project - Research and innovation
LIFE AGRESTIC - Reduction of Agricultural GReenhouse gases EmiSsions Through Innovative Cropping systems
LIFE AGRESTIC - Reduction of Agricultural GReenhouse gases EmiSsions Through Innovative Cropping systems
Objectives
The LIFE AGRESTIC project aims at fostering the adoption by EU farmers of innovative and efficient cropping systems with a high climate-change mitigation potential, and spreading innovative views and tools for climate ready and resource efficient agriculture.
Objectives
The LIFE AGRESTIC project aims at fostering the adoption by EU farmers of innovative and efficient cropping systems with a high climate-change mitigation potential, and spreading innovative views and tools for climate ready and resource efficient agriculture.
Activities
- Reduce agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and increase soil carbon sequestration by designing and implementing on three demonstration sites N- and C-Efficient Cropping Systems (ECSs) with higher potential of carbon storage and nitrogen efficiency and lower GHG emission rates compared to Conventional Cropping Systems (CCSs).
- Develop, test and implement an innovative web-based DSS for supporting farmers in a resource-efficient management of ECSs, aiming at reducing GHG emissions and production costs, while maintaining or increasing yield, product quality and safety, and farmer’s economic return.
- Develop and use a prototype for automated and continuous monitoring of soil GHG fluxes, in order to: i) measure the potential of ECSs in reducing soil emissions compared with CCSs; ii) calibrate and validate a model for estimation of soil GHG emissions, and implement the model into the DSS.
- Valorise GHG emissions and carbon storage mitigation potential of ECSs through market based and/or policy-based measures, and support national and local policies through the analyses of ECS-based simulation scenarios and providing dataset for more accurate LCA analyses.
- Involve national and EU stakeholders to: i) ensure their real needs are met and proposed innovation is feasible and effective; ii) increase the innovation acceptance rate and the future exploitation of the project results; iii) create local agreements and regional collaborations about soil and ecosystem services; and, finally, iv) ensure replicability and transferability across EU.
Activities
- Reduce agricultural greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and increase soil carbon sequestration by designing and implementing on three demonstration sites N- and C-Efficient Cropping Systems (ECSs) with higher potential of carbon storage and nitrogen efficiency and lower GHG emission rates compared to Conventional Cropping Systems (CCSs).
- Develop, test and implement an innovative web-based DSS for supporting farmers in a resource-efficient management of ECSs, aiming at reducing GHG emissions and production costs, while maintaining or increasing yield, product quality and safety, and farmer’s economic return.
- Develop and use a prototype for automated and continuous monitoring of soil GHG fluxes, in order to: i) measure the potential of ECSs in reducing soil emissions compared with CCSs; ii) calibrate and validate a model for estimation of soil GHG emissions, and implement the model into the DSS.
- Valorise GHG emissions and carbon storage mitigation potential of ECSs through market based and/or policy-based measures, and support national and local policies through the analyses of ECS-based simulation scenarios and providing dataset for more accurate LCA analyses.
- Involve national and EU stakeholders to: i) ensure their real needs are met and proposed innovation is feasible and effective; ii) increase the innovation acceptance rate and the future exploitation of the project results; iii) create local agreements and regional collaborations about soil and ecosystem services; and, finally, iv) ensure replicability and transferability across EU.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Other EU research and development funds
- Project acronym
- LIFE AGRESTIC
- Agricultural sectors
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- Cereals
- Crops (generic)
- Oil crops
- Other arable crops
- Protein crops
€ 3,940,804 €
Total budget
Total contributions including EU funding.
€ 2,362,231 €
EU contribution
Any type of EU funding.
Project keyword
- Aquaculture
- Arable crops
- Organic farming
- Agro-ecology
- Crop rotation/crop diversification/dual-purpose or mixed cropping
- Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
- Biodiversity and nature
- Pest/disease control in plants
- Pest/disease control in animals
- Fodder and feed
- Outdoor horticulture and woody crops (incl. viticulture, olives, fruit, ornamentals)
- Greenhouse crops
Contacts
Valentina Manstretta
Project coordinator
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Horta srl
Project coordinator
Project partners
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ART-ER S.Cons.p.a.
Project partner
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ISEA srl
Project partner
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New Business Media Srl
Project partner
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Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
Project partner
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UNIVERSITA' CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE
Project partner