La Memoria de Actividades de la anualidad 2023 de la Asociación Red de Espacios Test Agrarios (RETA) pretende ser un documento transparente e ilustrativo de la actividad y situación de la Red. Durante el último semestre de 2022 la RETA trabajó para la creación de una nueva entidad formal constituyéndose así la Asociación Red de Espacios Test Agrarios en fecha de 25 de octubre de 2022, celebrándose a finales de noviembre de 2022 las II Jornadas RETA en Berriz (Bizkaia), donde se pudo presentar la nueva Asociación Red de Espacios Test Agrarios y su plan de acción, en el marco del proyecto ‘Consolidación y dinamización de la Red de Espacios Test Agrarios (RETA) 2022-2024’ financiado por la Fundación Daniel y Nina Carasso y gestionado por la ‘Associació d’Iniciatives Rurals de Catalunya’ (ARCA). Así empezó la anualidad 2023 con el objetivo de dar los primeros pasos como Asociación y consolidar los objetivos específicos marcados en el plan de acción
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Operational Group RETA: Network of Farm Incubators
Operational Group RETA: Network of Farm Incubators
Agricultural run-off and subsurface drainage tiles transport a significant amount of nitrogen and phosphorus leached after fertilization. alchemia-nova GmbH in collaboration with University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna developed two multi-layer vertical filter systems to address the agricultural run-off issue, which has been installed on the slope of an agricultural field in Mistelbach, Austria. While another multi-layer addressing subsurface drainage water is implemented in Gleisdorf, Austria. The goal is to develop a drainage filter system to retain water and nutrients. Both multi-layer filter systems contain biochar and other substrates with adsorption properties of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus). The filter system can be of practical use if an excess of nutrients being washed out is of concern in the fields of the practitioner by keeping the surrounding waters clean. This approach may result in economic value by re-using the saturated biochar as fertilizer and improving the soil structure, thus increasing long-term soil fertility. Link: https://wateragri.eu/a-bio-inspired-multilayer-drainage-system/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No 858735This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No 858735. FACTSHEET NANOCELLULOSE MEMBRANES FOR NUTRIENT RECOVERY Key information Functionalized nanocellulose membranes can take up nitrate and phosphate. These membranes can be put in a water treatment unit. As the membranes are biobased, degradable materials, they can after use be added to the soil, thus returning the leached nutrients back for their original purpose providing fertilizers (nutrient recycling).
Because variables such as temperature and humidity have a profound effect on the activity of crop pests, diseases and natural enemies, the ability to monitor environmental conditions within a crop has always been important for crop protection.