National workshops organised at Val, Hungary in May 25, 2021. and June 09, 2021. The NUTRIMAN project and NUTRIMAN Farmer Platform introduced. NUTRIMAN and Bio-Phoshate ID192 video were shown and Edward Someus explained ID192 and ID1571 products and ID193 technology.
ID192 Bio-Phosphate product and its organic farming application opportunities presented to the PRODUCER ORGANISATION farmers. Practical presentation made on the Bio-Phosphate authority permit (6300/13393-2/2019) and applications of the Bio-Phosphate product (ID192).
Moreover Terra-Preta biochar product recovered from wood chips and processed by “3R” high temperature pyrolysis process (ID1571) presented to the farmers.
The new EU Fertilising Products Regulation (EU 2019/1009) explained, with the new cadmium limit of 1.5 mg/kg, and the necessity of the substitution of the cadmium and uranium contaminated mineral phosphates, also substitution of soft rock phosphate that has been often used in the past in organic farming, but its Cd/U content never measured.
At the end of the presentations there was a knowledge exchange and Q&A section. The collected Questions and Answers published on the NUTRIMAN web.
Two demo field sites in Val visited:
- Best practice demo of the ID192 product with BIO-NPK-C formulations at low input production site (6 ha) in Val, Hungary. Plant: elder
- Best practice demo of the ID192 product with BIO-NPK-C formulations at conventional farming production site (5 ha) in Val, Hungary. Plant: wheat
The first results of demonstration work on Bio-Phosphate (ID192) have been presented.