"The project promotes a soil management strategy(opens in new window) that includes prebiotics (compounds that nourish beneficial microbes), probiotics (live beneficial microorganisms) and postbiotics (beneficial microbial by-products). “These practices contribute to sustainable agriculture by promoting a healthy soil microbiome, reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides, and enhancing plant resilience to environmental stresses,"
The EU is made up of so many countries with proportional representation, it is one of the few areas in the world where, via coalitions, the Green Party regularly get in power. This has very real effects on EU policy and direction. E.g. It's why the EU is so quickly transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewables. But there are numerous other Green Party initiatives. These often go under-reported, but they'll eventually change the world, and this strikes me as one of them.
Transforming sustainable agriculture through microbial innovation