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Circular Agri-Food Ecosystems: bringing nutrients back to the soil
"In current ""conventional"" agricultural practices, most farmers depend on synthetic fertilizers and nutrients extracted during harvests are seldom brought back to the soil. This open-circuit organization of food systems induces... "In current ""conventional"" agricultural practices, most farmers depend on synthetic fertilizers and nutrients extracted during harvests are seldom brought back to the soil. This open-circuit organization of food systems induces the prospect of phosphate shortage and consumes large amounts of abiotic resources and energy to generate fertilizers or process nutrients once they end up in sewage. Such a linear and extractive system, together with current fertilizer application methods, has incurred great social and environmental costs around the world, leading to significant biodiversity loss, soil erosion and salinisation as well as nutrient leaching. Finally, animal-based diets in the largest economies further increase the pressure on food systems as feeding animals inflates land and nutrient use. Source separation of organic matter and its recovery are likely to be critical for the long-term sustainability of the agri-food and waste-management systems in an increasingly urban world. Indeed, the transformation of kitchen or green waste and human excreta can provide invaluable resources such as compost, fertilizers, or energy and eventually remove the need for synthetic fertilizers. This project will develop prospective scenarios for nutrient recovery and assess how far they can bring the agri-food system on the path to circularity. Using complex networks and systems methods, we will convert and analyze existing datasets to generate logistics networks associated to these scenarios. These networks will model the fluxes of organic matter between sources (habitations), processing or storage locations, and sinks (parcels). We will also assess the impact of dietary changes and low-fertilizer or agro-ecological practices compared to business-as-usual situations. This will enable us to evaluate the technical feasibility of these recovery scenarios and quantify how much they improve agri-food sustainability and can help local actors tackle their socio-ecological transition." ver más
31/03/2025
ENPC
265K€
Perfil tecnológico estimado
Duración del proyecto: 31 meses Fecha Inicio: 2022-08-10
Fecha Fin: 2025-03-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2022-08-10
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021
Cerrada hace 3 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 265K€
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ECOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5