In our view the well-balanced water management & the natural fertilizers are the most important key elements having a healthy soil and a sustainable agriculture. Our implement & technology, Barbelo, prepares homogeneous seedbed-quality soil by cutting and mixing a straw-covered topsoil in a single operation not only just 6-12 cm on the top but in the whole working depth (20-50 cm) meanwhile eliminates compacted layers & pans without causing additional soil compaction . Our technology is environmentally friendly - needs small energy, minimizes dust and carbon loss. The prototype of Barbelo was tested in a corn harvest during 2012 with extraordinary results.

1. for the beneficial tillage
BARBELO
BarbelAgro Project
…agriculture thereafter…
Web: http://www.barbelagro.org
...about the technology, the implement & the theory behind...

2. Our Team

3. Agriculture in the XXIst century

4. SOIL
Air
4 – 40 %
Minerals
43 – 45 %
Organic matter
5 – 7 %
Water
10 – 46 %
Soil ingredients

5. http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/land_deg/land_deg.html

6. Symptoms Reasons Pills
Inanitio Lack of minerals Fertilizers
Intrauterin
retardatio
Stress, Chemicals
Eating disorders
GMO
Candida /
Vermititis
Bacterias
Parasites
Pesticides
Oedema
Dehydration
Water cycle
problem
Subsoiler
Irrigation
Psoriasis Stress Under
development
Asphyxia Dust allergy Under
development
Illness? Doctor! Doctor!! …
Doctor!!!!!

7. Compacted layers
Plough pan
Temperature
Water cycle
Air / Wind
Soil quality
and quantity
Reduced organic
matter
Agricultural problems

8. Accretion of Carbon loss
Growing wind erosion
Increasing soil stress
Accumulating compaction
Reducing soil organic matter
Intensification of soil degradation
Image source: http://www.canstockphoto.com/illustration/pyramid-scheme.html
Several soil
working phases
Open soil
surface
Plough
disk & weight
Dust
Soil working problems

9. Intensification of soil degradation
Increasing agricultural energy
consumption
Destroyed water-, air- and
temperature cycles
http://slideplayer.hu/slide/2146069/
Amplified humus decomposing
processes
Slowed microbial activity, water &
nutrient intake
Decreasing organic fertilizer decom-
position efficiency
Compaction
&ploughpan
Higher exposure erosion & deflation
Effects of compaction

10. “The water balance of the soil defines the air -
and heat management, the biological activity
and - through them – also the nutrient
management of the soil.”
Prof. György Várallyay
Hungarian Science Academy

11. Rain
Irrigation
100 %
Evapotranspiration ~ 35-40 %
Infiltration ~ 50 %
Interflow & deep
infiltration ~ 4 - 40 %
Stored ~ 10 – 46 %
Runoff ~ 10 - 15 %
Source: Dr. Fekete Zoltán, http://erdeszetilapok.oszk.hu/00189/pdf/EL_1957_02_58-62.pdf
http://salem.njaes.rutgers.edu/nre/agriculture/agriculture.htmL
dr. Sebestyén Endre, http://www.agraragazat.hu/cikk/aszalykar-vizhiany-talajhiba-helytelen-agrotechnika
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/graphics/wcinfiltrationsoilzone.gif
Well balanced water cycle

12. Indisponable
water
2 – 33 %
Soil-stored
water
10 – 46 %
Disponable
water
8 – 16 %
+
Image source: http://www.ag.unr.edu/nowak/NRES%20406/Spring15/Feb23_2015_EnvRsp_II_HOs.pdf
Data source: Dr. Varga Csaba, http://zeus.nyf.hu/~tkgt/okse/tatata08/tata0811.pdf
=
Well-balanced water
storage

13. Disponable water
(available)
Indisponable water
(unavailable)
Gravitation water
Capillary water
Ground water /
Water table
Adsorpted (physically
bonded) water
Chemically bonded
water
Biologically bonded
water
Source: http://www.pkkft.hu/agrarium/eloadas/nov2.pdf
Types of soil-stored water

14. Rain
Irrigation
100 %
Evapotranspiration ~ 35-40 %
Infiltration ~ 50 %
Interflow & deep infiltration
~ 4 - 40 %
Stored ~ 5 – 31 %
Runoff ~ 10 - 15 %
Source: Dr. Fekete Zoltán, http://erdeszetilapok.oszk.hu/00189/pdf/EL_1957_02_58-62.pdf
http://geography.hu/mfk2012/pdf/Rakonczai_Janos.pdf
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/graphics/wcinfiltrationsoilzone.gif
compaction
- 50-67 % decreasing
{+ 5 - 15 %
increasing
Water cycle
problems
Misbalanced water cycle

