Agro Fossil Free - Udvikling af afbødningsstrategier for klimaændringer gennem kulstofsmart landbrug

General beskrivelse

LIFE AGROMITIGA will promote a low-carbon agricultural system aimed at enhancing the mitigative capacity of soil as a carbon sink. The project will assess the impact of different conservation agriculture practices; and will quantify the mitigative capacity of soil management systems in the Mediterranean Basin (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain), in both herbaceous and perennial crops. The project also aims to develop a method to calculate the carbon footprint at different crop cultivation stages, in line with international standards, and a tool to quantify the increase of carbon in soils due to better soil management practices. This will significantly improve knowledge about the carbon content of agricultural soils, and demonstrate that conservation agriculture can reduce GHG emissions in the Mediterranean Basin. Furthermore, the project will promote the implementation of soil management systems that mitigate climate change through training and awareness raising.