Strategies for Circular Agriculture to reduce GHG emissions within and between farming systems across an agro-ecological gradient
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
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- Start date
- 1/1/2022
- End date
- 12/31/2025
- Budget
- 626,070 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Research and Innovation in Food and Bio-based Industries | Grant | - | - | 626,069 EUR |
Abstract
CircAgric-GHG brings together a multidisciplinary, World-leading team of scientists with expertise in integrated crop and livestock systems (ICLS), circularity, GHG mitigation, (inter-)systems modelling, digital agriculture, remote sensing, sustainable land use, and farm socio-economics. In addition to strong pan-European expertise, CircAgric-GHG includes partners from Global Research Alliance (GRA), which is a collaborative global network of researchers addressing global agricultural challenges. The overall objective of CircAgric-GHG is to enhance circularity within and between farm typologies across an agro-ecological gradient from the arctic climate in Norway, via the oceanic climate of UK and Ireland, continental climate of Germany, Mediterranean climate of Spain and Italy to the tropics in Kenya and the dry and temperate climate of South Africa – in order to drive GHG mitigation and wider food system sustainability at multiple scales (farm, local, regional, national and international). Solutions will be achieved by the combined efforts of internationally recognised scientists, stakeholders and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) including satellite and drone remote sensing, flux-tower and GreenFeed monitoring of livestock and soil emissions, and state-of-the-art environmental modelling. Through comprehensive investigation of circularity and GHG mitigation across different scales, the following key questions will be addressed: 1) How circular and “mixed” are existing farm typologies? 2) How do specific circular practices influence GHG emissions and wider environmental sustainability at different scales? 3) What are the barriers and levers to realising higher levels of circular across Europe and Africa?