All posts by: Ivana Simić

Examples of future-oriented organic farming

by in Innovation 20 February, 2019

A lot of yield on a small area – for organic farmers this should be possible with elaborated organic cultivation methods. Examples have been outlined at the conference “New concepts for an agro-ecological and future-oriented agriculture”. They were presented by the German foundation “Ökologie&Landbau” together with the network “Öko-Junglandwirte” and the University of Kiel. Les […]

Apple picker

by in Innovation 19 February, 2019

A push-driven designed downed-apple picker for the backyard to small sized orchard is another innvention to facilitate manual work on the farm. This is not the „machinery“ used to pick apples for consumers due to spikes on the barrel, but for apples to be processed further. It is very easy for use, simply adjust the […]

SOILVEG – Improving soil conservation and resource use in organic cropping systems for vegetable production

by in Innovation 19 February, 2019

What’s the best way to manage Agroecological Service Crops? Comparing the usual management of ASC as green manure vs the use of roller crimper in a no till system, SoilVeg found that the latter generate an higher overall environment benefit, although with lower yields. SoilVeg is an applied research European project involving 9 European countries […]

SOILVEG – Improving soil conservation and resource use in organic cropping systems for vegetable production

by in News 19 February, 2019

What’s the best way to manage Agroecological Service Crops? Comparing the usual management of ASC as green manure vs the use of roller crimper in a no till system, SoilVeg found that the latter generate an higher overall environment benefit, although with lower yields. SoilVeg is an applied research European project involving 9 European countries […]