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OSCAR: a collaborative European research project to develop more sustainable systems of conservation agriculture and increase the diversity of cover crops and living mulches
Project
Project code: KBBE.2011.1.2-03-289277
Contract period: 01.04.2012
- 31.03.2016
Purpose of research: Applied research
OSCAR is a collaborative research project in agronomy, supported by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research. OSCAR involves 20 Partners from 9 European countries, Morocco, Brazil as well as the international research centre ICARDA. The research programme starts in April 2012 and ends in 2016.
The project aims to develop improved conservation tillage systems, based on subsidiary crops (also known as cover crops), used both as living and dead mulch, that increase the duration of soil coverage by plant canopies; minimize the need for soil tillage and redce tillage intensity; increase the diversity of species within the plant canopy and the rotation; reduce the need for fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides; and in dry climates, conserve water and reduce need for irrigation.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Plant Nutrition
- Crop Protection
- Agricultural Engineering Plant Production
- Organic Farming
