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Activities e Work Packages

The project activities include, among others: creation of a database on agronomic practices; creation of an IT tool for estimating the Carbon stock, credible and certifiable; validation of the system through field analysis; implementation of the system in 4 pilot vineyards of 3 agricultural companies (Castello di Albola, Ruffino 1877 and San Felice Wine Estates); Carbon Credits certification thanks to the support of Carbon Credits Consulting and placement on exchange platforms; monitoring of technical and economic results; transfer and replication of the system.

A complete digital platform will therefore protect and facilitate the correct management of agricultural practices and the calculation of carbon credits, based on an app that will integrate the most innovative algorithms based on international standards shared by the scientific community. It will be created by Image Line, an innovative SME that already involves an online community of 290,000 people (producers/farmers, agronomists/technicians, producer associations, but also the world of schools and research).

The app will be fully integrated with a blockchain platform, thanks to the support of EZ Lab France: the company, born from the many years of experience in web 3.0 technologies of the innovative SME EZ Lab Blockchain Solutions - will contribute in the future to validate the system also in the Champagne region where it is based.

1

Project management and coordination

Lead Beneficiary: IMAGE LINE

Start Month: 1

End Month: 48

The objectives of the WP1 are:

  • ensure efficient project management and communication within the Consortium;
  • ensure efficient scientific and technical coordination and monitoring of the project progress against the work plan;
  • assess risks and implement mitigation measures.
2

C FARMING data collection

Lead Beneficiary: CREA

Start Month: 1

End Month: 8

The purpose of this WP is to obtain a complete overview on vineyard management practices already implemented to maximise the SOC stocking capacity, for supporting the subsequent project implementation activities and provide vine growers with a technical manual on best management practices to increase SOC in their farms. The activity will provide a baseline and intervention scenarios delineation for the farms. To this end, in this WP, existing information on both farm management and the related pedoclimatic conditions which data refer to, capable of influencing the C sequestration potential, will be collected, organised, harmonised, and analysed to create a database and a technical manual.

3

C Farming IT tool

Lead Beneficiary: IMAGE LINE

Start Month: 6

End Month: 42

The objectives of the WP1 are:

  • ensure efficient project management and communication within the Consortium;
  • ensure efficient scientific and technical coordination and monitoring of the project progress against the work plan;
  • assess risks and implement mitigation measures.
4

Pilot action and tool validation

Lead Beneficiary: CREA

Start Month: 8

End Month: 48

The purpose of this WP is to obtain a complete overview on vineyard management practices already implemented to maximise the SOC stocking capacity, for supporting the subsequent project implementation activities and provide vine growers with a technical manual on best management practices to increase SOC in their farms. The activity will provide a baseline and intervention scenarios delineation for the farms. To this end, in this WP, existing information on both farm management and the related pedoclimatic conditions which data refer to, capable of influencing the C sequestration potential, will be collected, organised, harmonised, and analysed to create a database and a technical manual.

5

C stocking certification and development of a business model

Lead Beneficiary: Carbon Credits Consulting

Start Month: 6

End Month: 48

The purpose of this WP is to obtain a complete overview on vineyard management practices already implemented to maximise the SOC stocking capacity, for supporting the subsequent project implementation activities and provide vine growers with a technical manual on best management practices to increase SOC in their farms. The activity will provide a baseline and intervention scenarios delineation for the farms. To this end, in this WP, existing information on both farm management and the related pedoclimatic conditions which data refer to, capable of influencing the C sequestration potential, will be collected, organised, harmonised, and analysed to create a database and a technical manual.

6

Monitoring

Lead Beneficiary: CREA

Start Month: 1

End Month: 48

The objectives of the WP are:

  • to assess environmental effects of C farming practices
  • to assess economic impacts of the business model on the pilot vineyards

The expected results are:

  • to create a set of indicators for environmental monitoring specific for vineyards
  • to assess environmental effects of C-farming practices by applying the set of indicators identified
  • to evaluate the practices proposed by using a multicriteria approach including all the identified indicators
  • to evaluate benefits and drawbacks of best practices systems on environmental sustainability
7

Sustainability, replication and exploitation of project results

Lead Beneficiary: IMAGE LINE

Start Month: 6

End Month: 48

The objective of the WP is to promote transferring and replication of the project results at regional, national and EU level. Communication and Dissemination activities are a crucial part of the project and they are intended to:

  • inform the wide public about the existence of the project and its goals by keeping citizens up-to date with ongoing developments, activities and results obtained
  • explain to other stakeholders in the EU wine sector how they can be direct beneficiaries of project results by transferring all outcomes through a technical dissemination
  • networking with other projects to sharing know-how, experience and expertise