EL18-SoilCircle/

Application of circular economy principles to 2 pilot cultivations using Ecolabel soil improvers

Description

We do not think they use a BBT

Sector

A1.6Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities

Needs/ Problem statement

Due to the negative effects on crop growth and the environment from the use of synthetic fertilisers, it is recommended to apply soil amendment (compost) to the soil.

Objective

Implementation of all the procedures for the certification of compost of agri-food origin in order to create an environmentally friendly business model for the conversion of agri-food waste into a value-added product (organic production).

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsnull

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialnull

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries null

Feedstock

Biomass residues

Outcomes and final product

business plan

Mobility

Mobile

Value chains

1
2
3

1- Low potential - Low to medium arisings of feedstock available between 2023-2035

C Sink

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential - strong potential for carbon sequestration at the feedstock or product level only.

Intended user

null

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

3 -complex application

Final user

Farmernull

Foresternull

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

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

Social sustainability

1
2
3

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

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

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

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Energy & Heat = Very low

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

EL

OG Region

EL52Κεντρική Μακεδονία

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 2A: Improving the economic performance of all farms and facilitating farm restructuring and modernisation

Key words

Supply chain, marketing and consumption

Main source of funding

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

Period

2022-2025

Duration (months)

30

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

null

Forester:

null

Advisor:

1

Researcher:

2

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

1

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

null

Status

Ongoing

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
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9

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