Interplay©: a support tool to help novice and organic farmers choose cereal-legume intercrops
If intercropping (IC) is so little explored today, it is probably due to the difficulty of answering all the questions raised by the practice: Which species to combine? When and how to sow? How to manage pests and diseases, weed control operations and phytosanitary treatments? What opportunities are possible? And for which environmental, health or […]
CORE Organic: aperto il 2° bando del “Green Era Hub”!
È aperto il 2° bando del “Green Era Hub” su “Colture e allevamenti che affrontano le sfide del cambiamento climatico” per la presentazione di proposte. L’ambito di applicazione copre sia l’agricoltura biologica che quella convenzionale. Il bando 2024 del “Green ERA-Hub” è sviluppato in collaborazione con la Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) […]
Results of the BfR MEAL Study: The food type has a stronger impact on calcium, potassium and phosphorus levels than factors such as seasonality, regionality and type of production
Published in “Food Chemistry”. The BfR MEAL Study aims to provide representative levels of chemical substances in foods consumed by the population in Germany for dietary exposure assessment. Calcium, potassium and phosphorus (Ca, K, P) are essential to obtain physiological functions in humans. Levels were investigated in 356 foods. Foods were purchased representatively, prepared as typically […]
Grano biologico per panificazione in terreni a bassa fertilità: una ricerca FIBL
Le moderne cultivar ad alte prestazioni hanno bisogno di terreni fertili e hanno in particolare un elevato fabbisogno di azoto in particolare. FiBL, Agroscope e Agridea hanno testato in condizioni meno intensive colture di cereali poco utilizzate e hanno studiato come un alto livello di qualità possa essere garantito lungo tutto il percorso dalla produzione […]
Organic production systems: sustainability assessment of rice in Italy
Even though organic practices are getting more and more widespread, there is scant of information on their environmental impacts. A comprehensive approach is needed in order to take into account, on the one hand, the lower amount of inputs normally used (e.g. pesticides) in organic systems and, on the other hand, the lower yield they […]
