Deep dive into the world of agrobiodiversity in our newest episode of Scientific Voices! Join us as we sit down with Mattias Jonsson from the IMPRESS project and Ariani Wartenberg from the CLEAR project, who participated in the 2022 Joint FACCE-JPI and Suscrop call on Agrobiodiversity. Together, they offer their point of view on the importance of enhancing agrobiodiversity for resilient agroecosystems, unpacking its implications for ecological connectivity, biodiversity, and climate change mitigation, reflecting upon pressing questions surrounding the challenges and opportunities of agrobiodiversity in the European landscape, its implications on public policy, and the innovations driving sustainable agro-biodiversity management.
Explore the path to Agroecology transition with Heather McKhann, ALL-Ready's project coordinator. Dive into place-based solutions, knowledge-driven strategies, and stakeholder engagement in this insightful podcast. Discover how they're shaping the future European Network of Agroecology Living Labs (ALL) and Research Infrastructures (IR) to fast-track Agroecology across Europe. Join us in unravelling their participatory, real-world experimentation using a living lab approach.
Did you know that producing a single liter of beer gives rise to a staggering 3 to 10 liters of wastewater? Get ready to have your taste buds tempted as we explore the fascinating tale of microalgae, a powerful organism on a mission to transfrom the beer industry. Ronald Halim, assistant professor at UC Dublin and project coordinator for AlgaeBrew from the Joint call FOSC & SUSFOOD2 2021, explores the remarkable ability of microalgae to reduce environmental impacts and promote a more sustainable brewing process.
Jørgen’s scientific voice takes us to the world of agroecology. A roadmap to obtain more sustainable agricultural systems would comprise a decrease in nutrient losses and surpluses, greenhouse gas emissions and chemical pesticides use, together with a better utilisation of the interactions plants-soils and natural resources such as nutrients, water and light.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the ResidueGas project, the Professor Jørgen Eivind Olesen
Department of Agroecology
Aarhus University
Daniel’s scientific voice takes us to the world of organic waste and the research behind its transformation into usable products such as proteins or pigments. The “organic leftovers” may contribute to the production of the biomass required to achieve a biobased society in a sustainable way.
To know more, listen to the project coordinator of the CLIMAQUA project, the Adjunct professor Daniel Pleissner
Institute for Food and Environmental Research (ILU)
Institute of Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Gerlinde’s scientific voice takes us to the world of soils. Despite being “out of sight and often out of mind”, soil life plays a determinant role in the functioning of the world above ground and it is the basis of both agricultural and natural systems. Loosing good soils can happen extremely fast while their formation takes considerable time.
To know more, listen to one of the scientists of the Eco-serve project, Professor Gerlinde De Deyn Department of Environmental Sciences-Soil Biology
Wageningen University and Research
Gerlinde kindly replaced Lijbert Brussaard, the coordinator of the Eco-serve project, who is retired.
Kirsti’s scientific voice takes us to the risks of arsenic, a chemical element present in bedrock and soil both under natural conditions and as a result of anthropogenic contamination, i.e. in ancient mining sites or battlefields. With pernicious effects on our health, it can be found in agricultural soil and water and thus in our food.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the AgriAs project, Professor Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi
Environmental Solutions
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Sylvie’s scientific voice takes us to the world of soil organic matter and its effect on plant nutrition and the environment. Soil may store organic carbon, emit greenhouse gasses or experience nitrate losses thus influencing climate. Ensemble modeling can play a role to estimate greenhouse gas emissions and hence provide data to plan strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the CN-MIP project, Senior researcher Sylvie Recous
Fractionnement des Agro-Ressources et Environnement (FARE)
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE)
Marta’s voice takes us to the world of heavy metal soil contamination and the plants that can uptake enough pollutants to clean the soil. Energy crops make possible to grow safe biomass in marginal lands diminishing their environmental impact and the tension between food and fuel production.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the MISCOMAR project, the Associate professor Marta Pogrzeba
Research and Development Department
Head of Environmental Remediation Group
Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU)
Michael’s scientific voice takes us to the world of genomics. This science can help us understand how domesticated and wild animal species adapt to climate and climate change and how this adaptation may change with time, an invaluable knowledge to design strategies for future climatechangeproof populations.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the ClimGen project, Professor Mike Bruford
Dean for Environmental Sustainability
Co-director Sustainable Places Research Institute
School of Biosciences
Cardiff University
Stig’s scientific voice takes us to the world of legumes. While all plants fix carbon during photosynthesis, only legumes can fix nitrogen thanks to their symbiotic relation with rhizobia bacteria. Therefore, growing more legumes could decrease the need of nitrogen fertiliser and contribute to a more sustainable agriculture.
To know more, listen to the coordinator of the ProFaba project, the Associate professor Stig Uggerhøj Andersen
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Plant Molecular Biology
Aarhus University