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Solutions for quality cereal production in low fertilty situations

Original title

Solutions pour une production de céréales de qualité en situations peu fertiles

Abstract

The project explores three ways to allow production of quality bread grain in low fertility situations. The first part assesses to what extent conservation agriculture is a solution; it specifies the conditions under which quality objectives are actually too difficult to achieve with the current wheat varieties. The second section analyzes the solutions that different kinds of bread grains (einkorn wheat, emmer wheat, spelt, wheat composite) can provide in less fertile conditions. The final part focuses on evaluating existing pioneer productions based on relict crops and bringing together farmers and bakers.

Financing

  • Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft BLW

Project partners

  • Agroscope
  • Agridea

FiBL project leader/ contact

FiBL project staff

  • Bougouin Hélène (Department Suisse Romande)
  • Bünemann-König Else (Department of Soil Sciences)
  • Clerc Maurice (Department Suisse Romande)
  • Dierauer Hansueli (Department of Soil Sciences)
  • Fuchs Jacques (Department of Crop Sciences)
  • Grivel Virginie (Department Suisse Romande)
  • Mäder Paul (Department of Soil Sciences)
  • Messmer Monika (Department of Crop Sciences)
  • Thonar Cécile (Department of Soil Sciences)
  • Wendling Marina (Department Suisse Romande)
(people who are not linked are former FiBL employees)

Role of FiBL

Coordination

FiBL project number

55260

Date modified

26.01.2023
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