Solution Title
LIFE AGRICLOSE - Improvement and disclosure of efficient techniques for manure management towards a
Solution Title (in English)
Sectors
Agriculture, Fertilizants, Circular economy, Waste management
Markets
Agroindustry
Description
The LIFE AGRICLOSE project will test and demonstrate a set of measures with the potential to improve the links between pig farms and the slurry or digested manure they generate, and fruit and arable farms (high yielding irrigated fruit trees and field crops) in the same region. The project will involve farmers, consumers and certification bodies in testing the agronomic and sanitary viability of the measures.
The project will follow circular economy principles to ensure the productive reuse of nutrients from manure. Liquid from slurries and manure that has been put through an anaerobic digestion process will be added to irrigation water for fruit trees and cereals. Solid manure will be used as fertiliser in orchards. Through these approaches, combined with the use of precision agricultural techniques, soil and environmental quality should be improved. The project will also monitor any impact of the use of such fertilisers on the healthiness of final agricultural products, including in relation to the possible transmission of resistance to antibiotics. The project will work primarily with pig farms, but its outcomes, in principle, could also apply to cattle farms.
