@benedikt_haug @plant_holobiont

Hey, that is amazing!

The use of woodchips from pruning residues to enhance #SoilOrganicMatter, #SoilMicrobiology and thus #SoilFertility is a very good example of #RegenerativeAgriculture (but without the bloat).

I also recommend the videos by Olivier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOcvR46yDD4

These people know that there is no one-size-fits-all in agriculture, but that this system has great potential to improve #SoilHealth. Currently it's more about intensive* systems like horticulture or viticulture (for arable fields there just isn't enough wood available).
And we need to be be aware about possible emissions of CO2 (the soil microbes "consume" the wood chips over time, although a share gets converted into relatively stable soil organic matter while the plants get nurtured) and what happens with the N cycle. Here, the team of the URBAG project, headed by Gara Villalba at UAB-ICTA did recently some interesting life cycle assessments and gas measurements and the Carboniato system seems to have a tight microbial nutrient cycling in the high C soil which decreases losses while allowing the plants to access nutrients.

So, carboniato is an impressive system, and I am very glad that you take it tho the netherlands!

There is still a lot of research to do, but here you can use your skills and academic structures for the #AgroecologicalTransformation . Congrats.
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* intensive as in: a lot of work and input goes in to produce high-value crops. No judgement here(!)

#agroecology #ConservationAgriculture #RegAg #FoodSovereignity #ClimateSmartFarming

@Snoro

I put my hopes on humanity reaching reach peak meat. But it is harder than one would think. And there are many rising middle class-people on earth that will be difficult to convince to skip the privilege of the western countries: meat-feasting oneself to death..

other things like intensive small-scale agriculture or tackling post-harvest losses and food waste will also have to play a big role. There is quite some potential from an #AgroecologicalTransformation that is not considered by FAO et al, because these solutions have no place in their mindset.

But yes, considering climate change, soil degradation, biodiversity decline (and the related ecosystem functions! industrial agriculture apparently isn't aware that they are destroying their own base of sustenance...) growth, perspectives are not the best.