project - Research and innovation
Reducing minerals fertilizers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products (FERTIPLUS).
Reducing minerals fertilizers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products (FERTIPLUS).
Objectives
Objective: Identication of innovative processing technologies and strategies to convert urban and farm organic waste to valuable and safe products for agriculture and allow industries to develop projects and provide adequate information on use and quality of the products.
Objectives
Objective: Identication of innovative processing technologies and strategies to convert urban and farm organic waste to valuable and safe products for agriculture and allow industries to develop projects and provide adequate information on use and quality of the products.
Activities
Main activities: Identification and development of innovative strategies and technologies to: (1) reduce the application of mineral fertilizers and agro-chemicals, (2) stimulate industry to implement innovative and cost-effective organic waste treatment and recycling processes to produce safe compost and biochar, (3) allow agriculture to improve the efficient use of nutrients from fertilizers.
Main (expected) practical outcomes: to support the European Union in the transition to a safe and sustainable recycling of urban and farm organic wastes as fertilizers and soil amendments to improve soil fertility.
Activities
Main activities: Identification and development of innovative strategies and technologies to: (1) reduce the application of mineral fertilizers and agro-chemicals, (2) stimulate industry to implement innovative and cost-effective organic waste treatment and recycling processes to produce safe compost and biochar, (3) allow agriculture to improve the efficient use of nutrients from fertilizers.
Main (expected) practical outcomes: to support the European Union in the transition to a safe and sustainable recycling of urban and farm organic wastes as fertilizers and soil amendments to improve soil fertility.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other EU research and development funds
- Agricultural sectors
- Crops (generic)
EUR 3 902 804.00
Total budget
Total contributions including EU funding.
1 Practice Abstracts
Different kinds of compost and biochar have benn produced from different waste materials in different production conditions and in different countries of the European Union. At the moment, different field trials are being developing to evaluate the evolution of soil properties after the application of compost and biochar as organic amendments to improve soil fertility.
Contacts
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Alterra Wageningen
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University od Leeds
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Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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Bauhaus Universitat Weimar
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VLAGEW (ILVO)
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Organic Waste Systems NV
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Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura
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ID Consortium SL
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Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Netherland
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Graphite Respurces (Knightsbridge) Ltd.
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Fundaci¢n para las Tecnologías Auxiliares de la Agricultura (TECNOVA)
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Proininso S.A.
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IRIS-Isontia Reti Integrate e Servizi
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Gestora de Residuos del Sur S.L.
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