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Towards plastic-free agriculture with LIFE AgroPaper®: the final video

AgroPaper® is more than paper mulch. It is sustainable. It is the alternative. The results of LIFE AgroPaper® mark a turning point in the history of agriculture.  Is a plastic-free agriculture possible?  The driving forces behind the LIFE AgroPaper® consortium explain it to you: Iñaki Urdaci (Marketing and New Products Manager of Smurfit Kappa): The […]

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DOWNLOAD THE REPORTS WITH THE FINAL RESULTS OF LIFE AGROPAPER

LIFE AgroPaper® is a project aimed at replacing plastic mulch used in agriculture with biodegradable and compostable paper mulch. Since september 2020 to december 2023, several demonstrations have been carried out with the aim of: To validate the product, 15.4 ha have been mulched in Spain and France. The locations selected to carry out the

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LIFE AgroPaper® publishes guidelines for farmers to learn how to lay paper mulch

If you want to stop using plastic on your crops, you no longer have an excuse! LIFE AgroPaper® provides you with this manual with all the details you need to know how, where and when to use this paper mulch. You already know why: towards a plastic-free agriculture! The european LIFE AgroPaper® project is a

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Roadmap for fostering AgroPaper® in agricultural and environmental legislation

The European LIFE AgroPaper® project has allowed the study of agricultural and environmental legislation at state and European level in relation to the use of mulching that is sustainable in all areas, mainly environmental.In this sense, a roadmap has been established that can help in the legislative recognition of a practice such as the use

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What advantages have farmers who have tried AgroPaper® found?

Within the framework of the international LIFE AgroPaper® project, focused on reducing the use of plastic mulch in agriculture by replacing it with mulching paper, dozens of interviews have been carried out with different farmers from different Autonomous Communities with the aim of finding out the situation of the sector regarding the use of agricultural

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Where is the use of AgroPaper® mulch included in agricultural and environmental legislation?

Throughout the development of the LIFE AgroPaper® project, the influence of the use of biodegradable and compostable agricultural mulch on agricultural and environmental legislation has been studied.Among other actions, we have tried to promote the inclusion of the sustainable alternative LIFE AgroPaper® for mulching in the current legislation. the replication of VGSSM practices together with

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Final evaluation of LIFE AgroPaper®: the innovative agricultural paper mulch

The Consortium of the European LIFE AgroPaper® project is preparing the presentation of the results after 4 years of trials, demonstrations and analysis on the feasibility of replacing plastic mulch with AgroPaper®, the biodegradable and compostable paper mulch. The partners’ meeting will be held in Murcia, Spain, on October 25 and 26.    The European

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Parameters for large-scale trials for validation of AgroPaper® mulch.PART TWO

After an exhaustive characterisation of the agricultural paper mulch, LIFE AgroPaper® has enabled intensive field trials for the use of AgroPaper® with two main actions. The first one has been a series of trials carried out in plots under plastic and plots under paper. The second one, the validation process for 5 selected crops, climates

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AgroPaper® paper mulch help complying with FAO’s “Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management”

The Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management were developed by FAO in 2017 through an inclusive process under the Global Soil Partnership (GSA). They are intended to be a reference document in formulating technical and general policy recommendations on sustainable soil management (SLM) for a wide range of committed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyUhgjjnxQw Results The results of the

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