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Abstract
The maintenance and expansion of vegetables and fruit production in Germany is of high importance for enabling plant-based diets. Horticulture is characterised by high reliance on water resources. Water availability has been changing due to climate crisis with negative implications for irrigation. These challenges but also available and possible solutions were the focus of the conference “Water availability challenge and adaptation options in horticulture” which took place on 18-19 June 2024 at the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The conference was organised jointly by the federal ministry and the Thünen Institute – Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries. Its objective was to inform the policy makers, the representatives of public administrations, practice and science about the current state of knowledge regarding water availability and its future development, and to discuss jointly the prospects of viable water management for horticultural sector...