Non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems
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What are the options for non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Tasks:
- Make an inventory and clustering of non-chemical weed management practices in arable cropping systems for the different pedo-climatic zones in the EU.
- Analyse challenges and opportunities regarding the implementation of these practices, notably in terms of reliability and cost effectiveness at farm level as well as their transferability to other conditions (location, type of production).
- Identify key factors (such as knowledge requirements, decision support tools, partnerships) and analyse technical/economic/social barriers related to the adoption of these practices by farmers.
- Analyse the interaction of non-chemical weed management practices with other challenges, such as carbon sequestration, nutrient losses, soil degradation/erosion/compaction and biodiversity.
- Collect good practices and success stories on reducing herbicide use from different European areas, taking into account experiences of farmers and advisers as well as the findings of potential innovation activities carried out by EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and research projects in this field.
- Propose potential innovative actions and ideas for Operational Groups to stimulate the use and improvement of non-chemical weed management.
- Identify needs from practice and possible gaps in knowledge concerning non-chemical weed management which may be solved by further research.
Results:
Other information:
- Inventory and presentation of the starting document
- Agenda first meeting 21-22 November 2018 - Bucharest, Romania
- Agenda second meeting 22-23 May 2019 - Oeiras, Portugal
- Presentation weed management in potato and sugar beet
- Presentation Stefan Kuebler
- Presentation Bertrand Omon
- Presentation Alain Rodríguez
- Minipaper: Breeding
- Minipaper: Cropping design
- Minipaper: Farmers´ decision making
- Minipaper: Precision farming
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name |
Profession | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Beuling, Dirk Jan |
Farmer | Netherlands |
|
Calha, Isabel
|
Researcher | Portugal |
|
Cannon, Nicola
|
Researcher | United Kingdom |
|
Chachalis, Demosthenis
|
Researcher | Greece |
|
Colchester, Ben
|
Farmer | Ireland |
|
Delanote, Lieven
|
Adviser | Belgium |
|
Dierauer, Hans Ulrich
|
Adviser | Switzerland |
|
Henriet, François
|
Researcher | Belgium |
|
Jesenko, Tončka
|
Adviser | Slovenia |
|
Kübler, Stefan
|
Industry | Germany |
|
Melander, Bo
|
Researcher | Denmark |
|
Montull Daniel, Jose Maria
|
Researcher | Spain |
|
Murdoch, Alistair
|
Researcher | United Kingdom |
|
Omon, Bertrand
|
Adviser | France |
|
Ranaldo, Marzia
|
Researcher | Italy |
|
Rasmussen, Ilse A.
|
Civil servant | Denmark |
|
Rodriguez, Alain
|
Researcher | France |
|
Rosian, Manuela Teodora
|
Farmer | Romania |
|
Ståhl, Per
|
Adviser | Sweden |
|
Treis, Judith
|
Other | Germany |
|
Facilitation team |
||
|
Riemens, Marleen |
Coordinating expert | Netherlands |
|
Schreuder, Remco
|
Task manager | Netherlands |
|
Gätje, Emilie
|
Backup | Germany |
Access the collaborative area (only for members)
Resources from the Focus Group members:
- Website of the European Weed Research Society
- Publication on non-chemical pest control from the Pesticide Action Network Europe
- Booklet on Integrated Pest Management from the Pesticide Action Network Europe
EIP-AGRI related videos:
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AGRI Challenge: Non-chemical weed management in arable cropping systems
