Objective
Dendromass4Europe (D4E) aims at establishing sustainable, Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC)-based regional cropping systems for agricultural dendromass on marginal land that feed into bio-based value chains and create additional job opportunities in rural areas. For that purpose, 2,500 ha of short rotation poplar plantations are established, including marginal or currently unused land in rural areas of the Slovak Republic and Hungary. These plantations will provide the feedstock for the establishment of four new bio-based value chains based upon products from wood and bark from poplar trees: (1) a functionally adapted lightweight fibreboard, (2) eco-fungicidal moulded fibre parts, (3) a bark-enriched wood-plastic composite and (4) a multi-purpose wood-plastic granulate.
Besides developing attractive business opportunities, the activities of the industrial partners in D4E will generate profit for the rural economy (income for farmers, employment opportunities). A large number of farmers and rural land owners will directly benefit from the diversification and increase of revenues through their involvement into D4E. The main responsible plantation owner IKEA Industries Malacky provides a framework for land acquisition. With the plantation management, the respective farmers and land owners in rural western Slovakia and in north-western Hungary will have direct access to a new bio-based market of three industrial partners. Based on the above mentioned impact of D4E plantations for the farmers’ income, new primary agricultural jobs will be created, mainly for local people and opening possibilities for disadvantaged groups. New green jobs in rural areas will also originate from the D4E at the production plants of the industrial partners.
The consortium D4E unites expertise from industrial and academic partners in the relevant fields along the production, processing and utilization of products from short-rotation coppice.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturecoppicing
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturearboriculture
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringwoodworking
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials
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01069 Dresden
Germany
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Participants (11)
901 01 Malacky
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92 412 Lodz
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4040 Linz
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00185 Roma
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9400 Sopron
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821 06 Bratislava
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81109 Bratislava
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811 09 Bratislava
750 07 Uppsala
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01877 Neustadt (In Sachsen)
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737 01 Cesky Tesin
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.