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Integrated Strategies for GHG Mitigation in dairy farms (GAS-OFF)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Italy’s agricultural sector is considered to be responsible for producing 35% of the country’s methane and 45% of its nitrous oxide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Much of these emissions are linked to intensive livestock husbandry. The Pianura Padana (Po River plain) contains the highest concentration of livestock in Italy and the need exi ...
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Integrated systems to enhance sequestration of carbon, producing energy crops by using organic residues (Seq-Cure)

Start date: Dec 1, 2006, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

Background In 2000, CO2 emissions in Emilia-Romagna were estimated at almost 35 million tonnes. If the other greenhouse gases, CH4 and N2O are included, emissions in the region currently exceed 41 million tonnes/yr of CO2 equivalents. Agriculture can contribute to mitigating climate change by producing biomass as a substitute for fossil fuels, as well as ...
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Optimisation of nitrogen management for groundwater quality improvement and conservation (OptiMa-N)

Start date: Oct 1, 2004, End date: Sep 30, 2007,

Background Agriculture, particularly intensive livestock production, contributes 60 % of nitrogen released into the soil and water of northern Italy’s Po Plain. Assessing the amount of soluble nitrogen in the environment during different periods of the year and in different climatic and cultivation conditions is an important part of the knowledge-gather ...
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