Ilundain Arable Crops Farm
- Lead: Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias - INTIA
Country
Spain
Agricultural Area
82.5 ha
About ERS
- Lead: Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias - INTIA
- Contact: Maite Aguilar and Juan Antonio Lezaun
- Production System: Farm dedicated to rainfed arable crops (cereals, legumes, oilseeds) in which we carried out trials of conservation tillage, fertilization, crop rotation and precision farming.
Thematic Areas Covered
Crops Management
Soil Health and Biodiversity
Description
Ilundain Farm is a research station property of Navarra Government and managed by INTIA. The farm is dedicated to rainfed arable crops such as wheat, barley and oats rotated with legumes, rapeseed, sunflowers and fallow land.
Annual trials are conducted in the farm, but the most noteworthy are the long-term trials: tillage and straw management trials with more than 20 years old and long-term fertilisation trials, some of which are around 30-40 years old. In addition, extensive crop rotation and precision farming trials (remote sensing, crop mapping, variable fertiliser application, etc.) can also be found.
Characteristics
The Ilundain experimental farm aims to be a benchmark for extensive crops applied research under Humid Mediterranean climate areas. Particularly in precision agriculture, conservation agriculture practices and sustainable management techniques through long-term fertilisation and biofertiliser trials. The overall goal of the farm will be to improve production efficiency and increase climate resilience in the region.
