Soil health and innovation promotion by implementing regenerative agriculture innovations and including fiber hemp into systematic crop rotation

22BV-KK-25-1-02987-PR001

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Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas

Kauno r. sav.

199 947,00 EUR

Integrate hemp fiber crops and the use of biochar produced from hemp biomass waste into regenerative farming practices to improve soil health, plant productivity, and environmental sustainability

Farmers and agricultural companies, organic farms, agricultural consultants, science and innovation institutions, sustainability and bioeconomy sector actors

Promotion of promising plants and exploitation of beneficial properties: inclusion of hemp grown for fibre in systemic crop rotation; a crop rotation model of five crops that conserves the soil and promotes its regeneration; improving soil health: the use of fibre hemp and biochar in crop production will increase organic carbon content in soils, promote regeneration and microbiological diversity, reduce soil erosion and nutrient losses; increasing crop productivity: reduce weed spread and soil fatigue and increase fertility; strengthening the economic resilience of farms: the use of biochar will help reduce the need for mineral fertilisers, reducing farm costs and environmental impacts; climate mitigation: fibre hemp, an efficient carbon sink, will contribute to CO2 reduction and biochar will improve the efficiency of atmospheric carbon sequestration in soils. environmental and biodiversity support: the decreasing use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides will reduce the migration of nitrates and phosphates to water bodies by improving their ecological status; application of innovative technologies: the sowing of biochar coated seeds with drones will be tested; development of waste-free technologies in agriculture: the promotion of biochar and the dissemination of good practices; digitalisation: an electronic calculator will be validated.

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