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TERRA-Ecotron  

Realistic, fully replicated, multi-factorial climate change experiments at mesocosm scale

Projects

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MisTigation

Launched in 2023, MisTigation is a French research project (ADEME 2022 GRAINE) focusing on miscanthus, a perennial grass native to Asia. The objective of the MisTigation project is to remove several barriers which prevent the implemention of miscanthus in European cropping systems at local community level & at the level of crop operation and varietal selection. 

The goal is to harness micanthus' ecosystem services: Miscanthus is a versatile plant primarily used for non-food purposes like bedding, mulching, and energy production, with emerging applications in bioplastics and insulation. In France, it yields between 8 to 20 tons of dry matter per hectare annually and has a calorific value of 4.13 MWh/ton. Miscanthus also plays a role in bioremediation, stabilizing heavy metals in polluted soils and tolerating marginal conditions such as salinity and flooding. It contributes to air quality by filtering pollutants and prevents soil erosion through its deep root system, enhancing water infiltration and reducing runoff, which helps manage floods.

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BIOFAIR

The BIOFAIR project is a collaboration between the Research Center for Organic Agriculture (FiBL Switzerland & FiBL Europe), INRAE (France), CSIC (Spain), the University of Hohenheim (Germany) and the University of Ghent (Belgium), brought together under the umbrella of the European biodiversa partnership.

The specificity of this project lies in the way in which the impact of climate change on cultivated plants is studied to anticipate which farming practices can prevent negative impacts of climate change on soil health and crop yield. The BIOFAIR project comprehensively addresses the diversity of soil organisms (bacteria, fungi, nematodes, tardigrades, collembolans and mites) and how they link to soil functioning in terms of disease suppression and carbon storage and to plant performance, determined as quality traits of wheat grains, such as vitamin and protein contents and bread and cookie making qualities.

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Sea2land

The SEA2LAND project is a 4-year collaborative Innovation Action(IA) funded by the EU in the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme.

SEA2LAND aims to provide solutions to help overcome challenges related to food production, climate change and waste reuse. Based on the circular economy model, the EU-funded SEA2LAND project promotes the production of large-scale fertilisers in the EU from own raw materials. This solution is expected to reduce the soil nutrient imbalance in Europe. The basis of the project is the regional production of BBFs developing demonstration pilots that can be replicated throughout Europe, boosting local growth. The project proposes the implementation of 9 technologies in 7 cases in 6 areas representative of the fisheries sector. The technologies will be applied to different by-products from seafood processing and aquaculture sectors, and they will produce several BBFs either for local crops and conditions, and others for exporting.

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