Details of the project EPI

Innovative technology and organization for growing corn with biological support.

01-04-2023 do 31-12-2024

3 637 678,99

EFRROW; national public funds; own funds

www.wspomaganakukurydza.pl

The aim of the project is to develop and implement an innovative corn production technology aimed at increasing grain and biomass yields, protection against pests and phytopathogens, and increasing the economic profitability of production.

The main result of the operation will be the development, testing and implementation of an innovative corn cultivation technology. The results of the operation will be presented first on the website of the operational group for innovation ASSISTED CORN in the form of guidelines for Farmers to carry out a significantly improved technology of biologically assisted corn cultivation, resulting in better decomposition of crop residues, and thus better supply of soil with nutrients and increased yield corn, while reducing expenditure on fertilisers, fuel and insecticides.

Corn is the cereal of the greatest economic importance in the world, which makes the corn market one of the most dynamically developing markets of agricultural raw materials in recent years. Maize ranks first in terms of grain yield and second (after wheat) in terms of area under cultivation. It is estimated that the cultivation area of corn for grain in 2021 amounted to nearly 1.0 million ha (6% increase compared to 2020), and 0.7 million ha for green fodder (3% increase compared to 2020). The last harvest of corn for grain was estimated at 7.5 million tonnes (9% more than in 2020), and for green fodder approx. 33.5 million tonnes (8% more than in 2020). Maize is a crop with high yield potential and versatile use. It is cultivated for fodder, especially for poultry, pigs and dairy cattle; as human food (corn grits, flakes, porridge, flour); raw material in the spirits industry for the production of ethanol, there are also prospects for the development of corn processing into starch, r

The website of the operational group for innovations ASSISTED CORN will present information on the course of development works carried out by the consortium members, and after their completion, the effects. It is planned to prepare reports and scientific publications describing the achieved results. The composition and ways of using the biological biopreparation to accelerate the decomposition of crop residues will be developed and verified. A complete range of recommended actions necessary to be taken at individual stages of maize cultivation will be developed in detail. This knowledge will be presented to interested target recipients of the operation - agricultural producers involved in the cultivation of maize, in the first place via the website of the ASSISTED CORN group. Support for agricultural producers will also be provided by the entrepreneur - a consortium member of the operational group for innovation ASSISTED CORN, who will be responsible in the project for the production on an industrial scale of a biological biopreparation in an amount that allows verification of its effectiveness in real conditions. The plans for the implementation of the project met with the favor of agricultural producers who are waiting for the results of the planned research. Implementation of the operation will allow to work out effects giving measurable benefits to farmers. The long-term goal of the group is to popularize the proposed model of maize cultivation, using a biological biopreparation planned for production by the consortium member of the group.

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