Action A5: Networking Activities

Three organisations had been contacted for the project’s networking activities, namely the Italian Centro Richerche Produzione Animali (CRPA), the German LIFE+ project WagriCo, and the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The InfoNitrates networking activities related with Action A5 are the following:

Italian Centro Richerche Produzione Animali , Italy 19-22 November 2012 

Ploughing Implement mounted on a tractor. 







Dairy farm, Azienda Pinotti in Pizzighettone

Cesspit 

Manure Separator 

Oldenburg, Germany 21-22 August 2013 

Chamber of Agriculture of Oldenburg, Germany

Biogas Plant

Machinery Used for Sludge Integration in Soil

More Machinery Used for Sludge Integration in Soil

Maize Trails

Wheat and Maize Trails

Wheat Trails






Malta for German and Italian partners, 18-19 September 2013 

Volcani Centre, Israel 2-3 October 2013 

Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Centre

Nutrient absorption tests on Eucalyptus trees using 220L tanks.

Lysimeter inserted in avocado tree trunk to measure the nutrient uptake by the tree.

Nutrient flow experiment on avocado trees using 1000L tanks using; lysimeters and scales.

Outdoor shed containing record systems.

Fertigation system used in avocado experimental site.

Open air avocado experimental site.

Tensionometer used to measure water content in soil under avocado trees

Stand alone data logging system.

Standalone fertigation system used for accurate application of nutrients in avocado plantation.

Small scale desalination plant used in a banana plantation in the plain surrounding the Sea of Galilee.

Banana plantation in the plain surrounding the Sea of Galilee.







Malta for Israeli partners, 8-9 October 2013

InfoNitrates conference held in Malta on the 8th of October, 2013.

Closing Conference for all partners, 30 May 2014