The Federal Vegetable Growing Group (BfG) in the Central Horticultural Association (ZVG) welcomes the announced funding for model and demonstration projects in outdoor vegetable growing. In the coming years, new processing and cultivation methods in the area of plant protection and fertilization will be tried out in integrated cultivation and put into practice.
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“This is an important requirement from the “Package of measures for the future of horticulture” which was handed over to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture at the beginning of the year,” emphasizes BfG managing director Laura Lafuente. In recent years in particular, it has become clear that… Freilandgemüsebau when integrated Plant protectionat the Nutrient efficiency and fertilization as well as at the irrigation New processes need to be tested to make these areas more sustainable.
With the Model and demonstration projects The desired transformation process in horticulture is to be supported at the production stage of field vegetable production. The aim is to make new/improved procedures that arise from the implementation of research results and other findings into practice known to the general public, according to the publication in the Federal Gazette. This is intended to contribute to the overarching goal of making the cultivation of outdoor vegetables more environmentally and climate-friendly and maintaining food security in Germany. (BfG/ZVG)
