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Leader in the Horizon!
We are delighted to share that CORDIS journalists covered the SPIN-FERT project.
Innovating for fertile soil and healthy crops
SPIN-FERT is combating soil degradation in Europe with an integrated approach designed to boost soil fertility in horticultural crops and accelerate the transition to peat-free substrates.
Across Europe and beyond, soils are under growing pressure from erosion, salt build-up, desertification, and loss of organic matter and biodiversity. Intensive farming and other human activities have sped up these processes in what is essentially a fragile and non-renewable natural resource. As part of the EU’s efforts to reverse current trends in soil degradation, SPIN-FERT is tackling the long-standing bottlenecks that prevent the adoption of soil health-improving practices.
SeedCon 2026
From May 5–7, 2026, researchers & industry partners will gather at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) in Potsdam, Germany to discuss the latest advances in seed microbiome research and microbial inheritance, bridging fundamental knowledge with agricultural applications.
Green Christmas Session 2025
Join us for the fourth edition of the online conference Green Christmas Session “Photosynthetic microorganisms for sustainable development”…
Call for Papers: “Understanding and Developing Technologies for Effective Exploitation of Beneficial Microbes in Commercial Horticulture”
We are pleased to announce that manuscript submission is now open for the Research Topic…
Workshop on
Scientific Communication Ethics
“Speaking Science with Integrity: Ethics and Inclusivity in Collaborative Research”, Ph.D. Monika Betyna-Białek
PHD students – young talents who contribute to SPIN-FERT project.
Currently, two PhD students are involved in the research activities, which have been carried out in the frame of WP2 of the SPIN-FERT project: MSc. Robert Guiu Sans – employed by Eurecat, Tarragona, Spain and MSc. Tugberk Tabak from the University of Twente, located in Enschede, Netherlands…

