Climate-smart improvement of maize cultivation
- Type Grupo operativo
- Status Filled
- 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
Improving the sustainability and profitability of corn cultivation in Spain by using digital technologies and tools and its environmental certification throughout the value chain.
Objectives
- Generate knowledge on the current technical-economic situation of the corn sector in Spain to detect its critical points and opportunities for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
- Develop a certified Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology designed specifically for corn cultivation nationwide.
- Improve the sustainability of corn cultivation by implementing a Precision Agriculture Techniques Protocol (PTAP).
- Evaluate the impact of project results to sustainably increase maize crop productivity.
- Promote the implementation of PTAP and GOMAIZ certification and increase awareness of associated sustainability improvements among actors in the corn value chain.
Results
- Technical and economic characterization of the main cultivation areas at the national level and the critical points and opportunities for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
- 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.
- Evaluation of the impact of project results, resilience to climate change in the sector and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
- The implementation of PTAP and certification have been promoted and appropriate recommendations have been established for agents in the corn value chain.
Contact information
salvador.martos@vertexbioenergy.com|palomaherrerogil@vertexbioenergy.com
Coordinators
- 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
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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