Field trial: Bayreuth
Contact: Daniel Fischer
Project: BMBF 01LY0909F
Installation of the experiment (photo: Daniel Fischer & MiSoo Kim)
Corn harvest (Foto: Daniel Fischer & MiSoo Kim)
Project started: August 2010
Location:
Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, south east Germany
Field area: 3600 m²
Soil type:Cambisol
Cooperations:
professional local compost facility "Bindlacher Berg" & the farming academy Bayreuth
Aims:
- Testing the C sequestration and soil amelioration potentials of different applications under organic farming conditions
- Practical application of the Terra preta concept
- Generation of substrates with Terra preta similar characteristics
Research points:
- Application of Terra Preta concept under realistic field conditions
- On Farm Research
- Characterization of physical, chemical and biological soil parameters under interdisciplinary research approach