Video: Cover crop and no-till systems in Wisconsin (October 2014)
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...
Video: Effects of reduced tillage on yield, weeds and soil carbon
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...
Video: A spotlight on young researchers in the TILMAN-ORG project
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...
Green fingers - Article on TILMAN-ORG in International Innovation
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...
Vidéo : Travail réduit du sol avec des charrues déchaumeuses
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...
Vidéo : Maîtriser mécaniquement les adventices dans le maïs, comment faire?
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...
CORE Organic II Research Seminar and Governing Board meeting in Amsterdam
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.
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...
Designing a new cropping system – First workshop held in Birmingham in January 2013
On January 20, 2013, researchers of the TILMAN-ORG project participated in the first workshop for designing new conservation cropping systems in organic farming.
Video: Le lavorazioni ridotte – Una sfida per i produttori biologici
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: El laboreo reducido y la incorporación de los abonos verdes
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.
Vidéo : Travail réduit du sol en grandes cultures bio
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...
Video on reduced tillage: Farmers' motivations and problems
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 Dutch Mac and the Broekemahoeve trial and their role in the TILMAN-ORG project
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...
TILMAN-ORG survey on conservation agriculture techniques in organic farming in Europe
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...
European Research in the focus: First seminar of CORE Organic
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...