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The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL

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The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL project were held on May 5 and 10, 2022. Three conferences have been attended by 137 people in total, including students from the Integrated Training and Agricultural Experience Centers of Torre Pacheco and Lorca, as well as the technicians and farmers from the Águilas area.

The Águilas City Council has considerately collaborated in the organization of the conferences, attended also by Mr. Bartolomé Hernández Calvo from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, Districts, Green Areas, and Market; and kindly assisted us providing the room where the talks have been conducted.

 

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

Different project partners have transmitted their results obtained so far to the attendees. At the end of the event, a visit to the farm has been carried out. The visitors were able to see the AGREMSOIL prototype for remediation of agricultural soil based on solarization and ozonation techniques.

The attendees have shown a great interest asking numerous questions and participating actively in debates, which took place after the talks.

 

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

The Open Days of the LIFE AGREMSOIL 2022

Soil Health Initiative – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils

Soil Health Initiative – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils

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The European Commission, through DG Environment (Unit D1 Land Use & Management) is working in a new initiative on Soil Health in order to contribute to the overall goals of the European Green Deal, to existing EU medium- and long-term policy objectives for 2030 and 2050, and particularly to the vision that all soil ecosystems should be in healthy condition by 2050.

The project LIFE AgRemSO3il has contributed with a comment to the call for evidence launched in this regard. This is a participatory process targeted to public and stakeholders on the Commission’s future legislative work so they can provide feedback on the Commission’s understanding of the problem and possible solutions and give any relevant information.

 

Soil Health Initiative – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils

Soil Health Initiative – protecting, sustainably managing and restoring EU soils

 

The comment summarises some project results and states that the use of ozone in agriculture is not allowed at present, and there is a legal gap regarding its application for remediation purposes. The results of the project can provide new views for an open debate and also help to underpin any decision-making process regarding farm soils’ remediation.

Link to the info on the initiative: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13350-Soil-health-protecting-sustainably-managing-and-restoring-EU-soils/details/F2918431_en

Degradation experiments in controlled conditions

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With the aim of improving the ozonation method, IMIDA have carried out more experiments at laboratory scale in controlled conditions.

Ozone tests were developed in a glass container (volume 150 L) connected to the small-scale ozone generator. All assays were carried out using a pyrex glass vessels (110 mm long, 80 mm diameter) containing 100 g of two different soils spiked with a mixture of pesticides.

Ozonation treatment was applied to both soils at a fixed ozone concentration. A control experiment was also conducted using soil not exposed to ozonation.