European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development grant id 22-00-A01612-000010
Project partners are Latvian Peat Association (leading partner, coordinator Valentīna Doze), Latvian University of Agriculture, Latvian Pig Breeders Association, University of Latvia, LSFRI "Silava", LUA training and research farm "Vecauce", EDO Consult Ltd., Fund of Plant and Peat Innovation (SKIF), farm "Baltiņi" and the Association of Agricultural Cooperatives.
The aim of the study is to use biotechnology to create an organic, long-acting fertilizer consisting of animal dung, peat and special microorganisms. Create a product that promotes yield growth for forestry, agricultural and horticultural crops. Introduce zero-residue technologies, reduce the use of mineral fertilizers. To develop a product that is in a form that is easily absorbed by plants, increases the amount of humus in the soil, restores and improves soil fertility and improves the physical properties of the soil. Using local raw materials, improve economic indicators of farms. To develop a product that allows reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment, surface and groundwater pollution with nitrogen and phosphorus-containing compounds after spreading manure with traditional methods. Managing manure in a rational and environmentally friendly way, avoiding an increase in the risk of nitrogen leaching. Responsible management of peat extraction sites, creating a new solution for the use of well-distributed peat, so that all peat resources available at the extraction site can be used in an economically rational way. As a result of the project, it is expected to create loose and granular fertilizers treated with active microorganisms. To carry out an assessment of the economic efficiency of the use of the product on the basis of experimental research.