Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum DLR Westerwald-Osteifel

What Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum DLR Westerwald-Osteifel does

DLR Westerwald-Osteifel is a state government service center (Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum) operating under the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau (MWVLW) of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Headquartered at Bahnhofstr. 32, Montabaur, with additional offices in Mayen, the organization employs approximately 35 staff and serves farmers, beekeepers, Kitas/schools, and senior care facilities in the Westerwald-Osteifel region through agricultural advisory, nutrition counseling, rural land development, and beekeeping services. It is one of six regional DLR centers that jointly publish the dlr.rlp.de portal and share specialized assets across the state, including the Fachzentrum Ernährung Rheinland-Pfalz (FZE RLP) and the Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei at Mayen.

The organization's core technology is a network of 30+ specialized Fachportale (expert web portals) covering agronomy, beekeeping, nutrition, soil, fertilization, water protection, viticulture, organic farming, and land development, supplemented by email newsletters (Infobrief@Agrar, Infobrief Bienen@Imkerei), a YouTube/Podcast presence (DLRdigi via Podigee), Adobe Connect-delivered seminars, and a recently launched e-commerce shop for island queen bees. Proprietary assets include the Mayen honey analysis laboratory (accredited for botanical and geographical origin certification), a controlled island queen bee breeding program, and the GQS Hof-Check agricultural compliance system. Services are delivered through direct field advisory at the Montabaur and Mayen offices, regional training seminars, and digital content channels.

The business model is government-funded rather than commercial: the entity is financed through the state budget of Rheinland-Pfalz with no revenue disclosure, no private shareholders, and no venture funding. Most services — advisory consultations, newsletters, compliance checking, and nutrition seminars — are provided free of charge (kostenfrei). Limited transactional revenue is generated through the online shop selling Inselköniginnen (queen bees) and potentially through specific certification or laboratory fees. Customer segments are horizontal and public-serving, with farmers/agricultural businesses and beekeepers as primary use cases, and Kitas/schools and senior care facilities as secondary segments receiving nutrition counseling support.

Name

Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum DLR Westerwald-Osteifel

Legal name

Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum Westerwald-Osteifel

Website

https://dlr-westerwald-osteifel.rlp.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DLR Westerwald-Osteifel is a Rheinland-Pfalz state government service center providing agricultural advisory, beekeeping, nutrition counseling, and rural land development services to farmers, beekeepers, Kitas/schools, and senior care facilities in the Westerwald-Osteifel region, funded through the state budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Advisory Services

NAICS

Apiculture (11291), Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115), Support Activities for Crop Production (1151)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Beekeeping Training, Education & Advisory Services (AFAEAHAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Apiary Management Services (Contract Beekeeping, Hive Maintenance) (AFAEAHAJ), Bee Health Management & Treatments (Mite/Disease Control Products & Services) (AFAEAHAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural advisory services
• Beekeeping consulting
• Nutrition counseling
• Rural development
• Farm compliance checking

Headquarters

HQ city

Montabaur

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

State government service center that delivers agricultural extension, beekeeping support, and nutrition counseling services to farmers, beekeepers, and communal catering operators across the Westerwald-Osteifel region. Operates specialized units including the Beekeeping Center (Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei) with island queen bee breeding and a honey quality analysis laboratory, and the Nutrition Center Rheinland-Pfalz (FZE RLP). Also performs mandated rural land development procedures, path construction funding, and farm compliance checks via the GQS Hof-Check system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei (Beekeeping Center) Advisory Services
• Inselköniginnen (Island Queen Bee) Online Shop
• Honey Quality and Origin Analysis Laboratory
• Fachzentrum Ernährung RLP Nutrition Counseling
• 90 Minuten Basiswissen Seminarreihe (Senior Care Nutrition Seminars)
• GQS Hof-Check (Farm Compliance Check System)
• Agricultural Extension Services (Pflanzenbau, Pflanzenschutz, Tierhaltung)
• Landentwicklung (Rural Land Development) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Regio-Honig RLP study aims to assess potential for improved honey marketing through varietal declarations based on botanical and geographical origin analysis

