Skarabäus
The aim of the project is to develop customized organic-mineral fertilizer products based on solid fermentation residues from conventional biogas plants (renewable raw materials and animal excrement). Thus, markets for the fermentation residues are to be created, particularly in the non-agricultural sector enabling recycling of fermentation residues as stipulated by the Waste Management Act as well as alleviating pressure on agricultural areas in the vicinity of the biogas plants.
The project is jointly implemented by the three research partners
i) Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU),
ii) Humboldt University of Berlin (HU) and
iii) Institute for Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt University of Berlin (IASP).
In addition, the project is supported by the industrial partners Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co KG, Kaim Agrar Service and Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH.
The core task of the project is to develop at least three different fertilizer products in the form of a vegetable, lawn and flowering plant fertilizer, each with correspondingly adapted product properties. The concrete implementation of the project will be realized in three subprojects:
(i) Technological product development,
ii) Crop evaluation of the products, and
iii) Market potential analysis to identify needs, requirements and sales opportunities for the fertilizer products.
Team at the HU: Wolfgang Bokelmann, Nicole Petzke
