project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Promotion of the production of barley, wheat, alfalfa and oilseed crops in organic production of animal feed
Kontext
This Operational Group is established to promote the production of raw materials to obtain locally produced organic feed. The Group is led by NUTREX PINSOS, SL, a company specialising in the production of feed, with an increasingly extensive portfolio of organic farmers. CARNS DE CONFIANÇA, SL, a leading company in breeding organic beef, will focus on research for the cultivation of organic barley, necessary for feeding its livestock. Finally, ACEITES DE SEMILLAS, SA specialises in processing oilseed crops (including rapeseed and soybeans), and in addition to oil, it obtains the flour used in feed production. ACEITES DE SEMILLAS currently manages its own organic production areas due to the lack of reliable locally produced organic raw material
Objectives
The pilot project focuses on encouraging local production of raw materials for producing livestock feed, and barley, wheat, alfalfa, rapeseed and soybeans in particular, within an organic production system.
The project secondary objectives are:
• Determine the agronomic practices, costs and quality involved in current local organic production of barley, corn, alfalfa and rapeseed.
• Study the feasibility of rapeseed cultivation in the organic production system.
• Assess the adaptation of new varieties of barley, corn and soybeans to organic production systems.
• Improve the management of nitrogen fertilisation in the production and quality of barley and wheat.
Transfer the results obtained
Activities
The following activities will be carried out in order to achieve the planned objectives:
• Activity 1. Monitoring of plots of organic farmers producing barley, corn and alfalfa.
• Activity 2. Study of the agronomic feasibility of rapeseed cultivation in organic production systems.
• Activity 3. Assessment of new varieties of barley and wheat in the organic production system.
• Activity 4. Impact of nitrogen fertilisation on the production, quality and health of barley and wheat.
• Activity 5. Assessment of the agronomic viability of soybean cultivation in organic farming.
• Activity 6. Transfer of the results.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Ort
- Main geographical location
- Girona
- Other geographical location
- Barcelona
EUR 181714.29
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
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Contacts
Project coordinator
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NUTREX PINSOS, SL
Project coordinator