SUSFERT aimed to:

1. Obtain compatible probiotic and sustainable solutions for phosphorus and iron fertilisation.
2. Achieve cost-effective enzymatically modified lignin-based coatings for product stabilisation and controlled release.
3. Produce microbial siderophore in a demonstration plant, for use in fertilisers.
4. Develop and produce at least four fertiliser products fitting into current production and existing application technology.
5. Obtain registration dossiers after field trials with developed organic formulations, granules, microgranules and liquid fertiliser solutions.
6. SUSFERT will identify the economic and environmental impact of SUSFERT products, their sustainability, barriers and opportunities for their adaptation.

This project offers many relevant and useful deliverables for all actors in cities and regions working on CSSs related to biobased and circular production of fertilizers. For instance, some of their reports offer insights into the policy opportunities and barriers for fertilisers, especially regarding those which use industrial (waste) side streams as input. Some of the deliverables address struvite producers on how they can make their product suitable for fertiliser production. Other deliverables address farmers with SUSFERT product usage guidelines, while some reports can be useful for business developers who are interested in learning about the life-cycle analysis of SUSFERT products and their industrial scalability. Standardisation suggestions in some deliverables can help policy-makers. As such, the deliverables of this project can be useful in all three phases of CSS deployment (i.e.: Map, Design, Implement).

The project produced a number of relevant and useful outputs, including:

• Recommendations for struvite producers to make their product suitable for use as P source in fertilisers
• Report on current framework conditions: regulations and policy opportunities and barriers
• Public summary of the ‘Report on the life cycle impact of SUSFERT fertiliser production and GHG emission reduction’
• Final report on framework conditions for novel products
• Field data analysis of the trials performed in all years
• Recommendations for products for farmers
• Final report on standardisation

These can be found on: https://www.susfert.eu/public-deliverables/

Programme:

• H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Topic:

• BBI.2017.D4 - Innovative bio-based fertilising products to increase the sustainability of fertilising practices in agriculture

RTDS - VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DER KOMMUNIKATION UND VERMITTLUNG VON FORSCHUNG, TECHNOLOGIE UND INNOVATION (RTDS VEREIN, ENGL. RTDS ASSOCIATION)

Contact the project: https://www.susfert.eu/contact/

• RTDS - VEREIN ZUR FORDERUNG DER KOMMUNIKATION UND VERMITTLUNG VON FORSCHUNG
• TECHNOLOGIE UND INNOVATION (RTDS VEREIN ENGL. RTDS ASSOCIATION)
• AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
• UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
• UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
• ACIES BIO BIOTEHNOLOSKE RAZISKAVE IN RAZVOJ DOO
• ABITEP GMBH
• AGRANA RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTER GMBH
• AGRANA STARKE GMBH
• AGRO INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL
• TIMAC AGRO DUNGEMITTELPRODUKTIONS UND HANDELS GMBH
• SAPPI NETHERLANDS SERVICES BV
• AGROBIOGEL GMBH