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2018.10.24 | Agriculture and food
CIRCASA Survey - your views on soil organic carbon management
The European project CIRCASA is making a survey on the role of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) management for climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Contribute to this survey and tell what you think are the most effective management options, barriers and solutions.
2018.10.08 | Agriculture and food
Improving soil conservation and resource use in organic cropping systems for vegetable production
What’s the best way to manage Agroecological Service Crops? Comparing the usual management of ASC as green manure vs the use of roller crimper in a no till system, SoilVeg found that the latter generate an higher overall environment benefit, although with lower yields.
2018.10.02 | Agriculture and food
Innovative processing and packaging for safe, high-quality, organic berry products
Consumers want high-quality, organic berry products available in larger quantities. An international team of researchers has set out to meet their demands.
2018.09.14 | Agriculture and food
Anaerobically digested green manure is a valuable fertilizer
Anaerobic digestion of green manure increases nitrogen (N) availability. However, the N fertilizer replacement value is affected by the initial quality of the green manure, which is related to plant species composition and cutting frequency.
2018.07.19 | Seminar
Pig health and welfare in eco-efficient organic systems discussed at research seminar
June 13th, the Danish Organic RDD projects, VIPiglets, pECOSYSTEM and MAFFRA, presented results to and discussed recommendations with an international audience. Furthermore, international researchers where invited as guest speakers to share knowledge on research abroad.
2018.07.16 | Seminar
OrganoFinery seminar on biorefined organic protein feed
The 29th of June 2018 keynote speakers gave different perspectives on green biorefineries and projekt participants disseminated some of the results obtained in OrganoFinery.
2018.06.15 | Seminar
Join seminar on biorefined organic protein feed 29 June
Green biorefinery concepts have the potential to become a suitable solution for production of organic protein-rich feeds and a variety of other valuable products from green crops such as alfalfa, clover and clover grasses. This seminar will present perspectives on green biorefineries by keynote speakers and disseminate results obtained in research…
2018.05.22 | Agriculture and food
Innovative and sustainable grazing-based systems integrating cows and young stock
How can organic dairy cows stay with their mothers? How can we make more robust grazing strategies? How can animal health be supported, and medicine reduced, in organic dairy farming? The new CORE Organic Cofund project GrazyDaiSy seeks to answer these questions.
2018.05.16 | Agriculture and food
Legume-based cover crops benefit crop yield and reduce nitrate leaching
The use of cover crops in arable farming is more efficient in nitrate leaching reduction than decreasing the field nitrogen surplus. However, this requires well-developed cover crops.
2018.05.01 | Agriculture and food
Designing resilient organic greenhouse production systems for Europe
Greenhouse production is a highly intensive cropping system that guarantees out‐of‐season production in any climatic condition. The recently launched project 'Greenresilient' aims to demonstrate the potential and feasibility of an agroecological approach to organic greenhouse production in Mediterranean, Central and Northern European organic…