project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
MUNTER: Development of a management system for farmers and municipalities for more environmental and nature conservation through optimized energy pla
Context
For rural people, it is crucial that measures for more environmental protection are not at the expense of regional economic cycles, but rather bring about more added value and development potential for the region.
Objectives
The aim is the design and development of a management system for farmers and municipalities for more environmental and nature conservation through optimized energy plant cultivation. In concrete terms, a tool for the strategic development of regional concepts is developed through improved cooperation between farmers, municipalities and other stakeholders.
Activities
Practitioners, municipal representatives and experts place multi-use systems exactly where they are in the countryside, where the achievable benefits can also be paid for. This pragmatic synergy management can only be developed through a moderated planning process. As a result, operational innovations in land management and the opening up of new business areas for farms are linked to social requirements without causing high social costs.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014DE06RDRP017 Germany - Rural Development Programme (Regional) – Rhineland-Palatinate
Location
- Main geographical location
- Birkenfeld
EUR 358044.33
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Project keyword
1 Practice Abstracts
Innovative, energy-usable arable crops are an excellent way to protect soil resources, water bodies and local communities from heavy rainfall. Depending on the location, different cultivation systems perform the desired function.
With regard to regional value creation, cooperation with the municipalities is recommended in order to reward the energy produced and the environmental performance
The simulation of runoff rates on fields with erosion protection strips after heavy rainfall events shows how soil erosion and the risk of flooding can be sustainably reduced in the catchment area.
By using the agricultural wood strips, agricultural land can be preserved and a new regional value chain can be established through the provision of energy in the form of wood chips or biogas.
Positive results are also being seen for biodiversity, which is undergoing (climate) change. The cultivation of perennial energy crops can contribute to promoting biodiversity and new communities of life in a location.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Hochschule Trier, Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld, Institut für angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement (IfaS), Biomasse und Kulturlandschaftsmanagement
Project coordinator
Project partners
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AgroScience GmbH, Institut für Agrarökologie (IfA)
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Bauer, Otto
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Landwirtschaftsbetrieb & Blum Biogas GmbH & Co. KG, Blum, René
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Ostermann, Dipl.-Ing. Agr. Gerd
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Seniorenheim Ingweilerhof, Schönbeck, Axel
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Stiftung Natur und Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz (SNU)
Project partner