FERTIPLUS
FERTIPLUS Reducing mineral fertilisers and agro-chemicals by recycling treated organic waste as compost and bio-char products
| Coordinatore | STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
Organization address
address: Costerweg 50 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Totale costo | 4˙035˙827 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙983˙724 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2011-5 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-TP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-12-01 - 2015-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
Organization address
address: Costerweg 50 contact info |
NL (WAGENINGEN) | coordinator | 368˙041.00 |
| 2 |
IDCONSORTIUM SL
Organization address
address: CALLE ANTONIA DIAZ 2 ESC 1 PLANTA 1 contact info |
ES (SEVILLA) | participant | 402˙657.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Organization address
address: WOODHOUSE LANE contact info |
UK (LEEDS) | participant | 368˙948.00 |
| 4 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Organization address
address: CALLE SERRANO 117 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 334˙950.00 |
| 5 |
Vlaams Gewest
Organization address
address: KONING ALBERT II LAAN 20 contact info |
BE (BRUSSEL) | participant | 328˙080.00 |
| 6 |
CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA
Organization address
address: Via Nazionale 82 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 324˙790.00 |
| 7 |
FUNDACION PARA LAS TECNOLOGIAS AUXILIARES DE LA AGRICULTURA
Organization address
address: CARRETERA SACRAMENTO contact info |
ES (ALMERIA LA CANADA DE SAN URBANO) | participant | 213˙256.00 |
| 8 |
BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITAET WEIMAR
Organization address
address: GESCHWISTER SCHOLL STRASSE 8 contact info |
DE (WEIMAR) | participant | 195˙536.00 |
| 9 |
STICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND
Organization address
address: WESTERDUINWEG 3 contact info |
NL (PETTEN) | participant | 100˙122.00 |
| 10 |
PROININSO S.A
Organization address
address: CARRETERA AZUCARERA INTELHORCE 27 contact info |
ES (MALAGA) | participant | 98˙300.00 |
| 11 |
GESTORA DE RESIDUOS DEL SUR S.L
Organization address
address: C/PERIODISTA MENUAL SORIANO 6 contact info |
ES (ALMERIA) | participant | 86˙849.00 |
| 12 |
IRIS-Isontina Reti Integrate e Servizi
Organization address
address: Via IX Agosto 15 contact info |
IT (Gorizia) | participant | 65˙500.00 |
| 13 |
ORGANIC WASTE SYSTEMS NV
Organization address
address: DOK NOORD 5 contact info |
BE (GENT) | participant | 50˙262.00 |
| 14 |
GRAPHITE RESOURCES (KNIGHTSBRIDGE) LTD
Organization address
address: HIGHAM PLACE 6 contact info |
UK (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) | participant | 46˙433.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'FERTIPLUS will identify urban and farm organic wastes that can be used to recycle nutrients into agriculture as biochar, compost or combinations of them. Urban and farm organic residues are a large source of nutrients and today not used to its full potential. FERTIPLUS will assess and use this potential and contribute to sustainable crop production and soil productivity and quality across regions in Europe. It will demonstrate effective innovative processing and application of biochar and compost while ensuring safety for soil organisms, the environment and human health throughout the food chain as far as potential mineral and organic contaminants are concerned. FERTIPLUS will assess scenarios on amount and quality of organic wastes available within the EU in the near future to identify and map their potential for recycling nutrients to soil and plants in biochar or compost.
Production processes for compost and biochar are reviewed and new technologies will be designed to obtain high quality biochar with functionalities related to site-specific targets of sustainable soil management. Compost and biochar amendments will be compared in lab and field trials for agronomical and environmental impacts (crop production, disease suppression, soil C sequestration, prevention of GHG emissions and leaching losses) and biofuel and energy balance. Results will be used to complete a Life Cycle Analysis and define the best application practices for an effective and safe use of the final products in agriculture in an economically viable way. The consortium combines the expertise needed for these goals and involve 6 SMEs to guarantee rapid implementation of results and innovations in line with future regulatory projects (e.g. End of Waste criteria for bio-wastes, revision of Fertilisers Regulation) . Focused dissemination and communication actions include a website, brochures and meetings on innovations targeted to stakeholders and extension services.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU collaboration is investigating better ways to use organic waste as a source of nutrients for agricultural purposes.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Organic waste residues from farms and urban settings are full of nutrients. They are, however, currently not being used to their full potential.
The EU-funded http://www.fertiplus.eu/ (FERTIPLUS) project hopes to change this via a thorough assessment of organic waste potential. Project members aim to contribute to sustainable crop production while ensuring safety for soil organisms, the environment and humans.
Thus far, the project has explored the potential of feedstock and waste biomass to be converted into biochar or compost. FERTIPLUS has also evaluated various collection systems for urban organic waste.
Researchers concluded that no single strategy will be effective at the European level due to local variations. They advocate a policy framework that allows for and promotes diverse solutions to the problem.
The consortium has developed methods to analyse and convert feedstock into biochar and to measure its properties. Researchers have already evaluated several types of biochar, including those from waste agricultural feedstock and chemically modified biochars.
FERTIPLUS researchers found that low-temperature biochars retain nutrients better but are unstable in soil, while high-temperature biochars are less functional but remain stable and have higher ash content.
Field trials are now underway at four different sites to test the effects of various FERTIPLUS biochar and compost products. Project partners are also approaching farmers to find out what their requirements for end products are.
Improved nitrogen and phosphorus retention associated with the use of biochar will hopefully reduce the negative impact of agriculture on climate change. Information gained through the project could serve as a foundation for best practices and inform policy on the use of biochar and compost products.