Optimising use of farm organic amendments in agriculture
Optimising use of farm organic amendments in agriculture
Start Date: 01 January 2018
End Date: 31 December 2019
Location: Álava, Spain
Objectives:
Setting- up collective manure management in which the exceeding slurry from 7 dairy farms is stored in a big slurry pit with floating cover
This storage will guarantee organic fertiliser availability to crop fields when required. Fertilisation will take place under fertilising programmes, thus, decreasing environmental impact. Also, the system effect on GHG emissions will be evaluated using a farm gate modelling approach.
Partners:
15 farmers, ABERE, NEIKER
Co-ordinator:
Lurdes Nafarrate
Funding Organisations:
abere, Cuma Albina S.Coop, eip-agri, European Union, neiker tecnalia