Innovation & Knowledge Exchange | EIP-AGRI newsletter: Fertilisers and energy
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Good practices, projects, funding and other resources offering support to farmers faced with increases in fertiliser and energy prices.
In response to the impacts of the climate crisis and the economic consequences and disruptions to the food supply due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, the prices for agricultural inputs and products have been driven upwards. This contributes to the increased vulnerability of food systems and threatens food security in the long term.
The June edition of the EU CAP Network Support Facility for Innovation & Knowledge Exchange including EIP-AGRI looks specifically at this topic, showcasing some useful EIP-AGRI Support Facility activities as well as projects, funding and other resources.
In this edition, you will find the following articles:
Inspirational ideas
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Recycling waste from horticulture into substrates and fertilisers
Fertilisers and energy in the spotlight
- EU communication on fertilisers from November 2022
- Podcast Food for Europe tackles the fertiliser crisis
EIP-AGRI Support Facility activities
- Smart circular farming to address high energy and fertiliser prices – seminar report and factsheet
- The EIP-AGRI Support Facility actions relating to fertilisers and energy
- Closing the loop: grass-based circularity in the Agrinnovation magazine
- New Agri-challenge video on alternative fertilisation
- Operational Groups on fertiliser and energy topics
EU CAP Network activities
- Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture
- Green deal projects to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral Europe
- A decision support tool to estimate N availability from cover crops
- AgroFossilFree’s AgEnergy Platform
- Nutrient Awareness survey
- Video entitled ‘Getting into hot water’ – solar thermal energy in agriculture
Funding opportunities
- Horizon Europe offers funding related to the optimisation of fertiliser and energy use
- Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking call open
- Horizon Europe offers funding related to the optimisation of fertiliser and energy use
Read the June issue in English, German, French.
The EIP-AGRI Support Facility has carried out interesting activities and events on finding alternatives to fossil energy and synthetic fertilisers. Take a look, for example, at the Smart circular farming to address high energy and fertiliser prices seminar or at the Focus Groups on Renewable energy on the farm and Fertiliser efficiency - Focus on horticulture in open field as well as issues related to the circular bioeconomy spotlighted on the webpage ‘EIP-AGRI and the circular bioeconomy.’
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