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Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin, describes an organic no-till production technique using rye as cover crop to suppress weeds the following production season. Using a roller-crimper, the...

In the CORE ORGANIC II project, TILMAN-ORG, data from ongoing trials and the published literature were compiled to conduct a meta-analysis on the effects of reduced tillage on yields, weed pressure...

Within the TILMAN-ORG project on reduced tillage systems, four PhD theses and several master theses are being carried out. TILMAN-ORG offered an excellent platform to exchange between junior and...

In this article, Paul Mäder, Christophe David and Julia Cooper, discuss their aims to develop organic farming and conservation agricultural practices through the TILMAN-ORG project, and what...

Les charrues déchaumeuses sont conçues pour travailler à faible profondeur. Contrairement aux charrues traditionnelles avec rasettes, le sol n'est pas complètement retourné mais décapé ou raboté avec...

Les engrais verts contribuent de manière capitale à la fertilité des sols en conditions bio. Les différentes stratégies et possibilités de combiner les engrais verts et le travail réduit du sol sont...

La régulation des adventices est un grand défi lors du travail du sol sans labour. Il y a des  machines récentes, hyperperformantes et relativement chères (qui conviennent donc bien à une utilisation...

The 2nd CORE Organic II Research Seminar took place in Amsterdam at May 15, 2013. It was followed by the 6 th meeting of the CORE Organic II Governing Board which was held the following 2 days. The...

ILVO, the Belgian Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, partner in TILMAN-ORG have translated the project flyer into Dutch. It can be downloaded at this website.

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In Belgium, TILMAN-ORG partner ILVO, the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, and the research and dissemination centre INAGRO conducted a field trial with leek in 2012. Bert van Gils...

The latest annual Organic Producers' Conference of the Organic Research Centre Elm Farm (ORC) took place 22-23 January 2013 at Aston University in Birmingham. The session proceedings are now availabe...

The European Soil Portal at http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu is an integral part of the European Soil Data Centre, which is one of the ten environmental data centres in Europe and is the focal point...

On January 20, 2013, researchers of the TILMAN-ORG project participated in the first workshop for designing new conservation cropping systems in organic farming.

Paolo Bàrberi, Land Lab – Istituto di Scienze della Vita, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa, spiega in questo video come per gli agricoltori biologici, il ricorso alle lavorazioni ridotte è...

Video sobre el proyecto TILMAN-ORG y comentario de F. Xavier Sans Serra, Coordinador del Grupo de Investigación Emergente Ecología de los Sistemas Agrícolas, Universidad de Barcelona.

El uso reiterado...

Le projet européen de
recherches intitulé "Travail réduit du
sol et engrais verts dans les grandes
cultures biologiques" a démarré il y a un an. Ce
projet est appelé TILMAN-ORG. Onze pays européens y...

The TILMAN-ORG consortium presented first results of a survey on organic farmers' motivations and problems related to minimum tillage at the 7th Organic Producers Conference, which took place on...

TILMAN-ORG stands for the project "Reduced tillage and green manures for sustainable organic cropping systems" . The new project flyer can now be downloaded at the project website.

The TILMAN-ORG workpackage "Improved nutrient management in reduced tillage systems by use of green manures and appropriate off-farm inputs" aims at a more rational use of green manures and off-farm...

With the support of many partners of the TILMAN-ORG project, Joséphine Peigné of ISARA Lyon carried out a European survey to analyze the diversity of conservation agriculture techniques in organic...

Reduced tillage, intercropping beneficial for bread wheat

Media Release of the TILMAN-ORG Project

On 29 November 2011 the first research seminar of CORE Organic took place in Paris. CORE Organic is a European transnational research cooperation project supported by the European Commission.

At the first meeting of the TILMAN-ORG project in November 2011, project members gave a number of interviews. Thomas Alföldi of FiBL has compiled these interviews as well as background information in...