Descripción del proyecto
IN THE LAST DECADES, AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN MODERNISED AND INTENSIFIED, BUT THIS HAS LED TO NEGATIVE EFFECTS, EVEN WORSENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE: POLLUTION, OVEREXPLOITATION, FERTILITY LOSS, SOIL EROSION AND DESERTIFICATION, BIO4SOIL AIMS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LAND MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS, USING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH, A NEW RANGE OF COST-EFFECTIVE BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOPROCESSES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE RESTORATION AND YIELD INCREASE OF DEGRADED LANDS, WE FOCUS ON THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENTIRE NEW GENERATION OF BIOSTIMULANTS (PROBIOTICS AND PREBIOTICS), BY THE ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS OF UNSTUDIED NATIVE ORGANISMS OBTAINED FROM DEGRADED SOILS AND FRESHWATERS AND AFTER ASSESSING THEIR BIO-STIMULANT POTENCY, WE WILL DESIGN A FERMENTATION-BASED PRODUCTION PROCESS, USING LOCAL AGRO-LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES WASTES AND BY-PRODUCTS (WASTEWATERS, POULTRY FEATHERS, DAIRY WHEY, ETC,) AS LOW-COST GROWTH MATERIALS, WE WILL OBTAIN PROBIOTICS (LIVING ORGANISMS) AND PREBIOTICS (METABOLITES) AT A PILOT LEVEL AND TEST THEM IN GREENHOUSES AND FIELDS, POSTERIORLY, WE WILL INJECT THEM BACK INTO AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS FOLLOWING CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE PRINCIPLES WITH TRIALS TO ENGAGE THE END-USERS, STUDIES OF INFLUENCE OF THIS NEW BIOSTIMULANTS ON SOIL BIOREMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS WITH AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES WILL ALSO BE CARRIED OUT, FINALLY, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS/TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE PERFORMED, BIOESTIMULANTES\SUELO\AGRICULTURA\FERMENTACIÓN\FERTILIDAD\BIORREMEDIACIÓN