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Julius Kühn-Institut

Logo: J.Skimann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German agricultural research institute

Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI) is the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. It is a federal research institute and a higher federal authority divided into 15 specialized institutes. Its objectives, mission and research scope were determined by section 11, paragraph 57 of the 1987 Federal Law on the Protection of Cultivated Plants as subsequently amended.2 It employed 774 people in 2024.1 It is part of Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2008Founded1

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Photo: J.Skimann, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Julius Kühn-Institut – Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen (JKI) is the German Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. It is a federal research institute and a higher federal authority divided into 15 specialized institutes. Its objectives, mission and research scope were determined by section 11, paragraph 57 of the 1987 Federal Law on the Protection of Cultivated Plants as subsequently amended.2

Leadership

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Chair

  1. Frank Ordon2019–now
2010201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity

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Employees over time

  • 20247741

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2008Founded Founded1

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