Descrizione del progetto
Coltivare strumenti di nutrizione online per la gestione delle colture
L’Europa si trova alle prese con alcune sfide che richiedono di aumentare la produttività delle colture, limitando al contempo la dipendenza dai fertilizzanti sintetici e riducendo al minimo le perdite di sostanze nutritive. Il progetto NUTRICHECK-NET, finanziato dall’UE, istituirà una rete tematica autosufficiente e multi-attore per incentivare l’adozione a livello di azienda agricola delle migliori pratiche di gestione delle sostanze nutritive specifiche per il campo. Alcune associazioni per la nutrizione delle colture (CNC, Crop Nutrition Clubs) analizzeranno le sfide esistenti relative alla nutrizione delle colture in nove paesi, valutando l’efficacia di strumenti e metodologie, adottando approcci basati su misure per la gestione specifiche per l’azienda agricola e per il campo. I sistemi decisionali e gli strumenti di nutrizione individuati da gruppi di esperti nazionali saranno raccolti nella piattaforma online di NUTRI-CHECK NET, per migliorare l’accessibilità in tutta Europa. Le valutazioni iniziali e finali saranno condivise nella rete per definire le migliori pratiche, che saranno dimostrate e diffuse in modo capillare.
Obiettivo
Europe faces huge and urgent challenges of increasing crop productivity whilst reducing use of synthetic fertilisers and nutrient losses. This proposal is to establish a self-sustaining, multi-actor, Thematic Network called “NUTRI-CHECK NET” that builds farm-level adoption of best field-specific nutrient management practices across Europe. In nine countries farmers’ Crop Nutrition Clubs (CNC) will identify and share the nature of their uncertainties about crop nutrition, their challenges and barriers to change. Decision-systems and nutrition tools (including commercial products, services, and recent research outputs) will be assembled by national experts from across Europe, including leading farmers, into a common online NUTRI-CHECK NET platform. CNCs will then evaluate effectiveness of new protocols and tools selected from the a toolbox to meet their main challenges. Thence they will co-create and adopt farm- and field-specific ‘measure-to-manage’ approaches that address their crop nutrition challenge(s). Evaluations of protocols and tools by farmers and experts will address their ease of use, trustworthiness, costs, and benefits. Initial and final evaluations will be shared across the Network to define ‘best practices’, which will be demonstrated and disseminated widely, including through liaison with other relevant Thematic Networks and EIP-AGRI. The toolbox and best practices will be held accessible and improvable in perpetua on EU FarmBook. Widespread adoption of ‘measure-to-manage’ or ‘check-to-change’ approaches to crop nutrition will enhance nutrient recycling and crop productivity, whilst reducing synthetic fertiliser use and nutrient losses across Europe.
Campo scientifico
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureindustrial cropsfodder
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growingroot crops
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
11855 ATHINA
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