Recycling and upgrading of bone meal for environmentally friendly crop protection and nutrition (PROTECTOR)
WP 7

Projektleitung: E. Someus

Förderung: EU

Kooperation: 11 europäische Partner

Zeitraum: 0101.2006 - 31.12.2006

Einordung:
Institut: Professur Agrarökonomie

Projektbeschreibung:
The overall objective of the PROTECTOR is to realise the integrated thermal inactivation (carbonization) and biotechnological recycling of high Phosphorus containing (but potentially microbiological-risk material) organic waste (bone meal) and upgrade it into a high added value and safe biotechnological crop protection and nutrition product for environmentally friendly vegetable cultivation. The biocontrol effect targets primarily combat against crown rot of tomato and damping off plant pathogens and improvement of plant natural resistance as well. The risk of cross contamination at food chain organic waste streams requires new technological solutions. The project utilizes animal bone char for microbiological carrier and sugar, vegetable oil and milk food industrial by-product streams (molasses, glycerin, whey) as nutrients during the solid substrate fermentation and formulation process. Natural soil borne microbiological strains are selected for entrapment into the internal sphere of the solid carrier and formulated in a way that long term storage of the substance will be viable on ambient temperature. The method and product provides enhanced survival of the protected microorganism during introduction into the soil. Comprehensive work program has been developed by 13 EU partner consortium for added value transformation of food industrial waste, including waste management strategy development, selection of Phosphorus mobilizing microorganism with biocontrol effect connected to solid state fermentation and formulation, evaluation of P kinetics in soil, comprehensive risk assessment, validation and demonstration, cost benefit analysis, consumers acceptance evaluation, innovation management with intranet, development of dissemination strategy and efficient dissemination. The project’s final achievements are the prevention, protection and preservation approaches aiming environmentally friendly and healthy food production in the low input vegetable sector.
WP7: Cost benefit analysis, SWOT, assessment of acceptance by consumers and retailers. The results from the preceding WPs need to be coherently evaluated and to reflect a comprehensive cost and efficiency evaluation, resulting in the development of a PROTECTOR application strategy. CBA will cover the total life time cycles of an innovation where completeness, accuracy and reliability require an integrated research approach. The consumer and retailer acceptance evaluation.

Bearbeiter: Prof. H. Kögl, Dipl.-Kfm. J. Bastian

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