The overall objective of CircAgric-GHG is to enhance circularity within and between farm typologies across an agroecological gradient. The project includes farms in the arctic climate in Norway, the oceanic climate of UK and Ireland, continental climate of Germany, Mediterranean climate of Spain and Italy, the tropics in Kenya and the dry and temperate climate of South Africa. Solutions will be achieved by combined efforts of internationally recognised scientists, stakeholders and use of ICT including satellite and drone remote sensing, flux-tower and GreenFeed monitoring of livestock and soil emissions, and state-of-the-art environmental modelling.
Using farm typologies as a baseline, the extent of existing circular practice implementation will be evaluated. Promising practices to enhance circularity will be proposed across typologies and agroecological zones. High-resolution modelling of resource cycling and GHG emissions at farm and landscape level will be undertaken using process- and farm models, with remote sensing of particularly uncertain land use emission fluxes using novel satellite and drone technology.
Life-cycle analysis will be applied to integrate modelling outputs into environmental footprints of food production, developing a novel framework for future projects. Farm-scale modelling will also inform a marginal abatement cost curve and a decision support tool, enabling robust comparison of GHG abatement efficacy of specific circular practices.
*At the time of the proposal. Please consider this data as an accurate estimate; it may vary during the project’s lifespan.
Total costs include in kind contribution by grant holders and can therefore be higher than the total requested funding.