Optimising multiple benefits of grass, legume and herb mixtures in crop rotations: modelling mechanisms and legacy effects

Project start: 01.02.2023
End of project: 31.01.2027

Manager on behalf of UPP: Prof. Dr. Piotr Golinski

Project Goal: To adapt crop production systems combined with ruminant-based animal husbandry using ecological, agronomic, statistical and other knowledge to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, fertilization and nutrient leaching into the environment, while increasing carbon stocks, biodiversity and yield stability.

Consortium: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Ireland; Poznan University of Life Sciences; Teagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland; Louis Bolk Institute, Netherlands; University of Reading, UK; Aarhus University, Denmark; University of Hohenheim, Germany; ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Agroscope, Switzerland; Goldcrop Ltd, Ireland; Cotswold Seeds, UK; Wageningen University, Netherlands; Danko Hodowla Roślin Sp. z o.o., Poland; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada

Project website: https://legumelegacy.scss.tcd.ie/