Research Innovation on Biobased Fertilisers nº12: The use of biochar in growing media for soilles cultivation in horticulture
Growing media include any materials other than soil used as a horticultural substrate for plant rooting and cultivation in a confined volume, as part of controlled environment agriculture. These growing media are used for growing vegetables, fruits and ornamentals in...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº11: Optimizing fertilization by using non-microbial biostimulants
Biostimulants aim to improve the effectiveness of fertilization, the efficiency of plant nutrition. Their use is rather preventive. A plant biostimulant is a product that stimulates plant nutrition processes independently of the nutrients it contains, with the sole...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº10: Use of digestate originating from small scale farm digestion
Small-scale anaerobic digestion of residual flows (mainly at dairy farms) can help the farmer to fulfil the electricity needs of the farm and partly the heat demand through combustion of biogas in a combined heat and power unit. It has a local character and limited...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº9: Solid fraction of a digestate from plant material
Digestates are the majority by-product of methanization. They are rich in organic and mineral elements, giving them a high organic fertilizer potential. The spreading of digestates, particularly of agricultural origin, is the most commonly carried out practice in...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº8: Agricycling, regional usage
This good practice is inspired by a collaboration between farmers with a partnership with governments, and nature organizations called Agricycling. However, the initiative can be applied in many other places. It focuses on reusing available residual streams...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº7: Guaranteed level of nutrients manure products
To ensure optimal nutrient use, it is important to guarantee the nutrient levels in animal manure before application. This approach is especially relevant for slurry and other processed forms of biobased fertilizers. By precisely determining the nutrient composition,...
Research innovation on Biobased Fertilisers nº6: Stripping-scrubbing of liquid fraction of pig manure to produce ammonium nitrate
Stripping-scrubbing of the liquid fraction of pig manure allows for on farm production of biobased fertilizer. It starts with the liquid fraction of pig manure followed by scrubbing for ammonium salt recuperation. The operating principle of stripping-scrubbing is that...
Good Practice on Biobased Fertilisers nº5: Scrubbing of stable air to produce ammonium sulphate
Emissions of NH3 from livestock housing and slurry storage represent a large part of the total NH3 emissions from agricultural activities. Therefore chemical air scrubbing is used to reduce the ammonia and odor components in stable air. Water with added sulfuric acid...