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Climate-Farm-balance: Quantification of sources and opportunities to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHGs) in Agri- and Viticulture

Authority

Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau

Federal State

Rhineland-Palatinate

Contact

Stiftsstraße 9
55116 Mainz

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Climate-Farm-balance: Quantification of sources and opportunities to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHGs) in Agri- and Viticulture

Project description

The Rhineland-Palatinate region is well known for ist agricultural and viticultural practices. These agricultural systems contribute to GHG emissions such as CO2, Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). With these emissions agriculture plays a crucial role in climate change. On the one hand gases are released but depending on the practices, agriculture also hast he capacity to store CO2 in carbon sinks such as deposition of humic matter or through agropastoral farming systems, thus contributing to a reduction in GHG emissions. In our EIP-project, we aim to develop a simple tool that can help farmers calculate their GHGbalances. Following the approach of Climate smart agriculture (CSA), it is possible to offer counsel to individual farmers and thus decrease emissions of GHGs whilst maintaining or even increasing economic values. In addition, we focus on the adaptation of the tool in order to calculate emissions of vineyard work and wine production as well. Apart from benefiting the single farmer, the tool will allow to deepen the understanding of GHG calculations in agriculture in general, and it will provide valid information leading to more transparency for companies and custome

Key words

Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020

OG contact information

Landwirtschaftskammer RLP
Burgenlandstraße 7
55543 Bad Kreuznach

Phone: 0671 793 1130

Email: wilhelm.zimmerlin@lwk-rlp.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Advisor
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2021

Project status

completed

Total budget applied for in EUR

599,380

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NUTS3 CODE

DEB14

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