Descripción del proyecto
Mejora de los cálculos de la captura de carbono del suelo
La estimación de la huella de carbono es una práctica bastante habitual. Sin embargo, el cálculo de la captura de carbono depende en gran medida de metodologías manuales que no pueden ampliarse con facilidad. El proyecto AgriCapture, financiado con fondos europeos, responde a una imperiosa necesidad del mercado de contar con tecnologías eficientes y ágiles de captura de carbono que puedan utilizarse en el uso del suelo, el cambio de uso de la tierra y la silvicultura. En concreto, el proyecto desarrollará una plataforma sistemática, sólida y flexible para cuantificar, verificar y promover la captura de carbono en el suelo. Los resultados beneficiarán a los agricultores y a las empresas alimentarias, y permitirán a las organizaciones certificadoras ampliar y automatizar sus procesos.
Objetivo
"Accounting a climate footprint is an established practice. However, accounting for C capture is largely based on manual methodologies that cannot be easily scaled. The consortium has found a strong market need for a streamlined solution that can be scaled to meet the growing needs of C capture from Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF).
AgriCapture seizes upon Earth Observation – free and open Copernicus data in particular – to deliver a highly innovative, flexible, and scalable solution for soil C capture projects/initiatives, targeting 1 of the 2 only potential mass C sinks through proven and increasingly popular practices (i.e. Reg Agri).
AgriCapture will develop a systematic, robust and flexible platform for quantifying, verifying, and promoting soil C capture, allowing (i) farmers and other landowners to become “carbon farmers”, (ii) food companies to offset their carbon foot print and offer ""zero carbon"" products, and (iii) certifying organizations to scale up and automatize their processes.
This will be accomplished through a co-creation approach with target users – agricooperatives, an agri-processor, a Reg Agri certifier, and an emission balance certifying organisation – within 5 diverse use cases located across Europe. To support uptake of project results, the project will establish a European Reg Agri Community, which will be used to raise awareness of Reg Agri as a high-potential approach to meeting climate pledges, to coordinate and empower farmers as agents of climate mitigation, and to inform product launch of AgriCapture through first-hand market information and a direct channel to potential customers. Finally, the project will also undertake dedicated activities to assess, identify and proactively pursue market opportunities, which will lead to several contracts for post-project service provision by the end of the project.
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Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SPACE-2020
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
11160 BELGRADE-ZVEZDARA
Serbia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.