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POLLINATE - Can biochar-engineered soils boost habitat use for pollinators in Portuguese sown biodiverse pastures?
POLLINATE - Can biochar-engineered soils boost habitat use for pollinators in Portuguese sown biodiverse pastures?
POLLINATE’s pioneer concept and approach was designed to evaluate if, and how, engineering soil conditions through biochar may improve ecosystem characteristics that are directly linked to pollinator habitat use in pastures (as proof-of-concept)
POLLINATE is a collaboration between the University of Aveiro, Terraprima, and the Instituto Superior de Tecnologia (IST-ID)
TRUESOIL - True SOC sequestration: understanding trade-offs and dynamic interactions between SOC stocks and GHG emissions for climate-smart agri-soil management
TRUESOIL - True SOC sequestration: understanding trade-offs and dynamic interactions between SOC stocks and GHG emissions for climate-smart agri-soil management
The main goal of TRUESOIL is to assess how GHG emissions from agricultural production systems are influenced by biochar incorporation into a sown biodiverse pasture.
TRUESOIL is a collaboration between 13 international research institutes from Europe, South-America, New-Zealand, Indonesia, and Ethiopia.
SOLVO - Solutions to restore degraded Soils in mediterranean OLive orchards Via Organic mulch and biochar using olive industry residues.
SOLVO - Solutions to restore degraded Soils in mediterranean OLive orchards Via Organic mulch and biochar using olive industry residues.
SOLVO´s idea is to engineer nature-based solutions combining mulch with biochar to produce immediate effect on the farm system. Mulch-based solutions will also promote circular economy since olive residues will represent a new resource instead of an often-economic burden.
SOLVO is a collaboration between the University of Evora, the University of Aveiro, and Instituto Politecnico de Beija.
PASTURE+ Adaptive and resilient pastures: biochar-based agroecology for improving ecosystem services above and belowground
PASTURE+ Adaptive and resilient pastures: biochar-based agroecology for improving ecosystem services above and belowground
PASTURE+ uses an innovative and interdisciplinary approach at pot and field scales, aimed at sustainably improving soil-plant-biota interactions in a Mediterranean sown pasture.
PASTURE+ relies on interdisciplinary collaborations within four of CESAM’s research groups (RG), as well as with Harper-Adams University (HAU, UK) and the award-winning Portuguese company Terraprima.
habitat - Biochar-enriched pastures: restoration of soil habitat function for climate resilience and sustainability
habitat - Biochar-enriched pastures: restoration of soil habitat function for climate resilience and sustainability
We hypothesise that a site-specific combination of biochar, nutrient-packed legumes and deep-rooting perennial crops can represent a win-win-win scenario to simultaneously restore soil habitat function, support livestock, enhance climate adaptation and C sequestration in non-irrigated pastures, as a proof-of-concept.
PASTURE+ relies on interdisciplinary collaborations within four of CESAM’s research groups (RG), as well as with Harper-Adams University (HAU, UK) and the award-winning Portuguese company Terraprima.
SOILSPONGE - Improving the SOIL SPONGE function to adapt to climate change: quantifying agroecology-biochar synergies and trade-offs to sustainably combat desertification
SOILSPONGE - Improving the SOIL SPONGE function to adapt to climate change: quantifying agroecology-biochar synergies and trade-offs to sustainably combat desertification
SOILSPONGE breaks new ground by studying the effects of biochar on total soil water storage (sponge function) at the slope scale and 2 modelling scales (catchment, water scarcity footprint).
SOILSPONGE is an interdisciplinary collaboration combining researchers in soil structure, moisture and organic matter dynamics, environmental biology, chemistry, spatiotemporal modelling, life cycle analysis and C footprints within CESAM, as well as vital consultants from Harper-Adams University (HAU, UK), civil engineering from the University of Aveiro, and the award-winning Portuguese company Terraprima.
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