TRIP-Transformative Reduced input Potatoes

马铃薯种植使用密集的土壤耕作和非常大量的无机养分、除草剂、杀菌剂和杀虫剂的投入。大量的能源也被用于冷藏库，以防止在消费者使用之前的后期生产发芽。这导致了农田土壤有机质的持续退化，以及二氧化碳和N2O这两种主要温室气体的大量排放。在马铃薯上进行三次转化减少投入是一个为期36个月的研究计划，将开发一种再生方法来解决所有上述问题，并为马铃薯农民提供具有成本竞争力的解决方案。TRIP-基于以农场废弃物为覆盖的减少/免耕，创新的植物营养方法，以及使用自然长时间休眠的新的低投入马铃薯品种，以及病虫害综合治理方法。它将增加土壤有机质，降低对化学投入(化肥、杀虫剂)的需求，还将减少相关的水污染，对野生动物和生物多样性有积极影响。TRIP-也将有助于净零。这将证明，使用再生方法种植马铃薯既可以减少温室气体排放，又可以建立土壤有机质及其对碳的固定。它将大大节省用于马铃薯生产的氮肥、机械燃料和冷藏燃料(马铃薯生产碳足迹的主要组成部分)，这也将有助于净零排放。TRIP 3年项目产出将包括耕作方法和育种战略组合的生产力和温室气体排放数据。将在示范和会议上报告产出。

Potato growing uses intensive soil cultivation and very large inputs of inorganic nutrients, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Large amounts of energy are also used in cooled store to prevent post-production sprouting prior to consumer use. This result in continuous degradation of farm soil organic matter, and large emissions of CO2 and N2O, two major greenhouse gases.TRIP-Transformative Reduced input in potatoes, is a 36 months research program, will develop a regenerative method to address all of the above problems, and provide cost-competitive solutions to potato farmers.TRIP- is based on reduced/no-tillage using farm waste as mulch, innovative plant nutrition approaches, and use of novel low-input potato cultivars having natural long dormancy, and integrated pest management approaches.It will increase soil organic matter, lower needs of chemical inputs (fertilizer, pesticides), reducing also the associated contamination of water, with positive effects on wildlife and bioversity.TRIP- will also contribute to Net Zero. It will demonstrate that using regenerative methods for potato growing will both reduce the GHG emissions and build soil organic matter and its sequestration of carbon. It will provide substantial saving in nitrogen fertilisers, fuel for machinery and for cooled storage used in potato production (major components of the potato production carbon footprint), which will also contribute to Net Zero.TRIP 3-year project outputs will include data on productivity and GHG emissions for combination of cultivation methods and a breeding strategy. Outputs will be reported at demonstration and conferences.