Projects

Optimising bio-based fertilisers in agriculture  – Providing a knowledge basis for new policies (LEX4BIO)

Implementation period: 2019-06-01 - 2023-05-31

Type: International

Division: Division of Biogenic Raw Materials

Title of the project: Optimising bio-based fertilisers in agriculture  – Providing a knowledge basis for new policies (LEX4BIO)

LEX4BIO aims to decrease European dependency on finite and imported, apatite-based phosphorus and energy-intensive mineral nitrogen fertilisers. This will be achieved through the implementation of several objectives including:

• Mapping at local, regional and European scale the nutrient availability to produce BBFs, assessing their potential and identifying legal barriers and constraints
• Identifying novel BBFs for crop production and determining their effect on soil quality and crop growth
• Determining the risks related to food safety, human health and environmental losses after application of BBFs and producing guiding principles for the safe use of BBFs
• Assessing the integrated ecological impacts over the entire lifecycle of the production and use of BBFs
• Determining the logistic costs, public perceptions and political actions required for optimal use of BBFs

Programme: Horizon 2020 (Rural Renaissance)

Type of Action: Research & Innovation Action (RIA)

Duration: June 2019 – May 2023

Consortium: 21 partners in 14 European countries

Call: CE-RUR-08-2018: Closing nutrient cycles

EU Contribution: 5 999 969 EUR

Web-page: www.lex4bio.eu

Partners:

1. LUONNONVARAKESKUS (LUKE) – FI, HELSINKI – LEADER
2. PROMAN MANAGEMENT (PROMAN) – AT, AUERSTHAL
3. JULIUS KUHN-INSTITUT (JKI) – DE, QUEDLINBURG
4. KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (UCPH) – DK, KOBENHAVN
5. UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN (BOKU) – AT, WIEN
6. UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM (UvA) – NL, AMSTERDAM
7. UNIVERSITAET HOHENHEIM (UHOH) – DE, STUTTGART
8. FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR BIOLOGISCHEN LANDBAU STIFTUNG (FiBL) – CH, FRICK
9. UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA (US) – ES, SEVILLA
10. PANNON EGYETEM (UP) – HU, VESZPREM
11. UNIVERSITEIT GENT (UG) – BE, GENT
12. STIFTELSEN NORGES GEOTEKNISKE INSTITUTT (NGI) – NO, OSLO
13. HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO (UH) – FI, Finland,
14. AGRO INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL (AII-RG) – FR, SAINT-MALO
15. LITORIJ UAB (ECP) – LT, VILNIUS
16. RUOKAVIRASTO – FI, SEINAJOKI
17. SOIL CARES RESEARCH BV (SC) – NL, WAGENINGEN
18. EVROPROJECT OOD (EP) – BG, SOFIA
19. FIELDSENSE A/S (FS) – DK, AARHUS
20. INSTYTUT GOSPODARKI SUROWCAMI MINERALNYMI I ENERGIA PAN (PAS) – PL, KRAKOW
21. AGRANA RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTER GMBH – AT, WIEN

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 818309 (LEX4BIO)