Project

Active management and mining of phosphate for optimal P efficiency and reduction of phosphate losses at field level (A-PROPEAU)

Acronym
A-Propeau
Code
179V4514
Duration
01 November 2014 → 31 October 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agriculture, land and farm management
Keywords
phosphate losses
 
Project description

The overall objectives of the project (i) improving the efficiency of applied P, (ii) minimizing the impact of phosphate limit operations on the crop yield and soil quality, and (iii) providing solutions to reduce P losses to groundwater and surface water under (intensive) agriculture and horticulture, for the purpose of improving the water quality.