Authors: H KOREVAAR, D SACCO, S R ENRI, G LOMBARDI, H T BERGE, C BUFE, M WHITTINGHAM, P SMITH, T VANWALLEGHEM, E LELLEI-KOVÁCS, P STYPINSKI, S HEJDUK, B TONN, P NEWELL PRICE Permanent grasslands (PG) provide a wide range of ecosystem services...
MoreAssessment of Ecosystem Services from Permanent Grassland Systems
Authors: H KOREVAAR, H TEN BERGE, C BUFE, M WHITTINGHAM, P SMITH, T VANWALLEGHEM, E LELLEI-KOVÁCS, P STYPINSKI, S HEJDUK, B TONN, D SACCO AND P NEWELL PRICE The SUPER-G consortium and the preceding EIP-AGRI Focus group on permanent grassland...
MoreSoil Testing, Nutrients and Soil Quality
Authors: H KOREVAAR and HFM TEN BERGE Soil quality is the result of physical, chemical and biological soil processes and their interactions. Soil quality has been defined as ‘fitness for use’ (Pierce and Larson, 1993). Following this definition...
MoreSUPER-G 2nd Year Meeting
During last week, SUPER-G partners came together, in their own homes, to celebrate the second year of the project. A trip to Bled was planned for this meeting, but due to the current COVID-19 situation in Europe, the meeting was held online...
MoreReport on Decision Support Tools – Published (D5.1)
The final version of our Review of Existing Tools Available for Use on Permanent Grassland has been finished this week! The review had previously been published in November 2019. The review identified a total of 127 DSTs from 16 countries used by...
More1st International Joint Congress on “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the contest of the European Green Deal” | Postponed
In light of the developing coronavirus outbreak, ESSC, EURECYS and the Organising Committee of the International Congress on “Sustainable Management of Cultural Landscapes in the context of the European Green Deal”, that was going to take...
More2nd Portuguese Co-innovation Workshop – CONSULAI
The second Portuguese SUPER-G farm network co-innovation workshop took place on 19th February 2020 at Hotel Vila Galé, in Lisbon. The workshop was well attended with a total of 32 Participants, 26 farmers attending. The main objectives of the...
MoreActivity for Children: “Citykollo” – Summer activities | Sweden
On June 18th, SLU organized an activity for children from 11 to 15, as part of “Citykollo”, a week of summer activities organised by Uppsala Konsert och Kongress and Uppsala Municipality. The theme of the event was Agriculture and...
MoreSeminar: “How to produce enough grass forage of high quality from grasslands?” | Czech Republic
On February 26th, Mendel University organized a seminar entitled “How to produce enough grass forage of high quality from grasslands?” with Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, DLF Seeds company and local co-operative farm Senagro...
MoreCo-innovative workshops organised by Mendel University
Last year, Mendel University celebrated 100 years. In its anniversary programme were included three co-innovative workshops testing different Innovative approaches &...
MoreGreenhouse gas budgets of permanent grasslands
Greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) from agriculture are important due to their impact on climate change. Permanent grasslands can act as a carbon sink, but they can also be an important source of greenhouse...
MoreSeminar: “How to manage grass to get the most out of it? – innovation in PG management” | Poland
On February 7th the Polish Society for Agronomy organized a seminar entitled “How to manage grass to get the most out of it? – innovation in PG management” with the Pasture to Profit Consultant Sean Chubb from LIC (Livestock...
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