Novel procedures and sustainable guidelines to enhance the use of alternative fertilisers

Assessing optimal nutrient management practices in view of agronomic and environmental impacts

Assessment of the effect of biodegradable chelators and plant growth regulator in the phytoextraction of cadmium by high cadmium-accumulating rice and treatment of the phytoextraction biomass

Assessment of the technical and environmental performance of industrial cropping combined with phytomanagement of metal contaminated dredged sediment-derived soils

Biogas Biorefineries : Securing domestic production of cost-effective biomethane

Circular nutrient management in livestock-dense regions – insights from substance flows and cost-benefit analysis.

Closing loops in intensive livestock systems: innovative strategies for nutrient recycling and emissions reduction.

Development and assessment of spectroscopic techniques and advanced analysis methods for characterization of bio-based fertilizers

Doctoral project Anna Jasińska

Doctoral project Ellen Dolmans

Doctoral project Hellen Luisa de Castro e Silva

Doctoral project Ivona Sigurnjak

Doctoral project Jai Sankar Seelam

Doctoral project Jing Qiu

Doctoral project Lies De Clercq

Doctoral project Merve Konucu

Doctoral project Nathalie Devriendt

Doctoral project Sofie De Moor

Duckweed as novel protein source

Environmental impact analysis in the bioeconomy and the agro-food chain

Evaluation of bio-based fertilisers recovered from manure for their agronomic quality and effects on soil nutrient availability and soil quality

Evaluation of performance and efficiency of bio-based and tailor-made fertilisers in selected nutrient vulnerable regions of the EU.

Exploration of operating parameters and mechanisms of a microbial electrochemical coupled integrated carbon dioxide bio-methanation system

Harnessing Green and Blue Bioeconomies: Grass and Seaweed Valorization.

Interrelations between the nitrogen availability of biobased fertilizers and dynamics of the plant-soil system

LCA of recycled nutrients

Life cycle assessment as a tool to design future agricultural systems - Evaluation of technologies aimed at closing nutrient loops & decreasing farm-related environmental impacts.

Modelling the effects of bio-based fertilizers use on air and surface water pollution at sub-basin and European scales

Nature based solutions for mitigation of nutrient pressure from modern agriculture

Nutrient recovery from fishery & aquaculture waste

Nutrient recovery from the liquid fraction of agricultural wastes

Phosphorus recovery from biogas biorefineries

Phytomanagement of contaminated and marginal lands with <i>Ricinus communis</i> L.

'ProChain': The next Protein value Chain - Development of novel methods to quantify environmental impacts, integrate choice behaviours and bottom-up exploration of food system transition pathways

Production and use of organic soil enhancers and growing media from agro-residues

Sustainable pig production by combination of technical and nature based solutions towards integrated nutrient & water recovery

The potential of industrial hemp (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.) in a phytoattenuation strategy: combining gradual soil remediation with clean fiber production for the textile industry

The role of waste biorefineries towards nutrient recovery : Insights from a life cycle perspective.

The use of digestate as a biobased fertiliser: nitrogen fertilising properties and interactions with soil organic carbon.

Valorisation of organic materials and composts for precision fertilization of orchards and vineyards

Waste utilization via thermal plasma

Waste(water) management from the perspective of the nutrient-energy-water Nexus

Beyond Waste: A holistic approach to food loss reduction through lean strategies, collaborative governance and inclusive business models

Biorefineries in agricultural settings: financial sustainability at farm level and exploring their role in a transformative bioeconomy.

Doctoral project Egor Moshkin

Doctoral project Gabi Altabash

Doctoral project Samaya El Hajj Hassan

Doctoral project Srija Balachandran

Hennep cultivation on contaminated soil: managing the impact of metals on the value-chain

Innovative tools to measure and estimate food losses at the primary production stage of potato

Nature-based green-blue solutions for the improvement of surface water quality

Site specific bio-based fertilisation using a data fusion approach

A biorefinery approach to exploit digestate as key feedstock in the energy – nutrient nexus (BioDEN)

Accelerating algae product developments in Baltic and North Sea

Accelerating Renewable Energies through valorisation of Biognic Organic Raw Material

Added value of cross-border valorisation of marginal land in support of a bio-based economy

A Disruptive Innovative Cooperative Entrepreneurial (DICE) education, training and skills development programme rolling out the next generation of Agri Biorefinery and Valorisation Bioeconomy leaders

AdviSor neTwork foR OptimAl ferTilisers Use

Agronomic value of processed manure valorize

A network of bioeconomy open access pilot and multipurpose demo facilities

Assessment of the fertilising properties and environmental impact of biobased materials via the cycling of carbon and nitrogen.

balancing Nitrogen and Phosphorus flOWs by budgEting at Regional scale

BOF-ZAP professorship in clean environmental technology

Bringing knowledge and consensus to prevent and reduce FOod LOss at the primary production stage. Understanding, measuring, training and adopting.

