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Update of Case Study 7 (Atlantic central, Belgium)

11 July, 2023

Inagro (Flanders, Belgium) organized a visit to the trial fields of its organic trial farm on Wednesday, June 28. The program included two parallel tours. An explanation about how was dealt with the difficult spring this year (due to the wet months of March and April) was also addressed. A networking event in the farm shed concluded the afternoon/evening. A total of 70 interested people were welcomed including a large number of organic farmers but advisers and people from various…

The last soil sampling event in Finland for WP5 in boreal region for case studies 14b and 15 in June

21 June, 2023

The last and third year’s soil samples were taken on the 15th of June from boreal field case study 14b in wheat field located in Tyynelä farm, Joutseno, Finland. The experimental field in case study 14b was established in wheat field to study the effects of tillage on soil biodiversity. The effects of direct sowing with minimum tillage and continuous plant cover between mouldboard deep ploughing are investigated. Partners involved: Luke and Tyynelän

Proceedings Book from FAO symposium has been released

7 December, 2021

SoildiverAgro actively participated during the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21) which brought together over 5,000 participants from 160 countries. This event organised by the FAO has now published its proceedings book where two SoildiverAgro abstracts from UVigo are included on page 370 (M.J. Briones) and 815 (D.Fernández), download here: Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity 2021 (fao.org) Interesting ideas, actions and gaps were shared and discussed through interactive plenary and parallel sessions. All agreed that soil biodiversity…

First discussion groups at Belgium (Cancelled)

16 March, 2020

On the 30th and 31st of March, our Belgium partners IV-ILVO, INAGRO and PKSW will organise two meetings with the discussion groups on soil biodiversity and soil quality. A rich soil life is important for good soil quality, which in turn determines healthy plant growth. However, there are still many questions about this soil life. The SoildiverAgro project wants to gain more insight into this and is conducting research into which new practices and cultivation systems improve the genetic and…