The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is a nationally and internationally acting research and development centre with an interdisciplinary field of basic and applied research activities at the nexus of biological and technical systems. ATB is funded by the Federal Government and the State) and receives additional third-party funds of around 35% of its budget (total 2017 budget >23.5 Mio). ATB has multi-disciplinary research teams with currently about 230 staff members, 75 of them scientists and PhD students. In 2017 scientists published over 95 reviewed papers in international peer-reviewed journals. Research at ATB is aimed at sustainable intensification of bio-economic production. It follows the approach to analyze, model and evaluate exemplary the bio-economic production system. Research follows a systemic approach focusing on fields “precision crop production”, “livestock systems” or “biomaterials” and “biochar” and others. In conclusion ATB develops and integrates new technologies and management strategies - for a knowledge-based, site-specific production of biomass, and its use for food, as raw materials and fuels - from basic research to application.