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Mulching vegetables - Economic vegetable cultivation in a natural mulching system
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-HE-2020-LPLTLGMPG
Contract period: 01.01.2020
- 31.12.2022
Budget: 400,000 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farming practice/activity, farming equipment, plant production and horticulture, land cover type, pest/disease control, fertilisation, soil, water, biodiversity, climate change
Mulch systems could make a contribution to sustainability of food by dispensing with pesticides or promoting humus formation. The OG combines the transfer and In-situ to a combined mulching process. An innovative planting machine, the MulchTec Planter, is intended to compensate for the work involved in mulch planting. The aim is to produce high-quality, regional vegetables with ecological added value at prices similar to those of common vegetables. Farms in 'non-vegetable regions' should also produce sustainable vegetables.
Section overview
Subjects
- Agricultural Engineering Plant Production
- Vegetable Gardening