15. Intensification of soil degradation
Growing water erosion
Shrinking water table level
Decreasing infiltration depth
Diminishing soil permeability
Destroyed water cycle
Image source: http://www.canstockphoto.com/illustration/pyramid-scheme.html
Compaction
&ploughpan
Water cycle problems

16. http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/images/g01509art01.jpg
+ Inland water
Various water erosion types

17. http://cdn.szeged.hu/media/.thumbs/belviz/644_belviz10.jpeg
http://www.agraragazat.hu/sites/default/files/styles/cikkkep/public/trakt_belviz.jpg?itok=aQDPwMbl
http://hirado.cms.mtv.hu/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/02/DROTI20150209010.jpg
Inland water / inundation

18. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242194191_A_belviz-veszelyeztetettseg_talajtani_osszefuggesei_a_Bekes-Csanadi_loszhaton
Constant or slightly
changing factors
* relief
* soil conditions
* geological conditions
Time-varying meteorological and hydrological factors
Human interventions
* agricultural interventions
(compacted layers & pans)
* drainage canals
* land use
* melioration
* town planning (sewer)
Why inland inundation
appears?

19. Upper 1 m of soil in Hungary ideally:
- could infiltrate 35-45 km3 water
- could store 25-35 km3 water
Compacted soil – 30 cm from upper surface
in Hungary:
- infiltrates 21-27 km3 water -60 %
- stores 18-25 km3 water -30 %
Average annual rainfall – 50-55 km3 !
Rough estimated difference
14 – 18 km3
http://www.mdpi.com/entropy/entropy-17-04454/article_deploy/html/images/entropy-17-04454f1-1024.png
Effect of compaction on water
cycle in Hungary...

20. Where that water is going?
http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/H2O-On-the-Go/Sci-Media/Images/The-water-cycle

21. Image source: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/nrcs142p2_049821.jpg

22. http://data.worldbank.org
Uruguay 82 %
Saudi Arabia 81 %
Kazakhstan 80 %
46 %
19 %
31 %
34 %41 %
31 %
Agricultural land areas

23. Tillage
NO
Tillage
Continent
Land
area
[M ha]
Agricultural
land
[M ha]
Degraded
agricultural land
[M ha]
Percentage
[%]
Europe 1050,8 433,20 18,29 4,22
Asia 4441,1 1522,21 138,86 9,12
Africa 3031,9 1399,95 116,26 8,3
North-America 2151,5 412,36 47,54 11,53
South-America 2056,6 640,39 20,72 3,24
Australia 851,0 263,47 4,8 1,82
https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/desert/global_2.html
...food
for
346,47
m
illion
hum
ans...
Soil degradation & causes

24. Image source: http://www.fao.org/nr/lada/gladis/gladis_db/downl.php

25. “I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too
ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to
beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance
of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet
and viewed it appreciatively, instead of skeptically and
dictatorially.”
(E.B. White)

26. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tillage-what-metin-kaan-uygunt%C3%BCzel
Main tillage technologies

27. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/4/4/938/htm
http://www.advancefarming.com/image/tractor_graphic_for_threat.jpg
Tillage machinery

28. TillageTillage
ReducedReduced
TillageTillage
NONO
TillageTillage
BARBELOBARBELO
today
after
tomorrow
Our role in the agricultural
pyramid

29. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/4/4/938/htm
Soil fertility
Soil erosion regulation
Wind erosion regulation
Biodiversity
Sustainable Agri. Value
Food Forage
Weed control
Pest regulation
Soil moisture retention
Climate regulation
0
5
Tillage QA & QC
Barbelo-technology

30. 0-10
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-100
100-110
110-120
120-130
130-140
140-150
150-160
160-170
170-180
180-190
190-200
200-300
300-400
400-500
>500
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Fertilizers (ton/1000 ha) Power (Fertilizers (ton/1000 ha))
Total amount of fertilizers [ton / 1000 ha]
Numberofcountries
Usage of fertilizers
worldwide in 2010
Data source: http://faostat3.fao.org
AVG: 126.69 kg / ha
(94.51 kg / ha)
STDEV: 434.52
RANGE: 5117 (!)
TOP 3
Qatar: 5117.5
Trinidad and Tobago: 1536.68
New Zealand: 1096.96

