Feb 27, 2018 | Events, Pilot Gypsum
Pilot Gypsum of the project NutriTrade will arrange a side event Gypsum application – An eco-innovation for the Baltic Sea in Gdansk, Poland on 15 March. The side event is a part of the 3rd BONUS Symposium – Sustainable ecosystem governance under changing...
Nov 9, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Professor Markku Ollikainen (University of Helsinki) presented Pilot Gypsum on November 8 in YARA’s Feeding the Future conference. According to him, the pilot has been a success: Spreading of gypsum was completed without problems and the farmers participating in the...
Nov 6, 2017 | Newsletter, Pilot Gypsum
By Eliisa Punttila, Helsingin yliopisto The Savijoki River – An excellent site for agri-environmental research The Savijoki River meanders across an agricultural landscape in the southwestern Finland. During rainy seasons and snow-melt periods its flow drastically...
Oct 30, 2017 | Events, Pilot Gypsum
As part of the Presidency of the Estonian Republic of the Council of the European Union, a flagship conference “Nature-based Solutions: From Innovation to Common-use” will be organized by the Ministry of the Environment of Estonia and the University of Tallinn. The...
Sep 5, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Finnish Society of Soil Sciences (Suomen Maaperätieteiden Seura ry) arranged a soil excursion in southwestern Finland to learn more about the clay soil profile in the area and the gypsum pilot. In total 15 soil experts took part in the excursion. The bus took us to...
Jun 29, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
A year ago, in summer 2016, stakeholders in the selected pilot area in Lieto and Paimio got prepared for a large-scale gypsum application experiment, a unique pilot project. Farmers, contractors and actors in the logistical chain made plans how the gypsum application...
Apr 7, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
In the spring time the river Savijoki is flowing rapidly. Melting snow from all around the river basin raises the water level several times higher than it is during dry periods. The clayey soil and dominant agricultural land use in the area give the river its latte...
Mar 10, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
A summary of Pilot Gypsum now available Pilot Gypsum has been running for a little over a year now. The first twelve months of the project were especially challenging when the spreading of over 6,000 tonnes of gypsum needed to be organised from a scratch. All the...
Jan 16, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
The latter half of last year was a very exciting time for Pilot Gypsum. After the crops were harvested the spreading of gypsum began. Thanks to favourable weather conditions, practically all of the gypsum was spread within a few weeks, as planned. Careful preparations...
Jan 11, 2017 | Main news, News, Pilot Gypsum
Today, Helsingin Sanomat wrote about the gypsum treatment of fields in its editorial http://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000005039764.html (in Finnish only). ...
