Noticias - SoildiverAgro

LLAEBIO visits SoildiverAgro CS6

9 septiembre, 2022

On 8th September, the Flemish Living Lab Agro-Ecology and Organic Agriculture visited the SoildiverAgro’s case study 6 at ILVO, where the cover crop sown at the end of August is just coming up. A group of researchers, advisors, policy-makers, NGO-representatives and farmers learned about the trial setup and the first results. CS6 studies an organic rotation with potatoes and barley, in which manuring with stockpiled farm yard manure (FYM) is compared to FYM co-composted with ‘brown’ material (e.g. grass clippings…

Interview to Visa Nuutinen at newspaper

31 agosto, 2022

Our senior scientist and earthworm expert Visa Nuutinen was interviewed for the newspaper Maaseudun tulevaisuus about the impact of drought on earthworms and where they go in hot weather. You can read it here⬇️ https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/uutiset/3ec74921-39df-41f9-b407-10d8cd07df5e

Harvest at the Inagro’s organic experimental farm!

31 agosto, 2022

The harvest of the red beet for the case study 7 on Inagro’s organic experimental farm in Flanders (Belgium) has started. Due to the drought that delayed growth, it was a bit later than initially planned. It is now time to determine the yield, the sorting by size and the quality. After the harvest, it will be necessary to wait for a period of rain in order to sow the four cover crop mixtures again, of which the impact on…

Finnish stakeholders get to know SoildiverAgro at two different events

17 agosto, 2022

SoildiverAgro was introduced to several Finnish stakeholders at Lepaa 2022 Horticultural exhibition which took place from 11 to 13th August. The discussions focused on fibres and catch crops were organized by Kauppapuutarhaliitto. SoildiverAgro partners Petla and LUKE participated with a stand. Also on the 16th, 40 stakeholders participated in a field tour, trial presentations and discussions, organized at Räpi by Petla, Apetit, LUKE, Pyhäjärvi-instituutti säätiö and Tampere University.

Next Field Day at the Atlantic Central Region!

3 agosto, 2022

Save the date for the next August 11th at 4PM when a field day will be held in the Atlantic Central region. It will host a general visit to the organic field with all the trials and projects already going on there at the moment, one of them being the SoildiverAgro trial for case study 8. Soon more info related!

Field Days at Nemoral Region

1 agosto, 2022

On the 15th and 18th of July, the soil functionality was discussed with farmers based on the information gathered by SoildiverAgro Nemoral field experiments. The importance of biota and soil moisture as drivers for proper yield formation was shown to every attendee throughout the open field day. Thank you all for coming!

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Oral Communication Prize at CICS 2022

26 julio, 2022

Last 24th of June, Soildiveragro won the prize for Oral Communication (IX Congreso Ibérico de Ciencias del Suelo) with the article titled Study of microbial communities in Lusitanian organic and conventional agricultural soils by phospholipid fatty acid analysis presented by our colleague Diego Soto. Here you can see the presentation and the article. Let’s give a round of applause! Check our Scientific Articles section if you want to see more detailed information about it …

SoildiverAgro Posters for Case Studies

12 julio, 2022

We created a round of posters to inform you of what we are accomplishing in each Case Study We hope you enjoy them! http://soildiveragro.eu/publications/posters/

First batch of Practice Abstracts available

12 julio, 2022

SoildiverAgro produced the first batch of practice abstracts required by EIPAgri. Here you can check them in a more visual and friendly format. We hope you enjoy them! http://soildiveragro.eu/publications/practice-abstracts/

Harvesting melon at Cartagena

7 julio, 2022

«Within the framework of the Soildiveragro project, the Polytechnic University of Cartagena has begun harvesting the Piel de Sapo melon of the Paredes variety grown at the Tomás Ferro Experimental Farm (La Palma, Cartagena). The project aims to improve the biodiversity of agricultural soils and establish a relationship between biodiversity and agricultural production and quality, as well as the effect on the reduction of fertilizers and phytosanitary products».