Nutrient management

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12.06.24

Video: Comparison of organic fertilisers: impact on climate, yield and soil life

FiBL and Agroscope have conducted the project Recycle4Bio since 2018. A new video shows the first…

19.01.23

A new platform to optimise nutrient management in the EU: Launch of the NUTRIBUDGET project

Launched in the beginning of September 2022, the NUTRIBUDGET project will develop a prototype of an…

14.01.22

Save the date – Lessons learned and future implications from a Horizon 2020 project

Join us on 12 April 2022 in Brussels Belgium for the final conference of the Horizon 2020 project…

13.01.22

Workshop series on solutions for improving agroecosystem and crop efficiency for water and nutrient use

Join us for a series of workshops focusing on below-ground research, upscaling knowledge from…

16.11.20

New Factsheet: Biofertilisers

In the last years, organic amendments, active natural metabolites or beneficial microbes are…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Climate-relevant upcycling of industrial waste in the tropics (Biochar4Climate&Soil)	01.09.2025	30.04.2028
ongoing	DE	Organic Field Days 2027	05.05.2025	30.09.2027
ongoing	CH FR	Upscaling efficient alternatives for contentious inputs in organic farming (SCALE-it)	01.05.2025	30.04.2029
ongoing	CH	Reducing input use: optimising nitrogen use and variety selection in organic canola cultivation (CAPRI)	01.02.2025	31.05.2029
ongoing	CH	Climate friendly organic palm and coconut oil production in the tropics (phase 2) (Olea Vitalis)	01.01.2025	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Bringing degraded soils back to life (Symactiv)	01.01.2025	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Rapeseed for Organic Farming - Use of Adapted Heterogeneous Material to Improve Resource Efficiency and Climate Adaptation (RapsOrg)	01.01.2025	31.12.2029
ongoing	FR	Supporting farmers in sustainable soil management in the mediterranean region (MIFASOLS)	01.11.2024	01.11.2025
completed	CH	Nutrient management consulting for vegetable cooperative plankton	01.10.2024	31.05.2025
ongoing	CH	Recycling Locally Produced Bio-Wastes to Ensure Affordability and Availability of Innovative Bio-Based Fertilisers (ReLeaf)	01.06.2024	31.05.2028
ongoing	CH	Mycorrhiza Implementation Network for Sustainable Agricultural Production	01.04.2024	31.03.2026
completed	AT	Bionet Österreich 2024	01.04.2024	31.03.2025
ongoing	CH	Biological nitrification inhibition by Plantago lanceolata to reduce nitrogen losses from agroecosystems (PlantaGO)	01.03.2024	28.02.2028
ongoing	CH EU	Improving yields in organic cropping systems (OrganicYieldsUP)	01.02.2024	31.01.2028
ongoing	CH	Relay intercropping – practice-orientated introduction of a climate-resilient, soil-conserving and resource-efficient plant production system	01.01.2024	31.12.2030
ongoing	CH	Garden diversity	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Sulphur supply in organic arable farming	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing		Delivering safe, sustainable, tailored & societally accepted soil improvers from circular food production processes for boosting soil health (DeliSoil)	01.06.2023	31.05.2027
ongoing	CH	Turning food waste into sustainable soil improvers for better soil health and improved food systems (Waste4Soil)	01.06.2023	31.05.2027
completed	CH	Regenerative Parsley production in Central Europe	01.05.2023	15.07.2023
completed	CH	CIFF Mineral Fertilizer Project (CIFF-NReport)	01.05.2023	30.09.2023
completed	CH	Predicting success of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	01.01.2023	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Optimizing the quality and yield of organic wheat through targeted nitrogen fertilization	01.01.2023	31.12.2025
ongoing	DE	Organic field days 2025	01.01.2023	30.08.2025
ongoing	CH	Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health (InBestSoil)	01.01.2023	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management (trans4num)	01.12.2022	30.11.2026
ongoing	CH	Development and optimization of new mixtures of temporary overwintering plant cover adapted to the different constraints and configurations of the vineyards of the canton of Vaud (Vaud-Couverts-Viti)	15.10.2022	15.10.2025
