RELACS

FiBL and RELACS are organising five 2-hour webinars to exchange between researchers and Organic Farming stakeholders to gather knowledge on potential risks of use of recycled fertilisers, e.g. organic contaminants, pathogens and microplastics.

The following is the agenda of the meetings with the respective dates:

In the context of the project ‘RELACS - Improving inputs for organic farming’, in their commercial vineyard in Frick, Switzerland, FiBL carried out 16 treatments of new plant protection products against mildew in organic viticulture. Three of the tested products used copper, the remaining 13 were replaced by pilot products, one of them based on larch extract.

Copper is currently used as a plant protection product (PPP) and/or leaf fertilizer in organic and conventional farming in several European countries. However, its use is controversial, which is why the European research project RELACS (Replacement of Contentious Inputs in Organic Farming Systems) is looking for alternatives.

Nell’ambito del progetto RELACS "Replacement of Contentious Inputs in Organic Farming Systems", organizzato dal CIHEAM Bari, si svolge il 18 settembre 2020, dalle 11:30 alle 13:00, un seminario su “Gli effetti non bersaglio degli insetticidi sui nemici naturali degli insetti nocivi”. L’evento si svolgerà online tramite la piattaforma Zoom. Per partecipare e registrarsi all'evento (il numero dei posti è limitato) è necessario collegarsi attraverso FTN  a questo LINK.