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BE32-BierbeekCHIP/Wd2CN

Farmers of Bierbeek engage in circular carbon storage

Description

Using wood chips for soil fertilization

Sector

A2.4Support services to forestry

Needs/ Problem statement

to valorise the woody material coming from the municipal hollow roads and the wood edges after shredding on the local fields of Bierbeek

Objective

Wood chips have the potential to build up the organic carbon content of the soil in a more sustainable way and offer opportunities for a new partnership between the municipal green service and local farmers

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialnull

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries null

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

Fertilizer

Mobility

Mobile

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

3 - High potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock and product level).

Intended user

Farmers and foresters

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

\'1 - very easy to use/replicate

Final user

Farmerx

Foresterx

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant economic benefits.

Social sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential -Expected to bring 2 or 1 social benefits.

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Food/Feed = High

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

null

Investment cost (€)

null

Operational costs (€)

null

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

null

Country

BE

Official website

https://eu-cap-network.ec.europa.eu/projects/farmers-bierbeek-engage-circular-carbon-storage_en

OG Region

BEZZExtra-Regio NUTS 2

Geographic Scope

Local

Focus Area

FA 5E: Fostering carbon conservation and sequestration in agriculture and forestry

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2021-2023

Duration (months)

24

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

1

Forester:

null

Advisor:

1

Researcher:

2

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

1

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

1

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

null

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