The Osnabrücker Land region lies in the centre of Germany's most intensively farmed agricultural area and is home to a high-density, comprehensive value-creation network which spans the entire sector from agricultural technology to nutritional science and additionally includes leading research institutions. Due to this structure the nickname "Agrotech Valley" has been given to the economic area between the cities of Oldenburg and Münster and make it unique throughout Europe. The region thus offers ideal conditions for improving agricultural practice across the board. Parallel to this, it has high-performance transfer institutions with international profiles.

The companies, research institutions and agricultural system technology service providers who have come together within the Agrotech Valley Forum share the common goals of promoting economic development and sustainability of the agricultural sector.

The primarily owner-managed companies include both global market leaders as well as regionally focused suppliers of agricultural technology products and services. In addition to this, numerous scientific institutions are based in the region, such as Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences (HS OS), University of Osnabrück (UOS), and the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).