute for Sustainable Plant Production
pflanzengesundheit@ages.at bodengesundheit@ages.at duengemittel@ages.at sortenwesen@ages.at versuchswesen@ages.at
Specialized topics of the Institute for Plant Protection Products
pflanzenschutzmittel@ages.at pflanzenschutzmittelkontrolle@ages.at betriebsregisterpsm@ages.at
Specialized topics of the Institute for Seeds and Plants, Plant Protection Service and Bees
saatgut@ages.at bienen@ages.at genetische.ressourcen@ages.at registerpruefung@ages.at kartoffelpflanzgut@ages.at pflanzenschutzdienst@ages.at pflanzgut@ages.at
Specialized topics of the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Feed:
Last updated: 07.02.2024
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