The Friends of the German Federal Agricultural Research Centre Braunschweig-V lkenrode The Friends of the FAL supports the research of the FAL in agricultural science through cooperation with working farms, through lecture events, colloquiums and demonstrations of new developments. The organisation forms a bridge to working farms and offers the research facilities the possibilty to work with actual farms when their plans and projects require such assistance. The group is non-profit and offers support exclusively to projects for the common good.
Members pay minimal dues.
The research results and research efforts are made accessible to through lecture events for the group and invited guests. These lectures take place on an irregular basis, mostly one to two times a year. This makes it possible for research knowledge to flow more quickly to those working in the field, and the practical recipients of research results can respond and offer suggestions to help a project stay close to reality. It is particularly important for organisations such as the FAL, a federal research agency, to have lively contact with the rapidly changing practices and practitioners of agriculture in Germany. In addition to actual farmers, members of the organisation include other institutions, companies, insitutes and agriculturally-oriented organisations of every type.