Closing waste water cycles for nutrient recovery

CO-4-ENERGY

Coagulation-Flocculation as a sustainable harvesting process for microalgae grown in wastewater

Cofunding core facility - INSTALAB

Converting organic matters from European urban and natural areas into stable bio-energy

Creating value from waste nutrients by integrating algal and anaerobic digestion technology

Effects of amendments and plant rhizosphere processes on the migration and transformation of heavy metals in soil in frame of phytoremediation

Enabling underused bio-waste feedstocks into safe and effective market-ready soil improvers.

End-of-Waste

European Innovation Partnership (EIP) - Operational groups - Water chain

Feasibility of recycling biomass from Cu/Zn contaminated soil to produce mineral feed supplement for livestock.

GRass as GReen Gas Resource: Energy from landscapes by promoting the use of grass residues of a renewable energy resource

Grassification

green fertilizer from manure and digestate

Harnessing Green and Blue Bio-Economies: Grass and Seaweed Valorization

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in a phytoattenuation strategy: remediation potential of a Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated soil and valorization potential of the fibers for textile production.

Innovative nutrient recovery from secondary sources – Production of high-added value FERTIlisers from animal MANURE

International Thematic Network - INFINITY 2023-2024

Interrelation between the nitrogen availability of biobased fertilizers and dynamics of the plant-soil system

LemnaPro, Growing and processing water lentils as an alternative protein crop in Flanders

Maximizing the impact of EIP-agri operational groups for efficient water management on-farm - Unleashing practical knowledge and farmerfriendly resources

New bio-based fertilisers from organic waste upcycling

NITROMAN

Novel agro-industrial pathways for nitrogen recovery : Product assessment and market uptake

Nutrient balance and Resource Optimization in Regional Ecosystems through holistic, sustainable, and zero-pollution solution

Nutrient Management and Nutrient Recovery Thematic Network

Nutrient Recycling- from pilot production to farms and fiels

NUTRI-KNOW - Broadening the impact of EIP-AGRI operational groups in the field of nutrient management: Knowledge exploitation and easy-to-understand material for farmers and practitioners

Open Innovation test bed for developing safe nano-enabled bio-based materials and polymer bionanocomposites for multifunctional and new advanced applications

Optimisation of nutrient budget in agriculture

PHOSphorus Recovery from waste water FOR YOUr Life

Pocket Power: extending pocket digestion in Flanders

Producing advanced bio-based fertilizers from fisheries wastes

Quality and effectivity assessment of phosphorus fertilizers recovered from municipal wastewater.

ReciDigest

Recycling inorganic chemicals from agro- and bio-industry wastestreams Interreg IVB North West Europe

REcycling of NUtrients to close the fertiliser CYCLE

ReJuice

RENURE - operational group in which ammonium salts recovered from manure are used as fertilizers and tested in real agricultural practice

Research towards biobased fertilisers

RE-Source: Bioresource Recovery Platform

SEcuring doMestic PRoduction of cost-Effective BIOmethane

Start and coordination of the 'Nutricycle Flanders' platform

Substitution of fossil-resource based fertilizers by mineral nutrients recovered from biobased side streams

Systemic large scale eco-innovation to advance circular economy and mineral recovery from organic waste in Europe

Technical and environmental performance assessment of combined industrial cropping with phytoremediation on contaminated land.

Techno-economic assessment of agro-industrial nutrient recovery processes.

The Blue Chain

Transition towards a more carbon and nutrient efficient agriculture in Europe

Using upstream anaerobic digestion process-control to achieve minimal content of undesired trace elements - FERTICYCLE

Valorising of waste streams to recover nutrients from grass and seaweed biorefineries

Development of an integrated digestate treatment with recuperation / re-use of water, nutrients and organic matter (C2C)

Improved Nutrient and Energy Management through Anaerobic Digestion

BOF-ZAP professorship in clean environmental technology

Carbon sequestration and soil amelioration in zero waste agricultural practices using hydrochar derived from marine biowaste from the Korean peninsula