Recycling and upgrading of bone meal for environmental friendly crop production and nutrition (2005-2008)

Sixth Framework programme Priority 5 – Food Quality and Safety
This project is co-funded by the European Commission within the 6^th Framework Programme of RTD.

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The overall goal of the objective driven PROTECTOR project is to develop, optimize and industrial scale up realize in advanced engineering terms the integrated thermal inactivation and biotechnological recycling of high phosphorus containing non-SRM organic waste (bone meal) and upgrade it into a high added value and safe biotechnological crop protection and nutrition product for environmentally friendly vegetable cultivation in soil and soilless cultivations, all in order to develop microbiologically adapted soil fertilizer crop nutrient product with biocontrol by-effect as of EU regulation 91/414 EEC and USEPA guidelines, including considerations for project test methodical coherence to authority product application permit test methodics.

This IPR protected solution aims to develop microbiologically adapted soil fertilizer crop nutrient product with biocontrol by-effect as of EU regulation 91/414 EEC and USEPA guidelines, including the use of agricultural product application authority permit field test methodics for development and test of the innovative PROTECTOR method and product. Milestones 1 and 2, documented with deliverables have been successfully completed in the first two years. Milestone 3 by year 3 “modelling of PROTECTOR Phosphorus dissolution kinetics” successfully completed, supported and demonstrated the viability and efficiency of the product, while scientifically described the mode of actions. Mathematical description of dissolution kinetics. predictions and process level explanations of agronomic effectiveness of PROTECTOR made in D9. Data sets on reactions, turnover of SOM fractions following PROTECTOR application and ability of AMF to transfer P from soil/PROTECTOR to plants made in D10 and D12, while characterization of microbial biomass and functionality reported in D12.

During the past three years 40 sampling protocols made and 1270 kg ABC/ABC-formulated substance samples has been shipped to the partners and used by TERRA for SSFF optimization test and for validation in greenhouse test. All total 1500kg ABC carrier will be manufactured during the project life time as stated in Annex I. 22 different types of ABC has been manufactured to optimized bone char surface characteristics best for microbiological requirements. ABC SM15 seria has been the most successful and used for tests.

Based on the past 44 months scientific and technical project development, and very promising test reults in 2006/2007, and the results of the 2008 field validation tests inHungary, Israel and Italy, the project demonstrated overwhelming success. In Hungary the field tests have been executed by the Plant and Soil Protection Authority, which independent authority organisation provided official statement about the field viability of the PROTECTOR products and methods.

SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats), analyses, the cost benefit analysis (CBA) and the development of consumer and retailer acceptance evaluation for PROTECTOR has been implemented and detailed marketing strategies has been developed.

The prime dissemination strategy is the licensing program, where those partners who have innovative results from science to industrialization may act as licensor (primarily P1 in the specific field of bone carbonization and solid state fermentation and formulation, where industrial scale up 20,000 t/year capacity is pre-designed, economical and market feasibility worked out). It is already clear that the project already containing several innovative components, which by together or individually, can be utilized.

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The PROTECTOR project is co-funded by the European Commission within the 6^th Framework Programme of RTD. Thematic Priority 5- Food Quality and Safety.
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