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2016.12.19 | Agriculture and food
Growers can do something to attract bees to orchards
Far more solitary bees than social bumblebees and honeybees were caught in pan traps in apple trees in 2016. Virtually all the solitary bees were ground nesting bees. Solitary bees require nesting sites and the fruit growers can do something to increase the number of sites.
2016.12.05 | Agriculture and food
Organic equals conventional agriculture in the tropics
A long-term study in Kenya shows that maize yields and nutrient uptake in the organic farming systems are quite similar to conventional systems. Due to premium prices, organic systems are more profitable for farmers than conventional ones.
2016.11.14 | Agriculture and food
Pre - Announcement of the CORE Organic call 2016 with cofunds from the EU
The Pre-announcement of the CORE Organic 2016 call is now available. CORE Organic will publish the final call for transnational research proposals in organic food and farming systems in the beginning of December 2016, including guidance for the applicants and the national rules and priorities.
2016.11.04 | Agriculture and food
One step closer to unsprayed apple production
Apples and pears grown under a narrow plastic roof or a plastic awning are less likely to be infected by scab and fruit rots. In fact, the results are so convincing that a profitable production of unsprayed fruit, at an acceptable price, is within reach.
2016.11.04 | Agriculture and food
Post-harvest effect of cover crops on creeping thistle Circium arvense
Cover crops produce a post-harvest effect on weed control by moving nitrogen (N) to the topsoil. This enhances the N uptake of succeeding barley crop, especially at early stages, and limits the access of thistle to the subsoil N.
2016.10.13 | Agriculture and food
First feeding behavior: A potential tool to select robust trout for organic aquaculture
The RobustFish project is testing the selection of trout larvae according to their developmental rate in order to obtain fish that are naturally more robust against stress and disease for organic aquaculture.
2016.10.13 | Agriculture and food
Forb-containing grass-clover mixtures deliver multiple ecosystem services
Inclusion of competitive forb species – chicory, caraway or plantain – in commonly practiced grass-clover mixtures is a promising strategy in intensively managed European grasslands to achieve multiple ecosystem services, such as high and stable biomass production, sustainable bioenergy production, climate change mitigation as well as improved…
2016.10.07 | Conference
Call for papers: International Scientific Conference on research and innovation on organic agriculture
Submit your paper and join the conference November 1st 2016. Registration ends on 21 October 2016.
2016.10.06 | Agriculture and food
Non-leguminous forbs in productive temporary grasslands
Plant diversity is often low in European grasslands with a major dominance of grass-clover mixtures. Recently there has been growing interest in multi-species grasslands for the purpose of increasing plant productivity and sustainability of grass-arable cropping system.
2016.10.03 | Agriculture and food
New platform for farmers to find organic solutions and exchange knowledge launched
The complexity of organic farming requires farmers to have a very high level of knowledge and skills. But exchange on organic farming techniques remains limited. A new platform – OK-Net Arable – aimed at filling the gap in the exchange of information between farmers across Europe has been launched.