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Green nitrogen transition: The potential of legumes in control environment agriculture
The project’s aim is to transition synthetic nitrogen fertilizers production to short-chain, reduced greenhouse gas, and circular economy-based technology.
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Green nitrogen transition: The potential of legumes in control environment agriculture
Acronym: GreeNTrans
Duration: 2024–2028
Project manager: Aušra Brazaitytė
Project partners: University of Helsinki, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry and IVL Swedish Enviromental Research Institute
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Aiko Nakano Hylander
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Green nitrogen transition
Reducing agriculture’s environmental impact while preserving high productivity is a key challenge in the Nordic countries. The research initiative Green nitrogen transition: The potential of legumes to control the environment in agriculture (GreeNTrans) investigates how legumes could support a transformation of nitrogen management in farming and help build a more resilient and sustainable agricultural model. Traditional nitrogen fertilisers are a…