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Contact

Dr Paul Mäder
Head of the Department of Soil Sciences
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Ackerstrasse 113
5070 Frick
Switzerland
Phone +41 865 7232
Fax +41 865 7273
Email paul.maeder(at)fibl.org
www.fibl.org
Personal webpage

Contact

Dr. Julia Cooper
Nafferton Ecological Farming Group
Newcastle University
Nafferton Farm
Stocksfield, Northumberland.
Tel. +44 1661 830222
Fax +44 1661 831006
julia.cooper(at)ncl.ac.uk
research.ncl.ac.uk/nefg/
Personal webpage

Management of Mid-term and Long-term Experiments on Reduced Tillage and Green Manure Across Europe (Work Package 1)

Mid-term and long-term experiments on reduced tillage and green manures are a valuable tool to assess the impacts of these practices on yield, soil quality and biodiversity.

Because these impacts are highly dependent on soil and climate, study sites have been selected in different pedo-climatic regions in Europe (Central, North-eastern, Atlantic, and Mediterranean).

The goals of work package 1 are to

  • (a) give an overview of existing field trials with reduced tillage and green manures across Europe in the partner countries, including recently established trials, and
  • (b) provide data for work package 2 (meta-analysis), the case studies (work packages 3 to 5) and work package 6 (cropping system prototyping).

Contact

  • Work package manager: Dr. Paul Mäder, Research Institute of Organic Agricultrure (FiBL), Switzerland
  • Deputy manager: Dr. Julia Cooper, Nafferton Ecological Farming Group, Newcastle University, UK

Tasks

  • Task 1.1: Short-term, mid-term and long-term trials with reduced tillage and/or green manure and biodiversity and crop yield, which will be exploited in work packages 2 and 4. 
  • Task 1.2: Data transfer for meta-analysis, case studies, and prototyping