Descrizione del progetto
Tecnologie avanzate per un’agricoltura resiliente al clima
L’agricoltura è un importante settore economico dell’UE ma anche un’importante fonte di emissioni di gas serra (GES). Per questo motivo, l’UE si è impegnata a ridurre le emissioni di gas serra dell’agricoltura. Tuttavia, il successo dipende dalla sinergia tra tutte le parti interessate nel modello di innovazione a quadrupla elica che comprende scienza, politica, industria e società. In questo contesto, il progetto CARBONICA, finanziato dall’UE, creerà un polo di eccellenza che collegherà gli ecosistemi dell’innovazione di Cipro, Grecia e Macedonia settentrionale. Inoltre, aumenterà la loro capacità in quanto fornitori di servizi basati su tecnologie avanzate come l’osservazione della Terra, i dati in situ e l’agricoltura digitale. CARBONICA fornirà l’accesso all’eccellenza a tutte le parti interessate e rafforzerà l’innovazione regionale.
Obiettivo
The continuous increase of the scope and the scale of the anthropogenic activities in which agriculture plays a significant role contributes to a rapid negative impact on the carbon cycle. The impact of agriculture on CO2 emissions will be further increased, considering that the world population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050 . EU has committed to mitigate the carbon footprint from agriculture as described in the CAP (Objective 4), the European Green Deal and its flagship strategies, the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity strategies. The efficiency of these carbon footprint from agriculture strategies will be mainly determined by the synergy amongst all stakeholders (policy, industry, academia, civil society) in the quadruple helix within the place-based innovation ecosystems. The widening countries involved in this project, Cyprus, Greece and North Macedonia, as part of the Balkan-Mediterranean region, are heavily impacted by climate change. To achieve these targets an inter- and transdisciplinary approach is required to integrate the expertise and knowledge of all relevant stakeholders and a place-based perspective and design needs-based carbon farming solutions (practices and technologies) as well as strict policies to foster shifts towards a Climate-resilient Agriculture.
The main objective of this project is to establish CARBONICA Excellence Hub by connecting the innovation ecosystems of Cyprus, Greece and North Macedonia, while enhancing their TRL as service providers, based on cutting-edge technologies (Earth Observation – EO; in situ data; digital agriculture etc.) in carbon farming. The main scope is to establish access to excellence to all relevant stakeholders in the QH of the WC, as well as strengthen regional innovation capacity guided by long-term joint R&I strategy in the carbon farming field.
Campo scientifico
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
570 01 THERMI THESSALONIKI
Grecia