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ENEA Showcase DELISOIL at Maker Faire 2025: Circular Bioeconomy to Restore Soil Health
ENEA participated in “Maker Faire 2025”, a major event dedicated to technological innovation, where companies, startups, students, universities and research institutions will have the opportunity to meet and present their projects, products, and services, share skills, and build relationships in the fields of electronics, artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, music, art, and education.
In the 13th edition, promoted by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and organised by Innova Camera, Annamaria Bevivino together with Nicola Colonna, Silvia Tabacchioni and PhD student Lorenzo Nolfi, presented DELISOIL in the Agrocamera area – AGROS Division. DELISOIL is an innovative EU project focused on improving soil health through the principles of circular bioeconomy. During the event, ENEA showcased a range of soil improvers and microbiome-based solutions developed within the project, with contributions from leading research partners including CINSA, the University of Hohenheim, BETA Technological Centre (UVic-UCC), and LUKE – Natural Resources Institute Finland.
“Soil is a non-renewable resource in the short term. With DELISOIL, our goal is to restore its health and fertility by rethinking what we consider waste” explains Annamaria Bevivino, the project’s scientific lead for ENEA. Through an interdisciplinary approach, DELISOIL promotes sustainable solutions to close the nutrient loop and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers, delivering benefits for the environment, economy, and food security.
At the ENEA booth, visitors had the opportunity to explore the technologies, methodologies, and case studies developed within the project and discover how sustainable waste management can become a driver of innovation and competitiveness for the European agri-food industry. A transparent tray filled with soil was used to illustrate the “hidden world of microorganisms.” Wearing gloves, children could explore the soil and retrieve colourful cutouts representing beneficial microorganisms, each accompanied by a simple and engaging explanation about its role in helping plants to grow or protecting them from diseases. In another activity, children became “little scientists” by using sterile spatulas to spread soil suspensions onto Petri dishes containing culture medium, mimicking laboratory techniques.