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

Descrizione del progetto

Nuove colture oleaginose in grado di crescere pressoché ovunque

Ricche di acidi grassi, le colture oleaginose possono essere utilizzate per la produzione di detergenti e lubrificanti (al posto delle materie prime di origine fossile). Tuttavia, la produzione di colture oleaginose per la bioenergia, i biocarburanti e i biomateriali/bioprodotti è in concorrenza con le colture oleaginose per l’alimentazione per quanto concerne l’uso del suolo. Due nuove colture oleaginose, la carinata e la camelina, potrebbero rappresentare una soluzione. Il progetto CARINA, finanziato dall’UE, si concentrerà su sistemi agricoli innovativi per queste colture, che possono crescere pressoché ovunque in Europa e in Africa settentrionale. Esse forniscono inoltre oli di alta qualità che saranno trasformati in bioprodotti innovativi (bioerbicidi, bioplastiche). Inoltre, il co-prodotto dell’estrazione dell’olio da queste colture è un panello ricco di proteine che può essere utilizzato come mangime per animali. La soluzione CARINA andrà a beneficio di circa tre milioni di agricoltori.

Obiettivo

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).

Meccanismo di finanziamento

HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

Coordinatore

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 285 625,50
Indirizzo
VIA ZAMBONI 33
40126 Bologna
Italia

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Regione
Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 285 625,50

Partecipanti (21)

Partner (2)