The EU project EcoStack has had its first annual meeting in October at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
EcoStack is an EU-project with a budget of 10 million Euros that will span five years. The project started at the end of 2018 and SLU is one of 24 partners. The aim of the project is to use ecosystem services to optimize crop protection and production.
– Ecostack is an interdisciplinary project that focuses on how we can manage beneficial organisms in agriculture. We hope to be able to fully exploit biodiversity at different levels and develop new agricultural methods, says Hanna Friberg, one of the researchers in the project.
During 15-17 October, the participants of the project had their first annual meeting. The meeting was arranged by Paolo Sousa and the EcoStack research group at the University of Coimbra. Around 60 researchers participated in the meeting. SLU was represented by Ingvar Sundh, Hanna Friberg, Velemir Ninkovic and Merlin Rensing. Hanna and Velemir contributed with presentations of ongoing research in their various work packages.
– During the meeting we also had a consultation meeting with stakeholders that provided very good input, says Ingvar Sundh.
