Technical proposals for the safe use of processed manure above the threshold established for nitrate vulnerable Zones by the Nitrate Directive
The Nitrates Directive, aimed at protecting water from diffuse pollution (nitrates and eutrophication) from agricultural…
Valorising nutrient-rich digestate: Dilution, settlement and membrane filtration processing for optimisation as a waste-based media for microalgal cultivation.
Series of the experimental work restated after the covid-19 pandemic lockdown. The scientist Fleuriane…
‘Fertilisers from wastewater’ an award winning concept
This year, 2 of the demonstration sites were awarded prizes for their innovative approach towards wastewater. In Ghent, the Nieuwe Dokken district, black water and food waste are treated separately from the…
Stakeholder survey on grass fiber quality requirements
One of the aspects that is of great importance to come to a viable value chain for grass clippings is the match between the supply and the demand. What is the quality of roadside clippings that can be…
Go for Grass
This two-part online event, taking place from 10.00 to 12.00 CET and from 14.00 to 16.00 CET, will explore new business opportunities for rural areas arising from the exploitation of grassland and green fodder. While the first session will demonstrate…
Circu City Summer school running smoothly!
Whereas the first week of the schedule mainly consisted of lectures and some group work, the second week really focusses on the city district re-design tournament.
A highlight this week was the ‘cultural intervention’ by…
NUTRIMAN: conversion application-driven science into user-driven “ready-for-practice”
The project focuses on connecting market competitive and commercially “ready for practice” innovative results drawn from high research maturity applied scientific programs and…
Circular Economy in action: Using digestate to cultivate microalgae for fish and animal feed
This is great news for the project team, as it enables the scientists to explore the potential for other strains of algae to be grown on digestate. It will also provide…
ReNu2Farm agronomic trial protocols for evaluation of recycling-derived fertilisers now online
Within the ReNu2Farm project several project partners (Arvalis and Celesta Lab in France, Inagro and U Ghent in Belgium, Teagasc and U Limerick in Ireland, and NMI in…
Phos4You Videos: Phosphorus recovery from waste water
Two new videos were shared during the 9th Working Group meeting of Phos4You 28.-29. October 2020, having about 45 participants working digitally together for 2 days.
See video “Phos4You: Overview -…