OLIVE4CLIMATE - LIFE. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE OLIVE OIL SECTOR
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FEFTS Specifications
Research project
for Soil carbon sequestration
Special practice
Tillage (conservation agriculture + CTF)
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture
Suitable for
Farmer, Advisory services
Applications
Agricultural field practices
Especially
Tilling/ploughing
Type of solution
Methodology
Details
Project`s acronym: OLIVE4CLIMATE - LIFE
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: LIFE
Project coordinator: Universit degli Studi di Perugia
Coordinator location: Italy
Coordinator email / Contact form: primo.proietti@unipg.it
Project status: Finished
Total budget: 2,397,748 €
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Additional info
Significant CO2 emissions savings were achieved on the demonstration farms:
- 0.06 t of CO2/ha/year due to the reduction of nitrogen fertilizer by 15%;
- 3.49 t of CO2/ha/year due to the use of pruning material for energy production to replace fossil fuels;
- at least 1.17 t of CO2/ha/year by using green cover in olive groves instead of soil tillage;
- at least 0.55 t of CO2/ha/year due to the practice of minimum tillage in permanent crops.
Furthermore, the use of an olive pitting machine in olive mills and the reuse of the pits for energy production allow a reduction of CO2 emissions by 9%, and the use of photovoltaic systems in olive mills allows a reduction of CO2 emissions by 12%.
Relevant Files and Videos
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- https://www.platform.agrofossilfree.eu/storage/fefts/files/additional_files/attachment-ngWTYa-life_olive4climate_Annex_C5.1-List-of-the-sustainable-practices_ENG-def-1.pdf
- https://www.platform.agrofossilfree.eu/storage/fefts/files/additional_files/attachment-EJF7cS-life_olive4climate_3.-Annex-D2.3_LIST-OF-CULTIVARS-WILD-OR-CULTIVATED-ROOTSTOCKS.pdf
- https://www.platform.agrofossilfree.eu/storage/fefts/files/additional_files/attachment-8PzlRD-life_olive4climate_170214-O4C-leaflet-design_Eng_-FINAL.pdf
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Assessment
This section contains a brief assessment of the FEFTS described.
There are 3 basic categories: General, Environmental and Socioeconomic assessment.
The purpose of this assessment is to give a quick overview to the potential FEFTS user of its application benefits.
For each question, the Likert scale is used with the following possible answers:
Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither agree nor disagree (Neutral)/non applicable, Agree, Strongly agree
General
This FEFTS contributes to improve the energy profiles of farming systems:Environmental
The application of this FEFTS directly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tools and equipment electricity consumption
- use of pruning material for energy production; use of photovoltaic systems in oil mills
- Tillage reduction
- Fertilizer reduction
Socioeconomic
The application of this FEFTS contributes to cost reductions of farming systems:Keep in mind that this assessment is subjective, based on publicly available information.
All registered users are asked to evaluate each FEFTS and when an adequate number of reviews is gathered the results depicted here are updated. Each review is screened in order to avoid malicious practices.
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