Details of the project EPI

Innovative solutions in agricultural production as a way to increase competitiveness in the market, restore biodiversity and mitigate climate-environmental threats.

18-05-2022 do 31-12-2024

277 959,00

EFRROW; national public funds

www.bioroznorodnoscstobrawy.pl

The aim of the operation is to develop innovative solutions in the technology of production of natural resistance allowing to maintain the stability and certainty of agricultural production (minimizing climate risks) with crops with health-promoting properties and improving economic efficiency and competitiveness on the market. Restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity by promoting intercropping (one of the forms of agroforestry) with simultaneous soil activation, through the application of various types of biologically activated organic substances. Additionally, the use of biopreparations and biostimulators for soil activation and plant protection. Development and implementation of cultivation technology to minimize production risks in the first two years of cultivation of blueberries, autumn raspberries, vines, lavender and Scots pine, supporting the mitigation of climate and environmental threats.

As part of the operation, natural methods were sought to increase the resistance of plants to diseases and pests, as well as to strengthen adaptive capabilities and tolerance to climatic anomalies. One such factor is the restoration of biodiversity and agro-ecosystems. For this purpose, row crops of autumn raspberries and blueberries were introduced (in the inter-rows of fruit trees) with additional strips of nectar and pollen-producing plants in the form of lavender. This technology makes it possible to use the phenomenon of allelopathy and the positive impact of biodiversity to stimulate the natural resistance of the ecosystem, and the additional use of various types of biologically activated organic substances allows to increase the biological activity of soils and increase the content of humus in the soil. These activities, combined with the use of biopreparations and biostimulators, allow for the \"neutralization\" of the negative effects resulting from climate and environmental changes.

Aspects facilitating the implementation of adopted solutions and technologies. 1. Growing social awareness of the threats and negative effects of climate change, which in particular applies to agricultural production. 2. The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector. 3. Step formation, erosion, mineralization (decrease in humus content), chemicalization of soils, ... - perceived problems of modern agriculture. 4. Disappearance of crop biodiversity, monoculture, centralization of crops, liquidation of mid-field woodlots, depots, alleys, borders, ... . 5. Impoverishment of the pollen and nectar-producing food chain for bees, bumblebees and other pollinating insects. 6. The problem with the population of bees, bumblebees and other pollinating insects (e.g. mason bee). 7. The need to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, including organic waste (EU guidelines). 8. Development of probiotechnology and increasing farmers\' awareness of the benefit

The operation promotes natural ways to increase the efficiency of agricultural production while minimizing the negative effects of weather anomalies. Technologies allowing for the restoration of biodiversity and the natural bioresistance of agroecosystems are indicated. In the agricultural production process, the main resource that the farmer has an influence on is land/soil. The way we deal with the soil is important for the future of agriculture, and indirectly, for people. Limited and non-renewable resources of the earth determine the way it is used. The operation identifies technologies and practices for dealing with the land that guarantee respect for this resource and its optimal and rational use. As part of these activities, the Operation promotes practices of stimulating biological activity of soils combined with actions aimed at increasing the content of organic substances in it, and ultimately humus. This goal is planned to be achieved through the use/use of various types of organic substances (sawdust, wood chips, carboter, compost, ....), combined with the use of biopreparations and biostimulants in the cultivation technology (wider use of probiotechnology products). These activities will help to \"strengthen\" the soil and stimulate its natural productivity. One of the forms of optimal and rational use of land is intercropping. As part of the operation, inter-row cultivation of autumn raspberry and blueberry was introduced in the inter-rows of fruit trees of the old orchard. In order to stop and reverse the decline in the number of pollinating insects, which is caused, among others, by impoverishment of the food chain (as a result of the decline in biodiversity and the introduction of monoculture crops) to the above-mentioned In intercropping, additional strips of nectar plants were introduced and pollinators in the form of lavender (lavender also in intercropping). All these activities promoted in the operation allow for the \&

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