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Förderverein Apicultur e. V.minorOthers · 1 January 2025Beekeeping support association that provided funding for the honey quality analysis educational film produced at the Fachzentrum für Bienen und Imkerei in 2025
• DLR EifelcoreOthersFellow DLR service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network; jointly publishes the dlr.rlp.de portal and shared services under the Ministry for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture (MWVLW)
• DLR RheinpfalzcoreOthersFellow DLR service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network responsible for the Rhineland-Palatinate region; jointly publishes the dlr.rlp.de portal
• DLR MoselcoreOthersFellow DLR service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network covering the Mosel region; jointly publishes the dlr.rlp.de portal
• DLR Rheinhessen-Nahe-HunsrückcoreOthersFellow DLR service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network covering Rheinhessen-Nahe-Hunsrück; jointly publishes the dlr.rlp.de portal and hosts Technical Central Office (Technische Zentralstelle)
• DLR WestpfalzcoreOthersFellow DLR service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network covering the Westpfalz region; jointly publishes the dlr.rlp.de portal
• MKUEM (Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie und Mobilität)coreOthersMinistry providing funding for nutrition programs including 'Rheinland-Pfalz isst besser' initiative and In FORM national health initiative projects
• Bundesagentur für ArbeitminorOthersFederal Employment Agency referenced for connecting agricultural businesses seeking to employ refugees with available workers

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen (LLH): Hessian state agricultural agency for advisory, training, and applied research; comparable in mandate and structure to DLR Westerwald-Osteifel but operating in a different German state with similar Fachzentrum-style specialization.
• Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen: NRW chamber of agriculture providing advisory services, training, and compliance support to farmers; comparable mandate to DLR Westerwald-Osteifel but serving a different German state under a chamber rather than ministry structure.

Direct peers

• DLR Westpfalz: Direct peer DLR service center covering the Westpfalz region, jointly publishing the dlr.rlp.de portal and offering agricultural advisory services under the same MWVLW mandate.
• DLR Rheinhessen-Nahe-Hunsrück: Direct peer DLR center covering Rheinhessen-Nahe-Hunsrück and hosting the Technische Zentralstelle (Technical Central Office), providing the same advisory and rural development services as DLR Westerwald-Osteifel.
• DLR Rheinpfalz: Direct peer DLR service center in the same state network, sharing the same ministerial mandate and Fachzentrum Ernährung RLP infrastructure with comparable agricultural, viticulture, and land development services.
• DLR Eifel: Fellow service center within the DLR Rheinland-Pfalz network under MWVLW, jointly publishing the dlr.rlp.de portal and offering the same agricultural, beekeeping, and nutrition advisory services as DLR Westerwald-Osteifel across a different regional territory.
• Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde Hohen Neuendorf: Specialized beekeeping research institute serving Brandenburg/Berlin with honey analysis, queen breeding, and apiculture advisory; directly comparable to the Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei's lab and Inselköniginnen program.
• DLR Mosel: Direct peer DLR center responsible for the Mosel region, operating with identical mandate structure covering agriculture, viticulture, and rural development services under MWVLW.

Broad incumbents

• Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI): German federal research institute for crops, plant protection, and variety testing; comparable to DLR Westerwald-Osteifel's agronomic and crop protection advisory functions but operating at federal level with a broader portfolio.
• Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL): Larger Bavarian state agricultural agency providing applied research, cultivar trials, and advisory across agronomy, animal husbandry, and rural development; broader in scale but comparable in mandate to DLR Westerwald-Osteifel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubedlr.rlp.de/DLR-RLP/SERVICE/Folgen-Sie-uns/Youtube
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dienstleistungszentrum-l%C3%A4ndlicher-raum-dlr-westerwald-osteifel

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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