project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Resilient Summer Crops
Colture estive resilienti - Certi

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Completed | 2023 - 2024 Italy
Completed | 2023 - 2024 Italy
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Objectives

The ongoing global climate crisis has already shown serious impacts on agriculture in particular in recent times. The project aims to respond to the climate challenge by promoting the adoption of alternative crops to maize that can adapt to limiting climatic conditions such as rising temperatures and reduced rainfall.
In particular, the agronomic performances and the adaptability to climatic change impacts of summer cereals, such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and millet (Panicum miliaceum), will be evaluated with respect to the environmental conditions of specific areas and by developing low-impact agronomic techniques.

Objectives

La crisi climatica in atto a livello globale ha già mostrato negli ultimi tempi gravi ripercussioni soprattutto sull’agricoltura. Il progetto si propone di rispondere alla sfida climatica promuovendo l'adozione di colture alternative al mais e in grado di adattarsi a condizioni climatiche limitanti come l’innalzamento delle temperature e la riduzione delle precipitazioni.
In particolare, verranno valutate le performance agronomiche e l’adattabilità ai cambiamenti climatici di cereali estivi, quali sorgo (Sorghum bicolor) e miglio (Panicum miliaceum), relativamente alle condizioni ambientali che di volta in volta si presentano e mettendo a punto tecniche agronomiche a basso impatto.

Activities

The project carried out conduct both plot and field trials to assess the agronomic performance and adaptability to climate change of summer cereals, such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and millet (Panicum miliaceum), evaluating their adaptability to different climatic conditions and developing low-impact agronomic techniques. An LCA analysis was also conducted to determine and quantify the environmental impacts of maize cultivation and the cultivation of new accessions.
 

Activities

Il progetto ha realizzato delle prove sia in parcelle che in pieno campo per valutare le performance agronomiche e l’adattabilità ai cambiamenti climatici di cereali estivi, quali il sorgo (Sorghum bicolor) e il miglio (Panicum miliaceum), valutando la loro adattabilità alle condizioni climatiche e mettendo a punto tecniche agronomiche a basso impatto. È stata inoltre condotta un’analisi LCA per determinare e quantificare gli impatti ambientali legati alla coltivazione del mais e alla coltivazione delle nuove accessioni.

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014IT06RDRP003 Italy - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Emilia-Romagna
Location
Main geographical location
Ferrara
Other geographical location
Bologna, Rimini

EUR 215024.63

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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