Project

Sustainable and integrated soil management to reduce environmental impact

Acronym
DEMETER
Code
41N07812
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 March 2016
Funding
European funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Ecology
    • Environmental science and management
    • Other environmental sciences
Keywords
soil management
 
Project description

The overall project objective, in line with the Soil Framework Directive, is to foster sustainable soil and nutrient management, i.e. guiding and informing farmers towards a management that considers bothe nutrient and soil organic matter management simultaneously. A sustainable nutrient and soil organic matter management not only regards fertilization practices, but the whole farm management, including tillage practices, crop rotation etc.