(Montpellier, September 21 2017) European agriculture is challenged by the need to produce more crops. At the same time, it must deal with the reduced availability of fertilisers, in particular nitrogen and phosphorus, combined with reduced or more variable rainfall, and thus reduced water availability. In this context, the SolACE project will identify and test novel solutions to ensure optimum crop productivity under combined water and nutrient stress.
SolACE will use a wide range of approaches such as on-farm experiments, field trials at experimental stations, and phenotyping platforms throughout the project.
The findings of SolACE will be disseminated to a range of stakeholders, including farmers and policymakers. The project will promote the engagement of a broad range of stakeholders through a stakeholder forum and stakeholder events, the first one took place this summer.
The SoLACE project, which will run from May 2017 to April 2022, brings together a consortium of 25 partners from 14 European countries. Partners include farmers and farmers’ organisations, advisory services, cooperatives, logistics providers, scientists, industry professionals, and representatives of civil society and rural areas.
SolACE is coordinated by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA).
More information
Contact
Dr. Philippe Hinsinger
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA
UMR Eco&Sols,
2 place Viala
34060 Montpellier Cedex 2
France
Project website, Twitter account and video
- www.SolACE.eu
- www.solace-eu.net/get-involved.html - to join the SolACE stakeholder forum
- www.twitter.com/SolACE_EU_NET
- Hashtag #SolACEEU
- www.solace-eu.net/service/videos.html: Video from the SoLACE Kick-off meeting and First SolACE Stakeholder Event
Partners
Agrobiota, Germany Agroscope - Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Switzerland AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria ARVALIS - Institut du végétal, France CONCER - CON.CER Societa Cooperativa Agricola, Italy CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Italy DCM - De Ceuster Meststoffen NV, Belgium ECAF - European Conservation Agriculture Federation, Spain FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland INRA - French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France IT - INRA Transfert, France JHI - James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom KU - University of Copenhagen, Denmark LEAF - Linking Environment And Farming, United Kingdom ÖMKi - Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Hungary SOLYNTA - Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Het Idee, The Netherlands SP - Sourcon Padena GmbH, Germany SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden SU - Sabancı University, Turkey SYNGENTA, France UCL - Université catholique de Louvain, France UE - University of Évora, Portugal UHO - University of Hohenheim, Germany UNEW - University of Newcastle – United Kingdom UPM - Technical University of Madrid - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
This press release on the internet
This press release and pictures are available at http://www.solace-eu.net/service/solace-press-releases.html.
Press release as Word and PDF
- SolACE press release: Helping European agriculture to tackle water and nutrient limitations: New European project started (Word)
- SolACE press release: Helping European agriculture to tackle water and nutrient limitations: New European project started (PDF)
Funding
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