Objective There is a need to improve sustainability in farming systems particularly through soil care and improvement, but not at the expense of productivity. One approach is to focus on a comprehensive advance in conservation tillage. This will be developed from improved ways of integrating subsidiary crops (SC) as living or dead mulches or cover crops with the main crops in rotations so as to simultaneously improve crop nutrition, health, and productivity. The SC will deliver multiple ecological services by increasing the duration of soil cover in the rotation overall while increasing species diversity, minimising the use of tillage and agrochemicals, enhancing biological N fixation and soil C content, and both reducing water demand in dry climates and improving soil workability in wetter climates.The research will draw on a wide range of previous and ongoing EU and related projects and will be based on 11 coordinated field experiments in different climatic regions together with three long-term experiments in Europe and Brazil. These experiments will all be assessed for economic and ecological impact including the often neglected issue of legume root health. Breeding companies and manufacturers of agricultural equipment from all regions of interest will be involved in finding adapted solutions for the different environments by extending the range of potentially useful plant species and by developing appropriate machinery to promote adoption in practical agriculture. The potential for useful chemical extraction from the existing and novel SCs will also be investigated.A central deliverable will be a database supported 'Cover Crop and Living Mulch Toolbox' and Decision Support Tool which will encourage multilingual stakeholder exchange and dissemination during and beyond the lifetime of the project so as to capture farmer experience. The results of the project as a whole will be of use for and improve sustainability in low-input, organic, and conventional farming systems. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedslegumes Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2011.1.2-03 - Development of cover crop and mulch systems for sustainable crop production Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2011-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator UNIVERSITAET KASSEL EU contribution € 462 780,00 Address MONCHEBERGSTRASSE 19 34125 Kassel Germany See on map Region Hessen Kassel Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sigrid Reinhard (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (19) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EIDGENOESSISCHES DEPARTEMENT FUER WIRTSCHAFT, BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG Switzerland EU contribution € 225 907,00 Address Bundeshaus Ost 3003 Bern See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Bern / Berne Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Brigitte Dorn (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI Norway EU contribution € 169 380,00 Address HOEGSKOLEVEIEN 7 1430 Aas See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hanne Soerlie (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO AGRONOMICO DO PARANA Brazil EU contribution € 160 560,00 Address RODOVIA CELSO GARCIA CID KM 375 86047 590 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