“Fondo Europeo Agrícola de Desarrollo Rural: Europa invierte en las zonas rurales”

Nitrosfera

Through the project “Innovative low nitrogen fertilisation procedures that ensure the sustainable maintenance of soil fertility in horticultural crops in the Region of Murcia” (NITROSFERA), the Sustainable Plant Nutrition Operational Group (NUVES) will provide horticultural producers in the region with a procedure, based on empirical knowledge, which, by applying low nitrogen fertilisation strategies, as required by the standards applicable to vulnerable areas, will maintain soil fertility and be able to obtain quality, competitive and sustainable production.

The NITROSFERA project receives funds from Action 16.1 Cooperation of the Rural Development Programme of the Region of Murcia, with a grant of 196,503.59€ from FEADER (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) and CARM (Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia).

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The first project developed by NUVES was the Nitrification INHIBITORS project, which established guidelines to increase the efficiency of the nitrogen fertilisation process and reduce leaching losses:

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Nitrification inhibitors in horticultural fertigation

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Nitrosfera APP

To install the Nitrosfera app on an Android device, you simply need to have the Nitrosfera.apk file and store it on the phone before starting the installation. Once saved, the user just needs to open the file from the file explorer or the downloads folder. Android will display a warning indicating that the app comes from an unknown source; simply accept and authorize the installation to proceed. Once the process is complete, the app will appear in the device’s menu under the name Nitrosfera, ready to be tested.

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Objetive

Crops need nutrients for their development, which must be supplied to the soil so that they can be absorbed by the roots. With the evolution of cultivation techniques and technological progress, this system has been improving its efficiency, increasing the use of fertilisers and reducing the fraction that is lost.

Fertility

The farm-to-table strategy aims to reduce nutrient losses by 50% while avoiding a decrease in the fertility of agricultural soils, while action programmes in areas vulnerable to nitrate pollution (PAZV) limit the use of organic matter (OM), with manure and organic amendments being the main tool available to maintain soil fertility in agricultural areas of the Region of Murcia, which are already poor in OM.

Competitive productions

The European Union (EU) is a market that is open, for the majority of horticultural products, to the productions of third countries, as well as to intra-Community competition. Therefore, horticulture in the Region of Murcia has to compete by offering products that meet the quality requirements demanded by consumers and at a production cost that allows sufficient profit with a selling price regulated by a market in which many countries intervene, including those outside the EU.