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BioWeedControl: Accelerating Europe’s transition towards a chemical-free agriculture

Descrizione del progetto

Un nuovo modo per sbarazzarsi delle erbacce

Poiché le preoccupazioni per i cambiamenti climatici sono in crescita in tutto il mondo, si cercano modi per evitare, o perlomeno diminuire, gli impatti di questo fenomeno sull’ambiente. Uno dei settori che ha ricevuto grande attenzione è quello agricolo, in particolare per quanto riguarda l’uso di erbicidi chimici contro le erbacce e il loro effetto dannoso sull’ambiente. Sfortunatamente, non vi sono stati progressi significativi nel trovare una soluzione al problema. Il progetto BioWeedControl, finanziato dall’UE, sta introducendo un nuovo approccio per combatterlo: invece di usare sostanze attive per uccidere le erbacce, ne impedirà la crescita aggiungendo uno strato fisico semi-permeabile nel terreno.

Obiettivo

"For the past four decades, weeds within agriculture have been mainly controlled through chemical herbicides but their widespread use has put great pressure on the environment, raised the number of herbicide-resistant species and partly even threatened human health. Increasing legislation, banning of chemical herbicides and opposition from farmers and citizens are forcing the agricultural industry to quickly find alternative solutions. Despite the growing demand for chemicals free herbicides, specifically in large scale row crops, today no solution has been adapted on larger scale within the market. Furthermore, no new mode of action for herbicides has been introduced since the early 1980s.
Bind-X is an award-winning start-up company with the vision to improve sustainability, profitability and innovation within the agricultural industry. Bind-X offers a radically different approach to prevent weed growth. Instead of the use of an active substance to kill weeds, ""BioWeedControl” impedes weed growth by inducing a mechanical/physical layer in the soil. Based on a bio-geochemical process Bind-X technology induces a semi-permeable layer within the soil matrix. Its weed prevention performance has already been demonstrated in multiple field tests on several specialty crops in cooperation with relevant partners in the industry. With this project, Bind-X is adapting its formulations for row crop applications and scaling up its production processes to achieve target costs and application volumes.
Bind-X offers a highly efficient solution to prevent weed growth, contributing towards removing thousands of tonnes of chemicals from our food chain and therewith to a more sustainable production of food. This project will further reduce the time-to-market, enable quicker international expansion and increase the company’s lead over competition. At the same time, the commercialisation of BioWeedControl will allow to generate 37 highly qualified jobs in Bind-X until 2023"

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Coordinatore

BIND-X GMBH
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 1 631 221,38
Indirizzo
AM KLOPFERSPITZ 19
82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Germania
PMI
Sì
Regione
Bayern Oberbayern München, Landkreis
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 2 330 316,25