Acronimo del progetto:
AgroStrat
Tipo di finanziamento del progetto:
EU
Fonte di finanziamento del progetto:
LIFE
Coordinatore del progetto:
Hellenic Agricultural Organisation Demeter - Soil Science Institute of Athens
Posizione del coordinatore:
Grecia
Email del coordinatore / Modulo di contatto:
mdoula@otenet.gr
Status del progetto:
Finito
Budget totale:
1026509
Informazioni aggiuntive
Specific objectives include:
- To identify and characterise practices that contribute to soil degradation;
- To define appropriate soil quality indicators;
- To develop a software tool so that farmers and farmer networks can monitor soil quality;
- To examine how pistachio waste could be processed to produce compost and low-cost activated carbon for the treatment of wastewater containing organic and inorganic contaminants;
- To develop a GIS-based Land Information System (GIS-LIS) and land suitability maps that enable the controlled and sustainable application of treated pistachio waste.
Expected results:
- Assessment of the environmental status of the pilot area before and after the implementation of restoration activities;
- A set of indicators that can be used to detect relevant soil and water degradation and contamination;
- Characterisation of the composition of pistachio and its suitability for agricultural use;
- An instrument to be used by farmers in the field to measure soil pH, moisture and electrical conductivity, including guidelines for its use and maintenance;
- Defined optimum procedures for the production and application of pistachio compost;
- Pilot-scale production of activated carbon from pistachio waste and its use to decontaminate wastewater;
- An integrated management plan for the sustainable cultivation of Pistachia vera L. (the variety grown on Aegina) in the Mediterranean area;
- A GIS-based Land Information System and monitoring software for farmers and project managers;
- A set of indicators for monitoring the socio-economic impact of the pilot project;
- Thematic geo-environmental maps of the pilot area and other areas in Greece and/or the wider Mediterranean region where Pistachia vera L. is intensively cultivated.