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IT8-Mountain Carbon/MNTNC

Mountain dairy farm contribution to carbon sequestration

Description

management of dairy cattle manure in the mountain areas using dryers and distribution of fertilizer output to areas with low nutrient level

Sector

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

Needs/ Problem statement

to help improve the management of the organic matter (OM) from dairy cattle manure in the mountain areas

Objective

a rational management of the livestock manure, which allow a better use of it as a fertilizer, as well as restoration carbon in the impoverished mountain soils

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsnull

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialx

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Wastes

Outcomes and final product

Fertilizer

Mobility

Static

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

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

2 -easy to use /replicate

Final user

Farmerx

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

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)

50,000

Investment cost (€)

1M

Operational costs (€)

50,000

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

5 to 10

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

IT

Official website

https://carboniodimontagna.crpa.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=16496

OG Region

ITH5Emilia-Romagna

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

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

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

2017-2020

Duration (months)

36

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

3

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

2

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

null

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

null

Status

Completed

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)

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