potatoe Archives - SoildiverAgro

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…

Pomona potatoes planting day

8 May, 2023

Pomona is a consumer-driven cooperative agroforestry farm applying sustainable agricultural management (agroecological farming) aiming at a perfect balance between a fully developed ecosystem and profitable crop production. On the 2nd of May, the field trial was prepared for planting potatoes. The planting itself was executed the next day, using a less automated and advanced way to limit the impact on the soil structure. Two workers on the back of the tractor planted 2 varieties of potatoes: Alouette, a red potato,…

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…

Melon turn in the rotation sequence at Case study 1 at Mediterranean South

12 May, 2022

On the last 29th of March of 2022, UPCT started the third crop cycle in CS1, located in Cartagena, SE Spain, and based on multiple cropping and rotations. The trial started with the growth of potatoes (December 2020-May 2021), followed by broccoli (September 2021-January 2022) and now it is the melon turn, as the third crop in the rotation sequence in the same field. In all crops the same experimental design was followed, with the application of the following treatments:…

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.

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…

Soil sampling trip on SoildiverAgro Boreal case studies

1 October, 2020

SoildiverAgro boreal case studies in early potato fields continue studying the effects of catch crops and organic amendments on a soil sampling trip last week. The soil samplings of this experimental designs will be develop every autumn (most likely during September). Each year, the soil sampling will be carried out in the same date for three crop cycles. Case study 13: Increase of soil biodiversity through amendment of forest based organic material in potato crops (Finland) Case study 15: Use…