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Boosting 4 BEST practices for SOIL health in Europe

Objective

Healthy soils are of major importance for the future of the European horticultural and agricultural crop production. Especially in intensive production systems, soilborne diseases are a major factor with a negative impact on soil health. Newly developed best practices and sound crop rotations permit to maintain, improve or re-establish soil health in Europe.
The BEST4SOIL project will build a community of practice network across Europe by inter-connecting growers, advisers, educators and researchers. Through this network, knowledge ready for practice on 4 best practices for the control of soilborne diseases (compost/organic amendments; green manures/cover crops; anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD); and (bio)solarisation) will be promoted. Open-access databases with information on the range of pathogens affecting host plants will help the practitioners to build appropriate crop rotations and innovative control strategies.
As innovative tool will BEST4SOIL provide tutorial videos (youtube), easily understandable also to growers with limited language skills. Videos, databases and factsheets are edited in 22 official EU languages to facilitate the innovation management of practitioners throughout Europe. The information will be freely accessible and highly comprehensible to guarantee a smooth knowledge transfer from research to practice. BEST4SOIL will deploy local facilitators to set up a network with active communities of practice resulting in an intensive knowledge exchange.
The consortium of BEST4SOIL includes advisers, breeder, communicators, educators, growers, and researchers from eight European countries. Together with facilitators in at least twelve more countries, the network will interconnect an important part of the European growers, advisers and educators, the main stakeholders of BEST4SOIL.

Call for proposal

H2020-RUR-2018-2020

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Sub call

H2020-RUR-2018-1

Coordinator

DELPHY BV
Net EU contribution
€ 336 614,75
Address
Agro Business Park 5
6708 PV Wageningen
Netherlands

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Region
Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00

Participants (12)

FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU OSTERREICH
Austria
Net EU contribution
€ 183 167,50
Address
Doblhoffgasse 7/10
1010 Wien

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Region
Ostösterreich Wien Wien
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
7REASONS MEDIEN GMBH
Austria
Net EU contribution
€ 230 462,50
Address
Seefeldgasse 72
3462 Absdorf

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Ostösterreich Niederösterreich Wiener Umland/Nordteil
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Ireland
Net EU contribution
€ 82 381,25
Address
Oak Park
R93 Carlow

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Region
Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
BERNER FACHHOCHSCHULE
Switzerland
Net EU contribution
€ 125 258,75
Address
Falkenplatz 24
3012 Bern

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Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Bern / Berne
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
LANDBRUG & FODEVARER F.M.B.A.

Participation ended

Denmark
Net EU contribution
€ 110 407,06
Address
Axeltorv 3
1609 Kobenhavn
Region
Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE INVESTIGACIONY FORMACION AGRARIA PESQUERA ALIMENTARIA Y DE LA PRODUCCION ECOLOGICA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 281 146,75
Address
Avenida Grecia S/n Edf Atvo Los Bermejales
41012 Sevilla

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Region
Sur Andalucía Sevilla
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIWERSYTET PRZYRODNICZY WE WROCLAWIU
Poland
Net EU contribution
€ 59 925,00
Address
Ul. Cypriana Kamila Norwida 25
50-375 Wroclaw

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Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 263 598,75
Address
Droevendaalsesteeg 4
6708 PB Wageningen

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Region
Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
P. H. PETERSEN SAATZUCHT LUNDSGAARD GMBH
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 52 312,50
Address
Streichmuhlerstr 8a
24977 Grundhof

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Flensburg
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
EIDGENOESSISCHES DEPARTEMENT FUER WIRTSCHAFT, BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG
Switzerland
Net EU contribution
€ 141 905,00
Address
Bundeshaus Ost
3003 Bern

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Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Espace Mittelland Bern / Berne
Activity type
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
GRAND ALFRED
Austria
Net EU contribution
€ 76 325,00
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
SEGES INNOVATION PS
Denmark
Net EU contribution
€ 54 794,19
Address
Agro Food Park 15
8200 Aarhus N

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Region
Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00