Programme: Rural Development Programme

The project proposal includes sharing knowledge and training of farmers for inproving skills in the field of soil science, agricultural chemistry, agroecology, irrigation of agricultural crops and agricultural mechanization. Good agricultural practices will be presented for greenhouse gases reducing and soils water erosion reducing; innovative methods for application of soil improvers and  lysmetric water use for indicator of changes in the solid and liquid phases of soil according the degree of anthropogenic load; controlled release fertilizers, crop rotation, plant biostimulants. Recent testing methods will be presented for determination of micro and macro elements and heavy metals content in soil and plant samples according Bulgarian soil types; new water-saving irrigation and fertigation technologies; irrigation scheduling of main vegetables crops; digital technologies for precise determination of crop irrigation water needs. Free software using training will be carried out for determination of irrigation rate. Means to control and improve the operation of plant protection sprayers to reduce the amount of pesticides and opportunities to restore and remove hollows and irregularities in details of agricultural machinery through modern Nano coatings to extend their service life. Innovative possibilities for the utilization of biomass from crop and livestock production for energy purposes will be presented. Will be achieved the agricultural production efficiency increasing, environmental, soil and water protection will be improved with these practices tailored to the real requirements of the farmers.