Agrestic aims at fostering the adoption by farmers of innovative and efficient cropping systems able to mitigate the climate-change and\u00a0 to spread innovative views and tools for climate and environmental protection including\u00a0 an efficient use of resources in agriculture.<\/p>\n
This is the goal of “LIFE AGRESTIC – Reduction of Agricultural Greenhouse gases Emissions Through Innovative Cropping systems”. This is a 4,5-year project coordinated by Horta and whose kick-off meeting was held at Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Piacenza on 16 January 2019.<\/p>\n
All partners involved took part at the meeting:\u00a0 Ervet spa – Emilia-Romagna Territorial Economic Enhancement; Isea srl; New Business Media srl (Edagricole); Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna\u00a0 (Sant’Anna Advanced School of University Studies); \u00a0Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza.<\/p>\n
Agrestic will focus on the introduction of legumes and catch crops in 4-year rotations with the aim to reduce\u00a0 Agricultural GReenhouse gases EmiSsions Through Innovative Cropping systems and increasing carbon sequestration and organic N supply.<\/p>\n
A new DSS will be developed N-and C- efficient cropping systems reducing the use of nitrogen fertilizers, PPPs and not-renewable sources (soil and fuels) while keeping quality and safety standards. Furthermore existing DSS for the single crops will be implemented with new features and a specific one to manage catch crops will be developed.<\/p>\n
A prototype for the automatic and continuous monitoring of greenhouse gas flows from the soil, a product label and schemes for the payment of Eco-systemic Services will be developed.<\/p>\n
The innovations introduced will be tested in 3 demonstration sites in Emilia Romagna, Tuscany and Puglia. Key stakeholders will be involved with a participatory and promotional approach both during and after the end of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inserimento di leguminose e catch crop nelle rotazioni di cereali e colture industriali per ridurre le emissioni di gas serra, incrementare il sequestro del carbonio e la disponibilit\u00e0 di azoto organico. \u00c8 questo il focus di Life Agrestic, di cui si \u00e8 da poco tenuta la prima riunione operativa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":40441855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[56,54,53,55],"coauthors":[39],"class_list":["post-40441971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-catch-crop","tag-cropping-systems","tag-greenhouse-gasses-emissions","tag-legumes"],"yoast_head":"\n