boreal Archives - SoildiverAgro

5th Edition of the LUKE & URCA Scientific Webinar Series on Microbial Communities

13 January, 2025

The 5th edition of the LUKE & URCA Scientific Webinar Series will take place on January 16th, 2025, from 13:00 to 16:15 (CET). This year’s theme is “Microbial Communities”, a topic that will explore the important role of soil microbes and their impact on agricultural ecosystems.The webinar is organized by our partners from the boreal region LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland) with the colaboration of URCA (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne). The event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams, and researchers, farmers,…

SoildiverAgro at the XII Soil Science Days 2025

12 December, 2024

SoildiverAgro is pleased to announce the participation of Dr. Krista Peltoniemi, Senior Scientist and SoildiverAgro Boreal Coordinator, in the XII Soil Science Days 2025. This prestigious event, organized by the Finnish Society of Soil Sciences, will take place in Helsinki on January 6th and 7th at Tieteiden Talo. The meeting will bring together researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and experts from across Finland to explore cutting-edge research and trends in soil science. This year, Soil Science Days 2025 will have a…

Boreal Region Training Course: Cultivating Young Environmental Champions

2 September, 2024

On August 30th, 2024, one of our partners, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) along with Elonkierto Exhibition Park jointly organized a one-day training course in Jokioinen as part of Children’s Science Weeks at the Boreal Region. Targeted at children under 12, the free event attracted around 250 participants. The course emphasized the critical role of soil animals, particularly earthworms, in ecosystems. Led by experts from Luke, children engaged in hands-on activities to learn how to identify and investigate these…

Our last workshop in the boreal region “Possibilities of reduced tillage and diversification in cereal cultivation – methods, benefits and experiences”.

22 April, 2024

A total of about 40 people, researchers, farmers and stakeholders, gathered at the beautiful premises of the Knehtilä organic farm in Hyvinkää on Thursday 4 April for a seminar and workshop organised by Luke and the Finnish Organic Research Institute in connection with the boreal case studies on soil tillage effects. First, farmers Tuomas Mattila from Kilpiä farm and Juuso Joona from Tyynelä farm described the experimental set-ups for the cs14a and cs14b case studies conducted on their farms. Then…

Joint workshop in Finland: “Possibilities of reduced tillage and diversification in cereal cultivation – methods, benefits and experiences”

27 February, 2024

SoildiverAgro finish partners LUKE are organizing a joint event with another project, LuovaMix, in which to present the outcomes and experiences about the SoildiverAgro’s boreal case studies cs14a and cs14b concerning the reduced tillage in wheat fields. The event is expected to initiate a lively discussion with farmers and stakeholders from the region about the strategy and main results. This LuovaMix & SoildiverAgro joint event will be held in on Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 10 am to 4 pm…

SoildiverAgro presentation at the Finnish Agricultural Science Days

17 January, 2024

Last week we celebrated Maataloustieteenpäivät (The Finnish Agricultural Science Days)! Between the 10th and 11th of January, our partner Luke participated in a national scientific meeting that brought together over 600 participants, including researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs and experts from different sectors of agronomy in Finland, to hear about the latest scientific research results and projects. In one of the sessions on a multidisciplinary approach to farmland diversity, Senior Scientist and Boreal Regional Coordinator Krista Peltoniemi, Research Scientist Annika Tienhaara…

LUKE partners at the Finnish Agriculture Science Days 10th-11th January

22 December, 2023

The Finnish Agricultural Science Days 2024 (Maataloustieteenpäivät Päivät)will take place in Helsinki Viikki campus next 10th and 11th of January. The objective of this scientific meeting is to gather researchers, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, experts and other stakeholders in Finland to listen to recent scientific research results and trends from different sectors of agronomy. LUKE experts from boreal region involved in WP5 and WP6 will be participating on the first session: 8:30-8:50 Annika Tienhaara: Viljelijöiden kiinnostus monimuotoisuutta tukeviin viljelykäytäntöihin (Farmers’ interest…

Workshop for farmers in Estonia: How intercrops will influence soil biodiversity?

14 November, 2023

The SoildiverAgro project is holding a workshop for farmers on November 16, 2023 from 10:00 to 15:00 in Rannu Seed, Estonia. The project’s soil specialist, Annely Kuu, will give a talk on “How intercropping will influence soil biodiversity”. The workshop will explain how to improve soil fertility and preserve soil biodiversity. The event will be organized by Eesti Maaülikool and Rannu Seeme OÜ; and a prior registration is required. Check the agenda and access the registration through this link: Improving…

Tillage Workshop in Finland

22 September, 2023

We are delighted to share the exciting highlights from the regional demonstration workshop held at Tyynelä Farm in Joutseno, Finland, on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023. Organized by SoildiverAgro partners Tyynelä Farm and Luke, the workshop delved into the vital topic of tillage practices and their impact on soil structure and earthworm populations in boreal environments. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all those who joined us for this informative and productive event. Minimum vs inversion tillage in wheat fields: Unveiling…