Descrizione del progetto
Coltivare un settore agricolo davvero sostenibile
Per nutrire e sfamare una popolazione in crescita, l’agricoltura necessita di essere sostenibile. L’UE è impegnata a favore della transizione verso sistemi di agricoltura a zero emissioni di carbonio e sostenibili. In questo contesto, il progetto LegumeLegacy, finanziato dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, applicherà le ultime scoperte nel campo dell’ecologia, dell’agronomia, della statistica e di altri ambiti per ridurre al minimo l’immissione e l’infiltrazione di sostanze nutritive, aumentando al contempo gli stock di carbonio, la biodiversità e la stabilità delle rese. LegumeLegacy riunirà dieci dottorandi con l’obiettivo di sviluppare un sistema modello di rotazione delle colture, in un esperimento comune con parcelle di praterie di sei specie. I risultati saranno utili per la progettazione di praterie temporanee all’interno della rotazione delle colture che ottimizzino le prestazioni agronomiche e ambientali.
Obiettivo
With the European Green Deal, the EU has committed to transition to carbon-neutral and sustainable systems of agriculture. LegumeLegacy aims to adapt existing mixed or ruminant based production systems, using state of the art knowledge from ecology, agronomy, statistics and other fields to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient inputs and leaching (and costs), while increasing carbon stocks, biodiversity and yield stability. To achieve this, an exceptional and distinctive strategy of LegumeLegacy includes a common experiment across multiple LegumeLegacy sites; 10 Doctoral Researchers (DRs; two funded by the Swiss Government) will collaborate on the common experiment and have their own distinctive and complementary research objectives. To develop a model system of crop rotation, in the common experiment grassland plots of varying diversity of six species (two grasses, two legumes, two herbs, selected for complementary functional traits) will be established as a grassland ley, grown, and terminated; the grassland leys will be followed by a wheat crop. The effect of the diversity of the grassland ley on the performance of the crop rotation will be evaluated by measurement of yield, quality and environmental performance. LegumeLegacy will recommend the design of grassland leys within crop rotations that optimise agronomic and environmental performance; the multi-site experiment will generalise the conclusion and its implementation potential across Europe.
LegumeLegacy will train a cohort of 10 DRs into a new generation of future leaders who will have the capacity to develop and deploy interdisciplinary and data-driven sustainable practices in the agricultural sector. With a training programme that includes statistics, specialised research skills, targeted transferable skills and scientific co-operation within a global network, this cohort of future leaders will be equipped with professional skills for a range of associated disciplines in industry or academia.
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinatore
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