31. 0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
>16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Number of countries Power (Number of countries)
Pesticides used 1990-2010 [ton / 1000 ha]
Numberofcountries
Usage of pesticides
worldwide 1990-2010
AVG: 3.99 kg / ha
STDEV: 343.52
RANGE: 68
Data source: http://faostat3.fao.org
TOP 3
Bahamas: 68.36
Mauritius: 31.02
Barbados: 27.94

32. Cumulated amount of
agrochemicals
World average agrochems
130.68 kg / ha
Unexploited avg pesticides*
3.59 kg / ha
*http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/szemle/55_f.htm

33. Epigenetic trans-generation
inheritance
Fetal death
Serious human health issues
Air pollution
Water pollution worldwide
Mis balanced (soil) fauna
Image source: http://www.canstockphoto.com/illustration/pyramid-scheme.html
Humankind
Effects of pesticides
Unknown synergy effects
Environmental mutations

34. Agrochemicals cycle
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/wat3350
Compaction
More compaction
More pesticides
More fertilizers

35. Global warming Desertification
Hunger
Water pollution
Climate change Flood
Consequences if we won't do
anything

36. “Farm machinery needs to be intelligent,
lean, precise and efficient in order to
minimize the impact on the soil and the
landscape.”
FAO, 2014
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/212184/icode/

37. ...complicated
&
difficult...
...to understand, properly select
and use different machines and
technologies
...ineffective
&
expensive...
...too many machines and
processes, more-and-more
agrochemicals, less profits
...unsustainable
&
destructive...
...causing climate and human
catastrophe while destroying
“food peel” of our world killing
the future of our grandchildren
Being a farmer could be...

38. Brand new tillage equipment and technology
One machine is enough doing all soil working
1 StressStep instead of many
1 step preparing ideal seedbed from the
straw covered topsoil breaking
compacted layers & plough/disk pans
Helps healing the soil with giving back
homogeneously the straw
Barbelo's features

39. ●
prepares a homogeneous, 20-50 cm seedbed-quality soil by cutting and mixing a straw-
covered topsoil in a single operation in the whole working depth (20-50 cm)
● Barbelo breaks existing compacted layers & pans within the working depth without
causing additional soil compaction
● small energy consumption
● makes minimal amount of dust due to tillage
● causes minimal stress to the soil
● could raise foreign objects out of the soil without any serious damage of the implement
● quasi-independent on the weather
● decreases the effect of water erosion including inland inundation
● minimizes carbon-loss closing the soil immediately
● reduces weediness
● with homogeneously mixed organic fertilizer it helps naturally to get the soil balance
again (water-, air- and heat management & organic matter)
● gives higher yields
● after the process the optimized crumbly structure of the soil will be kept
● customizable for different crops and tillage systems
Why the Barbelo-technology is
beneficial?

40. Profitable - reduced investment & higher
yields
Efficient - less work & more time
Beneficial – healing the soil
Sustainable
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Flexible - adaptable/customizable to
different cultivates & tillage systems
Barbelo-technology's benefits

41. In 2012, the first Barbelo prototype
was tested in a comparative trial
with conventional tillage farming
in a corn field in Hungary.
Testing results
Corn yields
Conventional: 3.5 tons/ha
Barbelo: 5.3 tons/ha

42. Patent application (HU)
Hungarian Novelty Report
26th
December 2015
22nd
March 2016
18th
April 2016
Technology design & image
(webpage, presentations)
Year 2016Meetings in order to build
the network
Current situation

43. Patent Application
Applied in December 2015 in
Hungary
Subject
Agricultural soil working
machine & technology
described by
● 35 claims
● 31 drawings

44. Hungarian Novelty Report
Received on 22nd
of March 2016, referred 6 patent
documentation dated between 1943-2012 mainly
in other fields
Official analysis:
 Novelty: 24 claims out of 35
 Applicability: 35 claims out of 35
 Inventability: none out of 35

45. Looking forward for...
● manufacturing partners in order to produce Barbelo
● Research Institutes and Universities (professors, PhD's,
researchers, PhD candidates) willing to cooperate in
testing processes analyzing all of the effects of
Barbelo
● governments & ministries responsible for agriculture
& environment
● farmers interested in sustainable agricultural
practices
● foundations working for a better world
● non-governmental organizations
● etc...

46. Contact us!

47. Tillage
Reduced
Tillage
NO
Tillage