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Biochar and flowering areas in vegetable production: optimizing practicality and ecological benefits (PK-BIG)
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-BW-2023-DKW
Contract period: 01.01.2023
- 31.12.2025
Budget: 793,710 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: fertilisation, climate change
Climate change and the biodiversity crisis are among the most pressing challenges facing agriculture. The application of biochar (BC) can contribute to climate change adaptation by promoting plant root growth and stimulating the long-term build-up of soil organic matter. Flower strips increase biodiversity in intensively used cultivated landscapes. Both measures are known to many farmers and are partly applied, but their potential is not yet fully exploited. BC is hardly used in vegetable production due to a lack of practical recommendations and experience in application. Flower strips are usually sown only as annuals in vegetable production, although perennial flower strips show a higher ecological and presumably also agronomic benefit. In the present project, crop-specific application recommendations and application techniques for BC for cabbage / lettuce are developed and the barriers to the establishment of perennial flower strips (pest pressure, public perception, legal-organizational aspects) in vegetable production are investigated and reduced.
Section overview
Subjects
- Vegetable Gardening
- Agroecology
- Soil science
- Climate Change
