Descrizione del progetto
Ridurre la dipendenza energetica per aumentare la resilienza dell’agricoltura europea
La fluttuazione relativa ai prezzi dei combustibili fossili e dei fertilizzanti, esacerbata dalle conseguenze della COVID-19 e dal conflitto in Ucraina, minaccia l’agricoltura europea, mettendo a rischio i mezzi di sussistenza dei produttori primari e l’accessibilità dei prodotti alimentari per i consumatori. La transizione verso l’indipendenza dai combustibili fossili nel settore agricolo dell’UE richiede non solo attenzione urgente, ma anche tempo. In questo contesto, il progetto AgEnRes, finanziato dall’UE, si occupa della transizione energetica in agricoltura elaborando politiche sostenibili per la riduzione della dipendenza dai combustibili fossili e dai fertilizzanti. Coinvolgendo le parti interessate e il pubblico, AgEnRes integra il comportamento degli agricoltori e gli obiettivi dell’UE. L’approccio del progetto inizia con l’identificazione di obiettivi e tecnologie per ottenere un database energetico completo, continua con l’analisi della dipendenza del settore e delle relative soluzioni e, infine, valuta attraverso modelli di previsione gli impatti esercitati delle innovazioni.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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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Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
6708 PB Wageningen
Paesi Bassi