D6.1 FERTIMANURE Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results – 1st version

Abstract

The Preliminary Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) is a strategic document for setting the impact pathway of FERTIMANURE since the project beginning. The main objective of FERTIMANURE project is to develop, integrate, test and validate innovative Nutrient Management Strategies to efficiently recover mineral nutrients and other relevant products with agronomic value (organic amendments and biostimulants) from animal manure, to finally obtain reliable and safe fertilisers that can compete in the European fertilizers market. FERTIMANURE project will demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the obtained BBFs and TMFs and their ability to replace current mineral fertilisers, including: (i) Tests under controlled conditions (incubation and pot-tests): Assessment of: (1) N release patterns; (2) P plant availability; (3) Biological activated organic amendments as plant growth promoters; (4) Biostimulants assessment as plant growth promoters for the nutrient uptake and tolerance against hydric & saline stress. Crops under assessment: Wheat, barley, maize, fodder maize, grass, ray grass. (ii) Field validation in real environment: Agronomic performance in quadruplicate-randomized block design; Environmental performance, including nutrient efficiency vs losses. Crops under assessment: Wheat, barley, maize, grass, corn, spinach, potatoes, tomatoes, vines. FERTIMANURE project specifically provides 3 innovative nutrient management strategies: 1) Direct use of the BBFs obtained by treating manure with innovative technologies; 2) Centralised TMFs production and 3) On-farm TMFs production. This document is the first version (M6) of the Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) of FERRTIMANURE project. The contents of the first release include an overview of the concepts of Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation relative strategies and action plans that the consortium will follow to promote the project, to foster the knowledge of its results and to ensure their uptake for future business opportunities. All these activities aim to help maximize the impact of results. The PEDR will be updated during the project in the following months: M26, M36 and M48.