Speaker

About the speaker: 

Anne-Kristin Løes is an expert in soil fertility and plant nutrition, with a high interest to study the effect of various wasted and recycled materials for fertilization. She is active in several projects to study how residues from marine materials such as captured fish (backbones etc.) and seaweed may be amended and applied to agricultural crops, including challenges such as a high content of salt and potentially toxic elements such as arsenic and cadmium.

Company info: 

NORSØK is a private research institute, established in 1986, to conduct research and development to promote organic food and farming in Norway. With 27 employees,  NORSØK studies soil fertility, animal health and welfare and environmental effects of farming systems and manages a research farm with organic dairy cows.

Presentation:

The pitch will explain the background for NORSØK’s interest in exploring seaweeds as soil amendments ad fertilisers. It will further show some of the results achieved, including potentials risks linked to potentially toxic elements.