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New strategies in potato cultivation by SoildiverAgro

23 February, 2023

New strategies in potato cultivation to attack nematodes and reduce phosphate fertilizers. That is the title given by the media outlet Campo Galego to one of its most recent posts. The news covers the SoildiverAgro journey held in Xinzo de Limia where the project shared its results of several lines of research that seek a more sustainable potato production to reduce costs. Campo Galego also covers different results in the first harvest of the project. If you want to deep…

Event towards improvements in potato production at Xinzo

15 December, 2022

A great debate was held yesterday at Xinzo related to more sustainable and less costly agriculture: Improvements in potato production. The results are promising, although two years are not enough time to draw definitive conclusions, and the year 2022 was unusual because of the high temperatures. INORDE engaged the nearly 40 participants to join the discussion and animated the debate a lot after the speaker’s interventions. In addition, quite a few technicians asked very sharp questions.

Workshops and field days at Mediterranean South for CS1 and CS2

13 June, 2022

Next 22 and 24th June our partner UPCT invite you to participate in two workshops and field days related to CS1 and CS2. 22nd June a presentation of the project accompanied by a visit to the Tomás Ferro experimental farm, where the melon trial plots are located. These trials belong to the so-called CS1 of the project focused on the use of soil biodiversity to increase the availability of nutrients and water and reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases to…

Inorde donates 8,000 kilos of potatoes to the Food Bank

9 December, 2021

Inorde has donated nearly 8,000 kilos of potatoes from A Limia, from the European crop diversification project SoildiverAgro, to the Ourense Food Bank. “It is the first of a series of deliveries with which we want to collaborate with the people and families who need it most,” says the president of the economic institute, Rosendo Fernández.

Harvest potatoe at CS1

15 June, 2021

Harvesting early potato corresponding to Case Study 1 in Mediterranean South (Spain): Use of soil biodiversity to reduce soil-borne diseases/pests incidence and increase nutrient availability in potatoes cropped in multiple cropping and rotations.

Regional meeting for Case study 10 related to potatoes at Continental Region

18 January, 2021

The Regional meeting will be celebrated next tuesday 19th and is organized by the SoildiverAgro partners FlächenAgentur Rheinland GmbH (FAR) and Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (TI). Farmers, who are involved in CS10, and other stakeholders are invited. After an introduction they will discuss details regarding establishment and management in CS10, which will be established at spring this year. The objective of this case study titled Biocontrol of soil-borne phytopathogenic fungi by fungivorous soil fauna communities in potato and carrot cropping…