NEWS

SOFIE2 presented a great opportunity for #Marigreen project to connect to people in the organic fertilizer industry and to learn about policy initiatives and market outlook. The European organic fertilizer market is a key for valorizing marine residuals. EU regulations and initiatives aim to harmonize and create a unified European market for organic fertilizers. There are many opportunities and challenges ahead. Knowledge of regulations, complementarities with mineral fertilizers, supply and demand factors, quality and environmental requirements will help to identifying market opportunities for organically-certified fertilizers based on marine residuals. We were grateful to meet and talk to Jessica Fitch of ECOFI and many others in the summit.

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At #AUTh (Greece) they performed for the #Marigreen project Amino acid isolation of A. nodosum samples through acid hydrolysis. Hydrolysates were given to #USAMV (Romania) for further analysis and plant growth field testing.

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Meso-scale composting of algae fiber is proceeding at #Norsøk (Norway). Our PhD student Joshua Cabell is testing a 277 dm³ insulated compost container with algae fibre with high N content provided by Algea. Thanks to Nurahmed, CRISPR-expert in microalgae, who assists us in the practical work.

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Ivan Livano and Peer Vind Mortensen from #Alumichem, went to #DTUAqua as part of the HCB in the #marigreen project to share their experience with organic coagulant and flocculant applications.

We applied these products to sea water and fresh water sludges to concentrate the phosphorus and organic matter and obtain a clean disposable water.

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Anne-Kristin our senior researcher from Norsøk did a pecha kucha presentation about fertilizers from sea.

You can find the full presentation in our webpage (https://lnkd.in/ePDZtP2k).

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Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture (NORSØK) is a research institute established in 1986 to support the organic sector in Norway by conducting relevant research (R), development (D) and dissemination activities.

Composting of seaweed residues with N-rich blue materials such as fish and mussel residues, and extracting the compost to possibly derive new products with fertiliser and biostimulant effects, will be core activities at NORSØK. Our main focus has been to develop fertilisers applicable in organic growing, derived from marine residual materials such as fish bones and algae fibers. Trials have shown significant and positive effects on the growth of field crops.

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At #Marigreen we had our first physical meeting since COVID at #Auth in Thessaloniki where the partners shared and discussed the last results of the project.

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At #DTUAqua Federica Carboni and Godwin Abakari hosted our colleague Ivan Liviano from #Alumichem as part of the HCB in the #Marigreen project. We learned how to increase dry matter content of fish sludge using an innovative lignocellulosic filtration system. Also we standardized our water analysis methods for the coming trials. The obtained fish sludge cake will be evaluated as a fertilizer.

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Joshua Cabell presented our project #Marigreen during the annual festival called "Research Days" (Forskningsdagene) arranged by the Research Council of Norway. At least 200 people stopped by to learn about how we are experimenting using marine residues as fertilizer by direct application and by composting first.

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB) was founded in 1818 and is the oldest engineering school in Romania.

The UPB team will use the #biochar prepared in previous projects as a support for #impregnation. The aim is to develop, using relevant impregnation technologies, a well-balanced biochar-based #fertilizer for various purposes in organic horticulture. Our expertise is in experimental study and modelling of transfer phenomena in unit operations and (bio)chemical processes, e.g., biomass pretreatment, pyrolysis, extraction, anaerobic digestion and fermentation.

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Aristotle University of Thessalonki is the largest University in Greece. The Lab (representative of Greece in #MARIGREEN project) elaborates synthetic and physicochemical studies pertinent to organic-antioxidant-bioactive compounds in blue biomass waste, chemical and biotoxicity profiling of derived extracts as fertilizers and biostimulant-bearing enhancers of plant growth. Our experience is in the study of hybrid inorganic-organic biological systems, biochemical engineering and molecular biology of organic, naturally occurring compounds, active in bacterial, plant and human (patho)physiologies.

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The first objective of the meeting was to promote Human Capacity Building (HBC) in BlueBio co-funded projects, having analysed their reporting on HCB in the mid-term reports. Some examples of HCB initiatives within projects were presented, and discussions about the HCB efforts already done (or planned) by the projects and their challenges, and for facilitating the exchange of best practices took place.

In the second part of the meeting, attendees had the opportunity of considering different forms of assistance that BluBio Cofund could deliver about HCB to the funded projects (e.g. support in the organization of training courses, workshops, webinars, etc.), taking into account their needs. Issues about communication and sharing of HCB among BlueBio projects were also addressed. The meeting was insightful and sparked a lot of ideas and opportunities for the BlueBio Cofund team as well as for the project coordinators. (https://bluebioeconomy.eu/bluebio-cofund-news/).

At USAMV (Romania) we have started to implement the experimental trials in which we will test the fertilizer made from fish bone and algal fibres provided by our partners!

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"In a small warehouse at the Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture, a mixture of algae fiber and dried fish residues is poured into a machine. Both are waste that would otherwise have been sent for combustion. Hidden inside the waste, there is something valuable. Fish bones contain large amounts of phosphorus, an element used in fertilizers that is becoming a deficiency."

Check it out:
Fish waste can replace large amounts of fertiliser when agriculture is struggling with phosphorus shortages – NRK Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio

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Our partner #AUTh (Greece) pursued and completed the chemical composition profile analysis for #BlueBio mass that involves fish bone and algal fiber collected at NORSØK (Norway).

Collection of potential biostimulants via green extractions and their further evaluation in greenhouses at #USAMV (Romania) was also pursued.

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The Danish partners #DTUAqua #Alumichem at the Marigreen project are evaluating the use of fish faeces as a fertilizer. For this we have collected the fish faeces from a Danish trout organic farm Mønsted-Bryrup (#Musholm) and with an innovative lignocellulosic filtration system we managed to produce a fish cake that will be shipped to our partners in Romania #USAMV and Greece #AUTh for elemental analysis and evaluation as fertilizer.
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At NORSØK (Norway), our colleagues Anne-Kristine Løes and PhD student Joshua Cabell are testing a pellet machine in order to provide fertilizer made from fish bone and algal fiber. The pellets will be further tested in field and greenhouse experiments at USAMV (Romania).
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