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CARinata and CamelINA to boost the sustainable diversification in EU farming systems

Descripción del proyecto

Nuevos cultivos oleaginosos que pueden crecer en casi cualquier lugar

Los cultivos de semillas oleaginosas, ricas en ácidos grasos, se pueden utilizar para fabricar detergentes y lubricantes (en lugar de las materias primas de origen fósil). Sin embargo, la producción de cultivos oleaginosos para bioenergía, biocombustibles, biomateriales y bioproductos compite por el uso del suelo con los cultivos oleaginosos para alimentación. Dos nuevos cultivos de semillas oleaginosas, la carinata y la camelina, podrían constituir la solución a este problema. El equipo del proyecto CARINA, financiado con fondos europeos, se centrará en sistemas agrícolas innovadores para estos cultivos, que pueden crecer en casi cualquier lugar de Europa y el norte de África. Estos cultivos también proporcionan aceites de gran calidad, que se transformarán en bioproductos innovadores (bioherbicidas, bioplásticos). Es más, el coproducto de la extracción de aceite de estos cultivos es una torta rica en proteínas que se puede emplear como pienso para animales. La solución CARINA beneficiará a cerca de tres millones de agricultores.

Objetivo

CARINA is built on a multi-actor consortium and participative decision-making process through mutual learning, transparent communication, and inclusive multi-perspectives and transdisciplinary engagement. From the proposal clearly emerges the importance of social innovation as the nerve center for the evolution of the whole project. Nine Lighthouses, 5 Living Labs, and 9 Policy Innovation Labs will be established across Europe playing a leading role in the co-creation of CARINA innovation actions. CARINA focuses on new sustainable and diversified farming systems including 2 new oilseed crops, carinata and camelina, able to provide multiple low iLUC feedstocks for the bio-based economy. We firmly believe that a participatory approach is necessary for successfully scaling-up innovative farming systems. Engaging farmers and other stakeholders in jointly developing solutions under specific environmental, technical, and social conditions has been highly considered in CARINA. We estimate about 3M farmers being potentially reached by CARINA thanks to the direct cooperation with its partners. To find a broad consensus by primary producers, a new crop should enable to promote and harness biodiversity, be easy-to-grow, and technically feasible within current cropping systems. Carinata and camelina fully meet these requirements, able to successfully grow almost everywhere in Europe and in northern Africa. Carinata and camelina provide high quality oils that will be transformed into innovative bio-based products (bioherbicides, bioplastics). The co-product from oil extraction is a protein-rich cake, which will be valorized as animal feed, and in a multitude of high added-value products, exploiting the mucilage and glucosinolates contained within. CARINA capitalizes on a highly experienced team of 20 partners, +6 affiliated entities, from 13 EU and Associated Countries (Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, UK, Serbia, Tunisia, Morocco, Switzerland).

Coordinador

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 285 625,50
Dirección
VIA ZAMBONI 33
40126 Bologna
Italia

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Región
Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Coste total
€ 1 285 625,50

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Socios (2)