Expanding the use of nutrient management tools for farm-to-fork governance through an experimentation plan farm.”
- Project start: June 2025
- End of the project: May 2029
- Principal researcher: Asier Uribeetxebarria
- Department: PPV
- Financing: European Union
- Program: LIFE
- Call: LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV (Circular Economy and Quality of Life – Standard Action)
- Reference: LIFE24-GIE-ES-LIFE FERTI-WISE
- Acronym: LIFE FERTI -WISE
- Total budget: 1,391,077 euros (total), 230,958 NEIKER
- Percentage financed: 60%
- Partners: INTIA, ITACYL, IGAPA, ITAP, IRTA, DEX.
General objective:
Improve farmer awareness and engagement regarding the transition to a precision fertilization model based on the use of agricultural sustainability tools for nutrients, specifically SATIVUM, as a basis for optimizing fertilizer use and complying with EU legislation on preventing water, soil, and air pollution.
Specific Objectives:
- Improve the efficiency of agricultural inputs without negatively impacting yield.
- Apply precision agriculture techniques in fertilization (variable rate), with the possibility of transferring them to other practices such as irrigation, application of phytosanitary products, or sowing rates.
- Improve the availability and extract maximum added value from data related to their farms.
- Optimize the use of agricultural machinery adapted for PA.
- Attract young people to a more technological, sustainable, and sophisticated agricultural model.
Outcomes:
It will allow the implementation of a large-scale OFE (On Farm Experimentation) on-farm trial scheme with statistical rigor and the participation and involvement of the sector. agricultural.
