Fertiliser efficiency - Focus on horticulture in open field
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How to use innovative fertilisation and nutrient recycling to solve the conflict between the need for crop fertilisation and legislative requirements regarding water quality?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Find all the information at a glance in the Fertiliser efficiency factsheet.
Tasks:
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Determining how crop quality and yield is influenced by legal requirements (stemming from the Nitrates Directive and the Water Framework Directive) and by which elements in particular (application standards, closed periods, organic matter calculation).
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Identifying and comparing systems to reduce fertiliser use without affecting yield and quality while taking into account cost-effectiveness and other factors like temperature, humidity, soil etc.
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Highlighting innovative systems that can help to solve the conflict between crop quality and quantity demands and the legislative requirements, e.g. innovative fertilisation techniques, crop residue management, irrigation management, crop rotation, organic matter and by-products management, N and P dynamics in relation with soil quality, the use of slow release fertilisers and catch crops, nutrient spreading or placement, tillage, others.
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Listing fail factors that limit the use of the identified techniques/systems by farmers and summarising how to address these factors.
Results:
Other information:
- Agenda first meeting 3-4 June 2014 - Alicante, Spain
- Agenda second meeting 20-22 October 2014 - Almeria, Spain
- Mini-paper: Costs and benefits of technologies for increasing N efficiency in vegetable production
- Mini-paper: Knowledge exchange to support sustainable intensification of vegetable production in the open field
- Mini-paper: Agro-ecological Service Crops to mitigate the risk of nitrate leaching from vegetable cropping system
- Mini-paper: Fertiliser planning and simple recommendation systems
- Mini-paper: Opportunities and bottlenecks in the utilisation of new kinds of organic fertilisers
- Mini-paper: Irrigation management using soil moisture sensors
- Mini-paper: Nitrogen and water need based on a model
- Mini-paper: Need for system approach to increase nutrient use efficiency in horticulture
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name |
Profession |
Country |
|---|---|---|
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Brañas, Javier |
Expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing |
Spain |
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Canali, Stefano |
Farm advisor; expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Italy |
|
Carranca, Corina |
Scientist |
Portugal |
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Coopman, Franky
|
Farmer; farm advisor; expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Belgium |
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de Haan, Janjo
|
Scientist |
Netherlands |
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De Neve, Stefaan |
Scientist |
Belgium |
|
Garming, Hildegard |
Scientist |
Germany |
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Hajdu, Zoltán
|
Farm advisor; other type of advisor |
Hungary |
|
Malusa, Eligio |
Scientist |
Italy |
|
Martínez Gaitán, Carolina Clara |
Expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
Spain |
|
Mulholland, Barry |
Expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing; scientist |
United Kingdom |
|
Nicola, Silvana
|
Scientist |
Italy |
|
Plunkett, Mark |
Other type of advisor |
Ireland |
|
Rahn, Clive |
Other type of advisor; scientist |
United Kingdom |
|
Shaban, Nidal
|
Scientist |
Bulgaria |
|
Svensson, Ingvar |
Farmer; farm advisor |
Sweden |
|
Thompson, Rodney |
Scientist |
Non-European country |
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Toresano-Sanchez, Fernando Andres |
Expert from agriculture organization, industry or manufacturing |
Spain |
|
Verhaeghe, Micheline |
Farm advisor;Scientist |
Belgium |
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Voogt, Wim
|
Scientist |
Netherlands |
| Facilitation team | ||
| Van de Casteele, Bart | Coordinating expert | Belgium |
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Desimpelaere, Koen
|
Task manager | Belgium |
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Schreuder, Remco
|
Backup | Netherlands |
Acces the collaborative area (only for members)
Resources from the Focus Group members:
EIP-AGRI related videos:
- Stefaan De Neve - presentation at EIP-AGRI seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe'
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Ughetta Bertini - presentation on Operational Group ‘FERTIBIO’ at EIP-AGRI seminar 'Healthy soils for Europe'
