Tillage

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19.06.24

Regenerative soil management through innovation in the Mediterranean region

A Mediterranean network of five living labs in France, Greece and Spain is laying the foundations…

06.04.22

Updated fact sheet "Soil and Climate" on the climate impact of organic soil management

The updated publication addresses the adaptability of organic agriculture to changes caused by…

02.12.21

What happens in the soil when organic farmers stop ploughing?

The value of long-term studies can be found when you’re ready to dig deep. FiBL scientists and…

04.10.21

Less is more – Testing reduced tillage under organic conditions

The turn of the millennium brought a change in the agricultural mindset: reduced tillage. Reduced…

08.01.20

Awards for FiBL projects on soil fertility and reduced tillage

Two projects coordinated by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) received the best…

21.06.17

Tillage without using a plough: beneficial for soil and climate

Ploughless tillage can reduce soil erosion and contribute to protecting the climate. Two recent…

11.05.15

The International Year of Soils at FiBL

The United Nations has declared 2015 the International Year of Soils in order to increase awareness…

23.10.13

Green fingers - Article on TILMAN-ORG in International Innovation

Recently the article "Green fingers" appeared in the magazine International Innovation, informing…

07.02.13

Video on reduced tillage: Farmers' motivations and problems

The TILMAN-ORG consortium presented first results of a survey on organic farmers' motivations and…

04.01.12

Integrating reduced tillage and green manures in organic cropping - New European research project has started

Recently the new European project “Reduced tillage and green manures for sustainable cropping…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Regenerative transition at Mus Alparslan farm in Turkey	20.01.2025	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Influence of cultivation on the functional diversity of the soil in the "Frick trial on preparations and soil" (FunDiv-Frick)	02.04.2024	15.11.2027
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	Soil disturbance by mechanical equipment in organic farming (STIR)	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Regenerative Parsley production in Central Europe	01.05.2023	15.07.2023
ongoing	CH	Impact assessment of mechanical weed control on the environment and yields (Hackfolgen)	01.01.2023	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management (trans4num)	01.12.2022	30.11.2026
ongoing	CH	Strategies for the adaptation of arable farming systems to climate change and their contribution to climate protection in the Upper Rhine region (KLIMACrops)	01.10.2022	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Regulation of Cyperus esculentus sp. in organic farming	01.01.2022	31.12.2025
ongoing	CH	Strategic and technical support for the "Farming with Nature" initiative of Ingleby Farm&Forest group (Ingleby – Farming with Nature)	01.01.2022	31.12.2026
completed	CH	Microbiome Lighthouse Project	01.01.2022	31.12.2023
ongoing	CH	Organic conservation agriculture: weed management and soil quality (Adventisol)	01.01.2022	31.12.2025
completed	CH	Swiss spade test – Standardised working basics for agricultural practice and soil protection (Spatenprobe)	01.07.2021	01.07.2024
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	Development of innovative measures for herbicide-free ground cover in viticulture (CV-VigneSol)	01.01.2021	30.04.2025
ongoing	CH	Synergistic use and protection of natural resources for rural livelihoods through systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock in the Sahel (SustainSAHEL)	01.09.2020	01.09.2025
completed	DE CH	Overcoming the physical and mental barriers for upscaling Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean (ConServeTerra)	01.07.2020	30.06.2024
completed	CH	Postulat Bourgeois: “Soil carbon sequestration in Switzerland: analysis of potentials and measures”	01.06.2020	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Pilotprojekt 3V - Bodenindikatoren	01.01.2020	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Bodenqualitätsindikatoren BQI-CH Perspektivmethode Infrarot-Spektroskopie	01.11.2019	01.02.2021
completed	AT	Erosion protection and resource conservation in organic maize cultivation	01.05.2019	31.12.2023
completed	CH	Relay intercropping – Further developing a resource-conserving cultivation system for soya in mixed culture in practice	30.04.2019	31.12.2021
completed	CH	SOCORT – Kohlenstoffsequestrierung durch reduzierte Bodenbearbeitung im Biolandbau (SOCORT/SOCORT2)	01.10.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Soil fertility innovation hub: selfdiagnosis and advice (Progrès Sol)	01.09.2017	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Alternatives to ploughing in organic agriculture	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	DE	Öko-Feldtage 2017	01.07.2016	30.09.2017
completed	AT	Development of yield and humus formation in the soil through reduced soil cultivation and organic fertilization (green manure and organic fertilizer) (AG-BIOBO)	14.03.2016	28.02.2019
completed	CH	Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience (iSQAPER)	01.05.2015	30.04.2020
completed	CH	Organic Knowledge Network Arable (OK-Net Arable)	01.03.2015	28.02.2018
completed	CH	Fertility Building Management Measures in Organic Cropping Systems (FertilCrop)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Structure and function of N2O producing and reducing microbial communities as influenced by soil management (NFP 68 – denitrification)	01.04.2013	30.03.2016
completed	CH	Dissemination of reduced tillage in the organic farming sector	01.01.2013	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Biologischer Anbau von Pinot Noir Reben Vitis vinifera L im Wallis: Wirkung von Bewässerung sowie verschiedener Düngungs- und Bodenbearbeitungsverfahren auf physiologische Stressreduktion, Wuchs, Ertrag und Qualität	01.04.2012	31.12.2014
ongoing	CH	Soil tillage experiment Schlatthof (Aesch trial)	01.01.2012
completed	CH	Soil and climate friendly crop production in organic farming (COOP BKBA)	01.01.2012	31.12.2016
completed	CH	Reduced tillage and Green Manures for Sustainable Organic Cropping Systems (TILMAN-ORG)	01.09.2011	31.08.2014
completed	CH	No-till agriculture - a climate smart solution?	01.01.2011	31.12.2011
completed	CH	Influence of multi-year reduced tillage on soil micro-organisms. A study on two commercial farms in the canton of Bern	01.01.2011	31.12.2015
completed	CH	Improving nutrient efficiency in major European food, feed and biofuel crops to reduce the negative environmental impact of crop production: Genotype x Management Interaction (NUE-CROPS)	01.05.2009	30.04.2014
completed	CH	Climate friendly arable and vegetable production (KLINE-AG)	01.01.2009	31.12.2011
completed	CH	Improving soil fertility by reduced tillage on the Juchowo farm in Poland	01.01.2009	31.12.2015
ongoing	CH	Impacts of bio-dynamic preparations, reduced tillage and fertilization on yield and soil fertility (Frick trial)	01.10.2002
completed	CH	Klimaneutraler Acker- und Gemüsebau? Ökonomisch-ökologische Wirkungsanalyse (KLINE-AG)		15.03.2012

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Tillage

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Regenerative soil management through innovation in the Mediterranean region

Updated fact sheet "Soil and Climate" on the climate impact of organic soil management

What happens in the soil when organic farmers stop ploughing?

Less is more – Testing reduced tillage under organic conditions

Awards for FiBL projects on soil fertility and reduced tillage

Tillage without using a plough: beneficial for soil and climate

The International Year of Soils at FiBL

Green fingers - Article on TILMAN-ORG in International Innovation

Video on reduced tillage: Farmers' motivations and problems

Integrating reduced tillage and green manures in organic cropping - New European research project has started

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