ongoing	CH	Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture (NUTRIBUDGET)	01.09.2022	31.08.2026
completed	CH	Recycling palm oil production residues by composting (Côte d'Ivoire Compost huile de palme)	01.09.2022	28.02.2025
completed	CH	Climate friendly organic palm and coconut oil production in the tropics (CO2Tropics)	01.09.2022	31.12.2024
completed	CH	An innovative and replicable training strategy to strengthen expertise and entrepreneurial capacities for integrated solid waste management in Colombia (Colombia Don Bosco)	01.07.2022	30.06.2024
ongoing	CH	Agriculture - Climate Protection and Climate Adaptation with Biochar (Charclim)	01.06.2022	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Torfreduzierte und torffreie Anzuchtsubstrate für Jungpflanzen im produzierenden Gemüsebau (Torfreduktion)	01.04.2022	31.05.2026
completed	CH	Quality assurance in Swiss organic chicory production (Bio-Chicorée)	01.04.2022	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Optimisation of nitrogen use efficiency and climate effect of recycled fertilisers in organic agriculture (Recycle4Bio-II)	01.04.2022	31.03.2026
completed	CH	EU Öko CH Bio Side-by-side Vergleich	28.02.2022	01.05.2023
completed	CH	Predicting microbial communities	01.01.2022	31.12.2022
completed	AT	Market gardening - innovation to strengthen the Austrian supply of fresh vegetables	01.01.2022	31.12.2024
ongoing	CH	Course Organic Gardening School Hünibach (Lehrgang Biogarten)	01.07.2021
completed	AT	Wirkungsanalyse des Dünger- und Futtermittelsystems der BIO AUSTRIA Betriebe - Eine Analyse ökologischer Nachhaltigkeitsleistungen der BIO AUSTRIA Betriebe im Vergleich zur konventionellen Landwirtschaft in Österreich	05.03.2021	10.11.2021
completed	CH	Potential of Plantago sp. to reduce N2O emissions	01.01.2021	31.12.2022
completed	CH EU	Producing advanced bio-based fertilizers from fisheries wastes (SEA2LAND)	01.01.2021	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Multi-actor and transdisciplinary development of efficient and resilient MIXED farming and agroforestry-systems (MIXED)	01.10.2020	31.03.2025
completed	DE	Wege zu mehr Ökolandbau und Grundwasserschutz in Südhessen: Erarbeitung eines Grobkonzepts	01.04.2020	30.06.2021
completed	CH	Beratungspaket zur Einbindung weiterer Pflanzenproduktionsbetriebe in die Torfreduktionsvereinbarung (Beratungsprojekt Torfreduktion Zierpflanzen Baumschulen)	17.03.2020	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Pilotprojekt 3V - Bodenindikatoren	01.01.2020	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Sustainable management of organic municipal waste in the Municipality of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica	01.08.2019	31.08.2021
completed	CH	Optimizing Bio-based Fertilisers in Agriculture – Knowledgebase for New Policies (LEX4BIO)	01.06.2019	31.05.2024
ongoing	DE	Competence and Practice Research Network for the Further Development of Nutrient Management in Organic Agriculture (NutriNet)	01.03.2019	28.02.2027
ongoing	CH	Italian Input List	30.09.2018
completed	CH	Klimawirkung von Recyclingdüngern und Pflanzenkohle: Emissionen von Lachgas, Methan und Ammoniak in einem Feldversuch	12.03.2018	30.06.2022
completed	CH	Microbiome diagnostics for a sustainable agriculture (Gebert Rüf Microbiome)	01.03.2018	28.02.2021
completed	CH	Soil fertility innovation hub: selfdiagnosis and advice (Progrès Sol)	01.09.2017	31.12.2022
completed	AT	Nachhaltige Grünlandbewirtschaftung durch abgestuften Wiesenbau (AgWb)	01.01.2016	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Förderung von arbuskulären Mykorrhizapilzen in einer Chenopodiaceae-Mais-Fruchtfolge durch Untersaaten	01.01.2008	31.03.2011

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Nutrient management

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Video: Comparison of organic fertilisers: impact on climate, yield and soil life

A new platform to optimise nutrient management in the EU: Launch of the NUTRIBUDGET project

Save the date – Lessons learned and future implications from a Horizon 2020 project

Workshop series on solutions for improving agroecosystem and crop efficiency for water and nutrient use

New Factsheet: Biofertilisers

Relevant publications for practitioners

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