The TransForum programme includes a number of practical projects for the development of innovative farming methods. By means of cooperation among entrepreneurs with practical experience and the research world, the practical projects enable many knowledge questions to be jointly tackled and answered. Some knowledge questions are, however, more generic or fundamental in nature and come to light when the various projects are compared with one another. It is precisely these kinds of questions that lend themselves to scientific reflection and analysis. They are also the sorts of questions that are tackled within the TransForum Scientific Programme.
The results of TransForum's Scientific Programme are designed to have immediate social significance, usability and applicability. The questions raised by the practical projects provide the agenda for the Scientific Programme, thereby literally positioning it right in the midst of practical experience.

Five scientific themes
Within the Scientific Programme, TransForum distinguishes four separate themes together with one more overarching one named ‘Towards a new Agro Innovation System':

1. Images for the sustainable development for agriculture and green space
What different images are there for the sustainable development of agriculture and green space?

2. Inventions related to the sustainable development of agriculture and green space
What inventions are needed in order to bring forward the sustainable development of agriculture and green space?

3. Organisation of innovations and transition
How does one ensure that innovations concerning the sustainable development of agriculture and green space are given the necessary room to be put into effect? Following on from this, how can individual innovations lead to transition through systemic innovations?

4. Mobilisation of sustainable consumption
How can the consumption of sustainably produced food be promoted?

5. Towards a new Agro Innovation System
What are the functionalities and parameters for a new Agro Innovation System?

The Science Projects are listed below: