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Small-scale farmer-led green biorefineries supporting farmer diversification into circular bioeconomy

Description

Perennial ryegrass can be pressed to produce Press Cake, which can be used as cattle feed. Grass Protein and Grass Whey are byproducts that can be used as feed for chicken and pig, and as fertilizer, respectively.

Sector

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

Needs/ Problem statement

To improve the sustainability, value and resource efficiency of Ireland’s livestock sector through farmer diversification into the bioeconomy and to assess the potential role of grass biorefinery in supporting sustainable and resilient communities in rural Ireland

Objective

Converting freshly harvested grass into a range of products, including; an optimised protein fibre feed for cattle, a non-GMO protein concentrate feed for monogastrics, a high-value sugar stream of fructo-oligosaccharides and a grass whey for bio-fertiliser or bioenergy applications.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsx

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialnull

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Biomass

Outcomes and final product

Press Cake, protein and brown juice

Mobility

Mobile

Value chains

1
2
3

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

C Sink

1
2
3

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

Intended user

primary producer

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

2 -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

2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 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)

NA

Investment cost (€)

2-5M

Operational costs (€)

NA

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

5

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

IE

Official website

https://biorefineryglas.eu/

OG Region

IE05Southern

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 5D: Reducing greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from agriculture; 

Key words

Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation andmitigation, and other air related issues)

Main source of funding

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

Period

2019-2020

Duration (months)

24

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

1

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

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

TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

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