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The heterogeneity of urban agriculture is a major challenge for the implementation of target specific support schemes. Hence, the objective of this paper is, to provide an overview of existing funding schemes and to identify important legal framework conditions for the development of urban agriculture. For this purpose, an explorative approach was chosen with a qualitative survey of horticultural desk officers of the federal states and the federal government in Germany. The results show that neither special legal frameworks nor specific support schemes for urban agriculture exist in many federal states. Furthermore, many federal states do not have specific contact persons for this topic. General agricultural funding as well as ELER and, as a part of it, LEADER funding, among others, were mentioned as funding options. In addition, (potential) problems of urban agriculture, such as low efficiency or land shortage and competition, were mentioned. Based on the results it can be concluded that the issue of urban agriculture has become increasingly important at the political level, but is still of little relevance at the level of agricultural administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The causes of idiopathic equine headshaking syndrome have not been adequately clarified, although the syndrome is mentioned in literature for over 100 years. In a comprehensive study on aetiology and pathogenesis of idiopathic equine headshaking syndrome, this paper focusses on the evaluation of an online survey among horse breeders within Germany. The results show that age, sex and breed of the horses described by breeders are identical with the general statements about the description of headshakers from other studies. 25.6% of the breeders stated that they expect financial losses from the sale of a headshaker. The average loss is 10-15%. This fact is another reason why the identification of causes of the headshaking syndrome should be pursued in order to create the basis for developing therapeutic and preventive measures in a further step. Then it is possible to protect horse breeders from financial losses and to enable a successful therapy for affected horses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]