The “Action Plan for Research and Education in Mountain Agriculture and Food Sciences” adopted by the government of South Tyrol was launched in 2016, and will continue until the end of 2022. Laimburg Research Centre and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano have been commissioned to implement this project, and their activities are flanked by other institutions working for South Tyrolean agriculture. 

The aim of the action plan is to scientifically accompany the primary food products of South Tyrol’s mountain agricultural sector not only during their cultivation, but also during their processing into typical high-quality South Tyrolean products, thus making them more competitive.

In the area of mountain agriculture, research focuses on arable crops, the cultivation of herbs and vegetables, on berries and stone fruit, and on the dairy industry and grassland farming. In the area of food processing, activities concentrate on the production of jams, juices, distillates, flour, baked goods, as well as on bacon and sausage products.