Demonstration and dissemination actions to reduce the carbon footprint in sheep farming
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Research project
for Soil carbon sequestration
Special practice
Nutrient management
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture, Livestock
Suitable for
Farmer, Producers association, Advisory services
Applications
Agricultural field practices
Type of solution
Methodology
Details
Project`s acronym: GREEN SHEEP
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: Other
Project coordinator: Sindy Moreau
Coordinator location: Europe
Coordinator email / Contact form: Not available
Project status: Ongoing
Total budget: 4612221
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Additional info
Expected results:
- At the end of the project, a decrease in GHG emissions of 30 621 tons CO2 equivalent, representing a 12% abatement on farms;
- A diagnosis on GHG emissions and sustainability for over 1 355 demonstration sheep farms and 282 innovative farms (expected to act as leaders), with data stored on a database generating technical, economic and environmental performance results for different production systems in the five targeted EU countries;
- A mitigation carbon action plan for each of the 282 innovative sheep farms;
- An evaluation of several innovative mitigation practices applied in sheep farms;
- An economic and social feasibility analysis for the implementation of a carbon plan at the level of the whole sheep production sector;
- 22 Green Sheep action plans in France, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Spain, describing the technical mitigation action plans and the advisory strategy to develop at national/European level by production systems to achieve a 12% decrease in GHG emissions;
- A common methodology for the assessment of the farm carbon footprint and sustainability;
- A European network including 143 advisers and 1 637 farmers.
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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 indirectly reduces fossil energy use, in terms of:- Tillage reduction
- Fertilizer reduction
- Manure 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.
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