Descripción del proyecto
Reducir la dependencia energética para aumentar la resiliencia de la agricultura europea
La fluctuación de los precios de los combustibles fósiles y los fertilizantes, agravada por las secuelas de la COVID-19 y el conflicto de Ucrania, amenaza la agricultura europea. Ello pone en peligro los medios de subsistencia de los productores primarios y la asequibilidad de los alimentos para los consumidores. Aunque la transición hacia la independencia de los combustibles fósiles en el sector agrario de la Unión Europea (UE) exige atención urgente, y también requiere tiempo. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto AgEnRes, financiado con fondos europeos, aborda la transición energética en la agricultura. Asimismo, elabora políticas sostenibles, reduciendo la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles y los fertilizantes. El equipo de AgEnRes integra el comportamiento de los agricultores y los objetivos de la UE, implicando a las partes interesadas y al público. Su planteamiento comienza con la identificación de objetivos y tecnologías, lo cual genera una completa base de datos sobre energía. A continuación, analiza la dependencia del sector y las soluciones. Por último, los modelos de prospectiva evalúan las repercusiones de las innovaciones.
Objetivo
The recent variations in the price of fossil fuels and mineral fertilisers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine threaten the incomes of primary producers and affordability of food for consumers. This threat will remain, as the pathway towards fossil fuel independence and related investments in less fossil-fuel-intensive technologies in the EU agricultural sector will take time. All this shows that there is an urgent need to design realistic, sustainable pathways for supporting the energy transition of the European agricultural sector and improving the income of primary producers. AgEnRes designs sustainable pathways for policy making to reduce direct and indirect dependence of farmers and the agricultural sector as a whole on fossil fuels and fertilisers, and increase the resilience to volatile energy prices, taking into account farmers’ behaviour and the synergies and trade-offs between European economic and environmental objectives at micro- and macro-level. Our approach consists of three components supported by outreach activities, which involve stakeholders and the general public throughout the project's lifespan. The first component develops a conceptual and data framework to identify policy targets and measures, promising technologies, and data and model requirements. Component one results among others in an EU wide database on energy use and mitigation potentials at different scales. The second component focuses on evidence of the past and present energy dependence of the European agricultural sector and preferred solutions. The third component builds on the first two and incorporates them into a set of foresight models at farm, regional, and market levels to evaluate the impacts of innovations and policy measures and targets at different scales. Ultimately, AgEnRes develops an innovative toolbox that will decrease the energy dependence and strengthen the resilience of the European agricultural sector.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologypandemics
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
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6708 PB Wageningen
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