News
2017.11.02 |
New project will help increase food production in the EU by 20 pct.
3.8 million hectares of soil in the EU are unsuitable for effective agricultural production due to pollution or drought. Fortunately a new research project strives to reconvert poor, dried out and polluted sites into sustainable farm land. The aim is to increase food production in the EU by up to 20 pct.
2017.10.02 |
New project will make the olive tree production more climate-friendly
The olive industry is facing both economic and ecological problems driven by intensive agriculture and climate change. A new international project seeks to transform the industry preparing it for the changes to come.
2017.10.02 |
The pathway to a sustainable agricultural production needs to be investigated
A new research project aims to help countries transform towards a more sustainable agricultural production by making long term implications of different political solutions visible.
2017.10.02 |
Towards a sustainable agricultural production
Europe needs to optimise productivity and utilise bi- and waste products for bioenergy if we want to transform our society and economy in a more sustainable way. The new research project SustainFARM aims to take the next step.
2017.10.02 |
New weapon to be used as an alternative to herbicides
A new research project, funded within the frame of FACCE SURPLUS, will explore the use of thermal waste heat from the harvester to destroy weed seeds. New methods to collect the chaff or weed will also be developed, in order to decrease weed pollution and use it to produce bioenergy instead.
2017.07.06 |
New project optimizes value chains for miscanthus and hemp
The new project GRACE will contribute to the innovation in the European bioeconomy.
2017.07.06 |
Future scenarios could guide agricultural adaption to climate change
A new research project called PREAR seeks to understand how changing the sequence of future crop rotations could help us adapt to climate change, by maintaining not only agricultural production, but also biodiversity.
2017.07.05 |
FACCE SURPLUS at European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
FACCE SURPLUS hosted a stand at the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) in Sweden where the initiative and related research projects were presented.
2017.05.31 |
BarPLUS has issued its first newsletter
The first newsletter from the FACCE SURPLUS project BarPLUS has just been released. The aim of BarPLUS is to identify genes, alleles and lines needed to increase barley plant biomass, without penalty on grain yield, in the agro-climatic and management scenarios predicted for 2030 in Southern and Central Europe.
2017.04.26 | Conference
FACCE SURPLUS to host a stand at EUBCE
FACCE SURPLUS will host a stand at the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) in Sweden, where the initiative and related research projects will be presented.
