TRIP-Transformative Reduced input Potatoes

马铃薯种植采用集约化土壤耕作，大量投入无机养分、除草剂、杀菌剂和杀虫剂。大量的能源也用于冷却储存，以防止后期生产发芽之前，消费者使用。这导致了农田土壤有机质的持续退化，以及两种主要温室气体CO2和N2O的大量排放。TRIP-Transformative减少马铃薯投入是一个为期36个月的研究项目，将开发一种再生方法来解决上述所有问题，并为马铃薯种植者提供具有成本竞争力的解决方案。该计划的基础是使用农场废弃物作为地膜的减少/免耕，创新的植物营养方法，使用具有自然长休眠的新型低投入马铃薯品种，以及综合虫害管理方法。它将增加土壤有机质，减少对化学投入（化肥、农药）的需求，还将减少相关的水污染，对野生动物和生物多样性产生积极影响。TRIP-也将为零净值做出贡献。它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碳固存能力。它将大大节省氮肥、机械燃料和马铃薯生产中使用的冷却储存（马铃薯生产碳足迹的主要组成部分），这也将有助于实现净零排放。三年期项目产出将包括关于结合耕作方法和育种战略的生产力和温室气体排放的数据。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.