Nearly 100 stakeholders from organic farming organisations, organic and mineral fertiliser companies, compost producers, research and regulators discussed the possible use of recycled nutrient and recycled organic carbon products in organic agriculture. The meeting was co-organised by ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform) and IFOAM EU (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements – EU Group).
The report can be found here and the programme here.
The following presentations are available for download:
- Organic farming: closing nutrient cycles and uptake of recycled fertilisers - Chris Atkinson – IFOAM
- Improved Phosphorus Recycling: Navigating between Constraints - Kurt Möller - Universität Hohenheim
- EIP-AGRI Focus Group Nutrient recycling - Koen Desimpelaere - EIP-AGRI Service Point
- A study on organic farmer acceptance of recycled fertilisers (Improve-P), FiBL European Input List, and a FiBL project on recycled fertilizers from sewage sludge - Else Bünemann - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
- Uptake of pharmaceuticals by sorbent-amended struvite fertilisers recovered from urine and their bioaccumulation in tomatoes - Marissa de Boer – University of Amsterdam
- Precision fertilization with renewable phosphorus sources for sustainable farming systems - Michel Raaphorst - Timac Agro NL
- Crystal Green® as an Organic Fertiliser - Michael Daly - Ostara Nutrient Recovery
- Compost & Pelletized organic fertilizer - Viooltje Lebuf – Fertikal
- Biochar: criteria and use in organic farming - Gerald Dunst - Sonnenerde Austria
- Compost Certification and use for organic farming - Irmgard Leifert - European Compost Network
- The farmers’ perspective: participatory research on phosphorus recycling for organic farming - Carlotta Hoffmann - Bioland