SUSTAINABLE CORN Operational Group: Climate-Smart Improvement of Corn Cultivation
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2021 -2023
- Assigned Budget 532.579,64 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía; Aragón; Castilla y León; Galicia; Madrid, Comunidad de; Murcia, Región de; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://maizsostenible.com/
Description
Improve the sustainability and profitability of corn cultivation in Spain by employing digital technologies and tools, as well as environmental certification throughout the value chain.
Objectives
- To generate knowledge about the current technical and economic situation of the corn sector in Spain to identify critical points and opportunities for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
- Develop a certified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology specifically designed for corn cultivation nationwide
- Improving the sustainability of corn cultivation by implementing a Precision Agriculture Techniques Protocol (PTAP)
- Evaluate the impact of project results to sustainably increase corn crop productivity
- Promote the implementation of the PTAP and GOMAIZ certification and increase awareness of the associated sustainability improvements among stakeholders in the corn value chain.
Results
- Technical and economic characterization of the main cultivation areas nationwide and the critical points and opportunities for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
- Development of a certifiable and validated methodology for the sustainability of corn cultivation in Spain
- Development of a Precision Agriculture Techniques Protocol (PTAP) to improve the sustainability of corn cultivation
- Evaluating the impact of project results, the sector's resilience to climate change, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- The implementation of the PTAP and certification has been promoted and appropriate recommendations have been established for stakeholders in the corn value chain.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: VERTEX BIOENERGY
- Coordinator/entity email: salvador.martos@vertexbioenergy.com | palomaherrerogil@vertexbioenergy.com
Collaborators
- Asociación Española de Bioetanol
- Confederación Española de fabricantes de alimentos compuestos para animales (CESFAC)
Beneficiaries
- AN
- S
- COOP.
- CU WG SPAIN (CONTROL Unión SPAIN)
- ITACyL - Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León
- PIONEER HI-BRED SPAIN S.L.
- TIMAC AGRO ESPAÑA S.A.
- Universidad de Sevilla
- VERTEX BIOENERGY S.L
Outsourced
- ARTICA INGENIERÍA E INNOVACIÓN
- S.L.
- CIEMAT - Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas
- Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
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