Mitigation of climate change through advanced phytotechnology for military lands
The research team at UJEP, comprising PhD students Ghazwa Basma and Abdulmannan Rouhani, in collaboration with partners from the linkage institution KazNU, is engaged in the establishment of a novel experiment aimed at evaluating the properties of a biochar-based microbial carrier. The protocol for the incorporation of microorganisms isolated from contaminated soil was developed by…
At two plantations established in Vorzel, Ukraine the Miscanthus-based system has been monitored multiyear. The research is focused on monitoring the pest populations and testing the impact of biochar to M×g biomass production. On April 5, 2026 the insect monitoring was conducted to assess pest populations. Generally, grub monitoring was carried out using soil excavation…
As part of the project’s activities, research sites were established in 2023 and 2024 on post-military land in Vorzel, Ukraine, to test the Advanced Miscanthus × giganteus Phytotechnology at the field scale. The research aims to assess the crop’s growth dynamics, productivity, and soil recovery potential. On October 22, 2025, the NULES research team carried…
On May 30, 2025, Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi and Dr. Yurii Hrynchuk, NULP, in cooperation with Dr. Andriy Banya and Dr. Tetyana Pokynbroda, the members of the Department of Physical Chemistry of Fossil Fuels of the Institute of Physical-Organic Chemistry and Coal Chemistry named after L. M. Lytvynenko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, visited TVHNPU,…
On July 6, 2025 NPD Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk visited TVHNPU, Ternopil, Ukraine. She met with PPD Dr. Andryi Hertz and Dr. Oleksandr Kononchuk, faculty member, who voluntary assisted with the project’s experiments. Prof. Pidlisnyuk observed and pictured the new devices purchased within the project, visited Living Lab established at TVHNPU as output of the project…
On May 27, 2025 Prof. Valentyna Pidlisniuk, NPD visited Research station in Chomutov, Czech Agrifood Research Centre. Two M×g research plantations are located in the vicinity of the station, i.e.: one was established in 2021 at the marginal land of the former military site, where 2 doses of biochar are tested multiyear along with sewage…
Member of NATO team at UJEP, i.e., NPD Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Dr. Karim Al Souki, PhD students Robert Ato Newton, Abdulmannan Rouhani, Batoul Hamade, and Muhammed Zubair established Miscanthus plantation at the post-military brownfield located in suburb of Chomutov. The ash will be tested at the field scale there in accordance with the task of…
Presentation results at the University of Lodz, Poland On December 8-14,2024, Prof. Valentina Pidlisnyuk, NPD, UJEP and Dr. Tatyana Stefanovska, Co-Director, NULES visited Poland with NATO SPS MYP G6094 mission. They attended the National Institute of Horticultural Research (InHort) in Skierniewice with a number of planned meetings and research. Consequently, they met with Prof. Magdalena…
On December 04, 2024, Dr. Vitalii Stadnik, Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi, and Dr. Yurii Hrynchuk (LPNU) attended a Miscanthus plantation located in Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine. The trip aimed to: – maintaining the experimental sites; – collect soil samples for C and N content in soil; – plants biomass obtaining.
On November 12, 2024, Dr. Vitalii Stadnik and Dr. Martyn Sozanskyi (LPNU, Ukraine) attended two research Miscanthus plantations established in 2023 and 2024 years at the post-military land in Vorzel, Kyiv region, Ukraine. At plantation 2023, industrially produced biochar Ideale as element of Advanced Miscanthus phytotechnology has been tested. At plantation 2024 biochar derived from…
