AUKM–Navigator

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AUKM-Navigator is a map-based decision-support tool developed as part of the TRANSFORM Smart Transformation Labs. It enables farmers and advisors to explore agri-environmental and climate measures (AUKM), such as organic farming, extensive grassland management, or pesticide-free zones, by simulating their application across specific fields on an interactive map. The system applies multi-criteria filtering to determine field eligibility for each measure and aggregates expected effects on yields, water quality, and biodiversity across selected areas. This allows direct comparison between measures and sites, integrating both economic and ecological perspectives into a single interface. The tool demonstrates how complex agricultural policy criteria can be translated into an accessible decision-support system for real farming contexts.

Bayesian Impact Modeller for DAKIS

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DAKIS Impact Modeller is a participatory system modeling tool developed for the DAKIS research project. It enables diverse stakeholder groups (farmers, researchers, and policymakers) to map how agro-environmental interventions affect sustainability outcomes across environmental, societal, and economic dimensions. Users construct causal network graphs through a guided workflow, connecting measures like reduced tillage or cover cropping to intermediate state variables and ultimate impact areas. The system aggregates individual models from multiple participants, revealing where perspectives converge or diverge on perceived causal pathways. This approach makes implicit stakeholder knowledge about complex agricultural systems visible and comparable, supporting both participatory research and evidence-based policy discussions.
BonaRes Portal is a research web portal developed to support the BonaRes research initiative, a multi-year national program focused on sustainable soil management funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The portal served as the central hub for coordinating and communicating research outcomes across numerous member projects distributed throughout Germany. It manages research projects with their multi-phase funding structures, scientific publications with automatic metadata retrieval via CrossRef/DOI integration, news, events, and extensive documentation. The service portal component provides rich content organization through thematic hierarchies, audience-targeted content channels (addressing scientists, farmers, and policymakers), and interactive mapping capabilities for visualizing geospatial research data. Following the conclusion of the funding phase, the portal has been transitioned into a permanent archive preserving the research results and is now operated by the UFZ (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research). Additionally, the ZALF Assessment Portal was developed as a spin-off and is maintained by the ZALF (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research). Both institutions were member organizations of the original BonaRes consortium and continue to use and develop the platform infrastructure.
Soil3 Scenario Comparison Tool is a map-based visualization application developed for the Soil3 research project at the University of Bonn, building on the BonaRes Portal's mapping infrastructure. The tool enables researchers and agricultural practitioners to explore simulated yield impacts of different biological and mechanical subsoil treatments—such as deep loosening, bio-compost application, or pre-cropping with lucerne and chicory—across various crop types including spring barley, winter barley, winter rape, and oat. Simulation results are presented at district level across Germany, allowing users to compare treatment effects relative to baseline yields for specific regions. The hierarchical navigation structure lets users systematically explore combinations of crops and soil measures, making complex multi-factorial simulation data accessible through an interactive map interface. This project demonstrates how research simulation outputs can be transformed into practical decision-support tools for evaluating soil management strategies.