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What do the consumers say about salt tolerant potatoes and ice plant?
16 March 2020This is a question which the Danish SalFar partners Taste of Denmark and VIFU wanted to shed light on after harvesting the first batch of crops from the test site on Sejerø.
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On the way to finding salt resistant wheat
16 March 2020As salty soils increase in number due to climate change, there is a need to find cultivable crops that can withstand salt. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, both members…
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Can plants follow in Jesus' steps and walk on water?
16 March 2020The SalFar partner University of Gothenburg, will perform a pilot study to screen for plants suitable for hydroponic growth using a mixture of sea water and fresh water i.e. brackish water. Thus, they…
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Test field visited by a flock of pheasants and geese
15 January 2020Occasionally, the partners in the project hit a bump in the road, but locally these bumps lead to valuable learnings.
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Cultivation of potato, cabbage and carrot is still possible under moderately saline conditions
15 January 2020A new report published by the SalFar partner Salt Farm Foundation indicates that the cultivation of potato, cabbage and carrot is still possible under moderately saline conditions.
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Salt tolerant potatoes available in Dutch supermarkets
15 January 2020Via the SalFar partner, Salt Farm Foundation, salt tolerant potatoes are now available in the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo.
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Seaweed as fertilizer
15 January 2020The German SalFar partner Ökowerk has set out to develop an eco-friendly fertilizer especially suitable for saline soils.
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Excursion to Emden
24 October 2019On 13 September the final excursion of the Saline Futures Conference took place. This time the 25 participants, scientists and farmers, were welcomed at the premises of Ökowerk Emden, another partner …
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International Farmers’ Café on Saline Agriculture
23 October 2019A total of 32 farmers, agricultural advisors, policy workers and other stakeholders participated in the International Farmers’ Café on Saline Agriculture which took place on 11 September in connection…
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Learning about saline agriculture on Texel
22 October 2019As part of the conference on 12 September over 100 scientists, policy makers, visionaries, farmers and students from all over the world came to the Boet on Texel to learn about the innovations in sali…
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