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Round-table conference with Klasmann-Deilmann and BMEL<\/strong><\/h2>\n

More alternative raw materials, less peat. Klasmann-Deilmann had invited Germany\u2019s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) to a round-table conference aimed at discussing opportunities and limits associated with long-term developments. The background: the ministry\u2019s peat reduction strategy and related voluntary commitments on the part of the country\u2019s substrate producers. As before, the two sides\u2019 objectives differ when it comes to lowering the proportion of peat in growing media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"n \u2018Zentralverband Gartenbau\u2019 (ZVG) and the horticultural-industry organisation \u2018Industrieverband Garten\u2019 (IVG), producers\u2019 organisation Growing Media Europe (GME), the Th\u00fcnen Institute (a land use think-tank) and policy-makers; during the online conference, they shared their views and discussed the state of play. The hosts were Moritz B\u00f6cking (Managing Director Klasmann-Deilmann Group) and Dr Thomas Schmidt, a high-ranking ministerial counsellor, head of the department for horticulture and landscaping at the BMEL.<\/p>\n

B\u00f6cking reminded the meeting that, with regard to both raw materials and products, the substrate industry operates on a long-term cyclical basis and involves a closed \u201cvalue circle\u201d that is largely independent of imports from outside Europe. This, he said, means that the sector is a highly dependable partner in all horticultural segments, and makes it more resistant to crises such as the coronavirus pandemic. \u201cThroughout the world, our growing media form a sound basis for feeding populations healthily. Our industry is a key factor in the success of the farm-to-fork strategy in Europe,\u201d B\u00f6cking remarked.<\/p>\n

Dr Schmidt confirmed that the substrate sector is part of Europe\u2019s \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d. At the same time, he added, it is \u2013 like any branch of industry \u2013 affected by the endeavours of the European Union and the Federal Republic of Germany to cut emissions. In the substrate industry, it is peat production and use that are particularly impacted by these objectives. In implementing the peat reduction strategy, the BMEL is relying on the sector\u2019s willingness to commit voluntarily, on transparency of process and on a \u201cseamless transition\u201d.<\/p>\n

Different perspectives on opportunities and risks<\/h3>\n

The focus of the specialist presentations was on developments in nature conservation and climate change mitigation, increasing usage of alternative constituents, and acceptance of reduced-peat substrate blends within the commercial-horticulture sector. Emissions from peat production and usage were the subject of debate, with different sources and approaches to calculation resulting in widely different outcomes. Opinions also diverged as to whether wood fibres, green compost and other alternative constituents will be available in sufficient quantities, and in the necessary quality, over the long term.<\/p>\n

Cecilia Luetgebrune, Secretary General of Brussels-based GME, advocated that peat-based growing media should not be viewed solely in terms of their climate impact. \u201cThe political debate seems to ignore the fact that use of growing media \u2013 whether peat based or not \u2013 actively helps to combat climate change by lowering inputs of resources such as water, fertiliser and chemical herbicides in horticulture, enables afforestation on a large scale, and makes our towns, cities and living spaces greener.\u201d She stressed that growing media play a key role in the Europe-wide transformation that makes commercial horticulture become even more sustainable.<\/p>\n

Dr Hans Joachim Brinkjans, Deputy Secretary General of the ZVG, warned that unilateral national initiatives regarding peat use could distort competition. \u201cCommercial horticulture in Germany is subject to fierce competition at both the European and a wider international level. Vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, ornamental and tree nursery crops are among the most price-sensitive products that are subject to the imperative of trade. Increased production costs caused by expensive, reduced-peat substrates are detrimental to growers. It\u2019s important to lower the proportion of peat gradually and \u2013 as far as possible \u2013 taking market conditions into account.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the event\u2019s close, some provisional conclusions had been drawn. \u201cPeat reduction is definitely a challenge for all those involved,\u201d Dr Thomas Schmidt said. \u201cThe substrate industry must start work today on creating the raw-materials base it will need for the products it will sell in 10 years\u2019 time. We shouldn\u2019t miss this opportunity to help mitigate climate change.\u201d By way of response, Moritz B\u00f6cking remarked: \u201cBoth the growing-media sector and policy-makers have an equal obligation here. Instead of a peat reduction strategy, what we require is a binding raft of measures to ensure that the substrate industry can access alternative raw materials and that horticultural businesses are supplied with reliable products. In this connection, the use of domestic and imported peat must remain at the level necessary to ensure that growing media do their job effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the differing views expressed, the participants agreed that concerted effort is needed to ensure long-term supplies of growing media. A follow-up event is to be held next year so that work on this important issue can continue.<\/p>\n

Federal ministry urges that peat use be cut substantially<\/h3>\n

The German federal government\u2019s climate targets for 2030 formed the background to the conference. Plans to achieve them include reduction of domestic peat extraction and of peat usage in growing media. In the light of this, Klasmann-Deilmann and the substrate producers who belong to the IVG industry association adopted a voluntary commitment in 2020. It envisages reduction targets for peat use: by 2025, 50% in the case of potting soils for the consumer segment, and 20% in the case of growing media for commercial horticulture. From 2030, the aim is to use alternative constituents to substitute peat by 70% in the consumer market and 30% in the professional sector. Julia Kl\u00f6ckner, Germany\u2019s Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, acknowledged that the substrate industry was heading in the right direction with its efforts, but called for higher reduction targets. The management of various DIY retail chains have been requested in writing to specifically assist in the achievement of reduction targets. The chief reason for this initially cited by the BMEL was that peat production and use accounted for 2% of annual CO2<\/sub> emissions in Germany. This figure was then adjusted downwards to 0.2% in response to the protests of the substrate industry.<\/p>\n

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