Sustainable exploitation of biomass for bioenergy from marginal lands in Europe
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FEFTS Specifications
Research project
for Soil carbon sequestration
Special practice
Grassland management
Agricultural domain
Open-field agriculture
Suitable for
Farmer, Advisory services, Policy makers
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Other
Type of solution
Methodology, Procedure
Details
Project`s acronym: SEEMLA
Project funding type: EU
Project funding source: H2020
Project coordinator: FACHAGENTUR NACHWACHSENDE ROHSTOFFE EV (Diego Piedra-Garcia)
Coordinator location: Germany
Coordinator email / Contact form: D.PiedraGarcia@fnr.de
Project status: Finished
Total budget: 1629883.75
Additional info
The main target groups are regional authorities and public or private owners of MagLs, who can provide knowledge on land availability and are responsible for managing these. Furthermore foresters, farmers and the civil society affected by transformation of MagL into energy crop plantations are important cooperation partners for the project’s success.
The initial challenge of the project is to define MagL. In order to achieve high yields on the MagL the goal is to develop and optimize cropping systems for special sites. The project focuses both on existing plantations of energy crops on MagL and on the establishment of new plantations on MagLs. General guidelines and manuals shall attract and help relevant stakeholders as well as piloting shall prove the feasibility of SEEMLA results.
The first scenario will enable the assessment of good practice and the refinement of current practices, making them more sustainable (environmental, economic, social). The second approach will transfer good practices to underused MagL.
The project will focus on three main objectives: the promotion of re-conversion of MagLs for the production of bioenergy through the direct involvement of farmers and foresters, the strengthening of local small scale supply chains and the promotion of plantations of bioenergy plants on MagLs. Moreover the expected impacts are: Increasing the production of bioenergy, farmers’ incomes, investments in new technologies and the design of new policy measures.
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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.
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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:- bioenergy production
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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