Natural fungicides against air & soil borne pathogens in the Atlantic Area

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Date of latest update: 2023-03-02

Description

Description (EN):

The Atlantic Area is characterised by high rainfall and high humidity, conditions which increase crop fungal infection and leaching of inputs from soil (EEA, 2009). Crop growers counter these problems by applying high levels of synthetic fungicides and fertilizers. However, heavy rainfall can render these applications ineffective and leach these chemicals into waterways, resulting in increased emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O). The problem is compounded as many fungicides are toxic and face EU bans due to residue accumulation in food, which affects growers and retailer alike. NASPA will develop a new generation of products based on bioactive compounds from seaweed/fish waste/aquatic plants combined with key plant micronutrients. These will either induce crops to produce protective (antimicrobial, anti-oxidant) substances against fungal pathogens which infect them or improve plant health making crops less prone to diseases via better nutrition and biostimulation. Together, these have been shown to alter nitrogen cycling rate, reduce the need for nitrogen fertilisers, and associated leaching of nitrates into water streams, and of N2O emissions from agricultural soils. The products will increase marketable yield and shelf-life, providing Return on Investment (ROI) for crop growers and retailers. NASPA will provide increases in food production, exports, employment and competition, whilst meeting regulatory requirements regarding food residues and environmental run-off.

Achievements (EN):

Most Atlantic regions are characterised by high rainfall and high humidity, conditions that increase crop fungal infection and leaching of inputs from the soil. Crop growers counter these problems by applying high levels of synthetic fungicides and fertilisers. However, many fungicides are toxic and face EU bans due to residue accumulation in food. The NASPA project developed a new generation of products based on bioactive compounds from seaweed/ fish waste/aquatic plants combined with key plant micronutrients. The improved plant health makes crops less prone to diseases via better nutrition and biostimulation. The project outputs were based on the wide adoption of new business models, demonstrated by the sustainable use of unexploited marine resources and fish discards, to produce eco-products that counteract fungal crop/tree diseases. This new generation of products thus provided an increased marketable crop yield, the quality and shelflife of fruits and vegetables, converted into a return on investment for crop growers and retailers. NASPA also promoted the market pull of novel ecoproducts and contributed to an increase in exports, employment, and competition, whilst meeting regulatory requirements regarding food residues and environmental run-off. Moreover, NASPA contributed to policy information for further development of EU objectives of circular economy, territorial social cohesion, and rural economic development.

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Expected Results (EN):

NASPA will contribute to policy information for further development of EU objectives of Circular Economy, territorial social cohesion and rural economy development. This project will provide approaches for a) a global 50 % reduction in pesticide consumption, required by the Grenelle Agreement, fitting EU sustainable pesticide strategy and b) for a reduction in fertiliser use and associated losses to water, fitting the EU Water Framework, and specifically the Nitrates Directive policy targets, as well as national targets for reducing GHG emissions from the Agriculture sector. This project associates members (major market players) that will allow market pull of the novel eco-products, increasing rural jobs, and competitiveness, targeting 5% penetration for agri-products (current estimated EU market €2 billion).

Expected Outputs (EN):

The outputs will be based on wide adoption of new business models, demonstrated by small-to-medium processes for the sustainable use of un-exploited marine resources (mostly seaweeds from poor parts of the South-West Atlantic coast) and fish discards that cannot re-enter in the food supply chain, to produce value-added eco-products that counteract fungal crop/tree diseases, increase marketable crop yield, and fruit & veg quality.

Thematic information

Soil and air quality Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Fostering green growth, eco-innovation and environmental efficiency

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Bangor University

Address: Bangor, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 632 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 474 000.00

Pevesa Biotech SA

Name: Pevesa Biotech SA

Address: Sevilla, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 75 000.00

Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon

Name: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon

Address: Lisbon, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 148 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 111 000.00

Universidade de Coimbra

Name: Universidade de Coimbra

Address: Coimbra, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 128 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 96 000.00

CATE- Comité d’Action Technique et Economique

Name: CATE- Comité d’Action Technique et Economique

Address: 29250 Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 204 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 153 000.00

Vegenov

Name: Vegenov

Address: 29250 Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 260 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 195 000.00

Biobab R&D, S.L.

Name: Biobab R&D, S.L.

Address: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 200 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 000.00

Vivagro

Name: Vivagro

Address: Martillac, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 40 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 30 000.00

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Name: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Address: Vila Real, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 290 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 217 500.00

Instituto Portugues do Mar de da Atmosfera

Name: Instituto Portugues do Mar de da Atmosfera

Address: 1495-006 Lisboa, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 220 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 165 000.00

BioAtlantis Ltd

Name: BioAtlantis Ltd

Address: Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 200 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 000.00

Emerald Crop Sciences

Name: Emerald Crop Sciences

Address: Swansea, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 200 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 000.00

Aberystwyth University

Name: Aberystwyth University

Address: Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 372 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 279 000.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Natural fungicides against air & soil borne pathogens in the Atlantic Area

Project name (ES): Fungicidas naturales contra hongos patógenos en el Espacio Atlántico

Project name (FR): Fongicides naturels contre des pathogènes transmis par le sol ou l'air dans la région Atlantique

Project name (PT): Fungicidas naturais contra patogênicos transmitidos por ar ou solo na região Atlântica

Project acronym: NASPA

Project start date: 2017-12-21

Project end date: 2020-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 994 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 245 500.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 245 500.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Studies / surveys

Production of bio-fertilizer from Ascophyllum nodosum and Sargassum muticum (Phaeophyceae)

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-31

Document date: 2019-05-28

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-019-8109-x

EFFECTS OF “SARGAÇO” EXTRACTION RESIDUES ON SEED GERMINATION

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-31

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Media releases / articles

Estudo conclui que sargaço tem elevado potencial antifúngico para uso agrícola

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://www.atlanticarea.eu/

Publication date: 2021-03-31

Document date: 2019-04-22

Languages: pt

Attachment link: https://www.dn.pt/lusa/estudo-conclui-que-sargaco-tem-elevado-potencial-antifungico-para-uso-agricola-10820712.html

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Atlantic Area

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2021-08-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

71 / 71 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

718 / 718 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.atlanticarea.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2023-02-02 and 2024 01 30. Fields project name and description (from 23 projects) translated from Spanish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: @BluePortS, 4H-CREAT, ACCESS2SEA, AGEO, AGRITOX, ALERTOX-NET, AtlanticFoodExport, ATLANTIC-KET-MED, AT-VIRTUAL, AYCH, CABFishMAN, CircularSeas, COCKLES, CONSORTEX, FAN-BEST, iFADO, IN 4.0, JONAS, MONITOOL, NANOCULTURE, PROTOATLANTIC, SIRMA and USER-FACTOR.

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Natural fungicides against air & soil borne pathogens in the Atlantic Area

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