Germany Draft national report Authors: Susanne v. Münchhausen, Michaela Haack, Lena Röbe-Oltmanns Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (HNEE) October 2016 H2020-SFS-2014-2 SUFISA Grant agreement 635577 Germany: draft national report SUFISA Content 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 6 2 MEDIA CONTENT ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction of the media analysis .................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Selection of sources ........................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Definition of the sample .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2.2 Coding of selected texts ................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3 Main themes in general media in Germany (2012-2016)...................................................................................11 2.3.1 Theme 1: Environmental and consumer protection ...................................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Theme 2: Animal welfare ............................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.3 Theme 3: Availability of agricultural production factors................................................................................ 20 2.3.4 Theme 4: Agricultural policy and the development of agricultural product markets .................................... 23 2.4 Summary of the media analysis ........................................................................................................................29 3 DE CASE STUDY A: AQUACULTURE IN GERMANY .................................................................................. 30 3.1 Case study introduction and context ................................................................................................................30 3.1.1 Inland fish production in Germany ................................................................................................................ 30 3.1.2 Trout production in Germany ........................................................................................................................ 32 3.1.3 Carp production in Germany ......................................................................................................................... 32 3.1.4 Recirculation aquaculture systems in Germany ............................................................................................. 36 3.2 Policy conditions and institutional framework for aquaculture in Germany .....................................................39 3.2.1 EU policies: the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Organisation of the Market ............................ 39 3.2.2 National level institutional framework for the aquaculture industry ............................................................ 41 3.2.3 Conditions related to the case studies ........................................................................................................... 45 3.3 Market conditions for fish from aquaculture .................................................................................................... 47 3.3.1 Market for ‘Aischgründer carp’ ...................................................................................................................... 47 3.3.2 Specific features on markets for fish from recirculating aquaculture systems .............................................. 49 3.3.3 Competition and strategic business partnership ........................................................................................... 50 3.3.4 Certificates of sustainable fish production .................................................................................................... 51 3.4 Key issues identified from literature, media analysis and stakeholder interviews .............................................52 3.4.1 3.4.1Training, education and life-long learning for German fish producers .................................................. 53 3.4.2 Challenges for carp farming ........................................................................................................................... 53 3.4.3 Challenges for the envisaged expansion of RAS in Germany ......................................................................... 54 3.5 Sustainability performances .............................................................................................................................55 3.5.1 Sustainability performance of traditional carp farming ................................................................................. 55 3.5.2 Sustainability issues of intensive fish farming ............................................................................................... 57 3.6 SWOT analysis of traditional fish farming and of intensive fish production .......................................................59 2 Germany: draft national report SUFISA 4 DE CASE STUDY B: OILSEED RAPE PRODUCTION IN THE WETTERAU .......................................... 62 4.1 Case study introduction and context ................................................................................................................62 4.1.1 Use of oilseed rape ........................................................................................................................................ 62 4.1.2 Oilseed rape production ................................................................................................................................ 63 4.1.3 Production system of rapeseed oil................................................................................................................. 64 4.1.4 Case study area of the Wetterau ................................................................................................................... 66 4.2 Policy and regulatory conditions....................................................................................................................... 70 4.2.1 CAP and its implications for the cultivation of oilseed rape .......................................................................... 70 4.2.2 National level policy and regulatory conditions for rape production ............................................................ 73 4.3 Market conditions ............................................................................................................................................ 76 4.3.1 Production and input costs ............................................................................................................................ 76 4.3.2 Supply chain for oilseeds in Germany ............................................................................................................ 81 4.3.3 Market for rapeseed ...................................................................................................................................... 83 4.3.4 Prices, price building and contract arrangements ......................................................................................... 85 4.3.5 Standardisation .............................................................................................................................................. 89 4.4 Key issues identified in the literature, media and interviews ............................................................................90 4.4.1 SWOT analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 92 4.4.2 Sustainability performance and resilience related to rape production ......................................................... 94 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................................... 96 References - Aquaculture ...........................................................................................................................................96 Statistics, legislation and other literature on aquaculture ........................................................................................... 98 References - Oilseed rape ..........................................................................................................................................99 Additional literature related oilseed rape .................................................................................................................. 101 ANNEX – AQUACULTURE ...................................................................................................................................... 102 ANNEX - MEDIA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................... 107 3 Germany: draft national report SUFISA Tables and figures Table 1: Size of the sample for the German media analysis ..........................................................................................