The LIFE VitiCaSe project
Duration: 1° September 2023 – 31 August 2027
Call: LIFE-2022-SAP-CLIMA
Topic: LIFE-2022-SAP-CLIMA-CCA
Type of action: LIFE Project Grants
Granting authority: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Keywords/Parole chiave:
Carbon Sequestration, Soil Organic Carbon, land-based CO2 removal
Total Eligible Budget: 2,215,903 €
EU Contribution: 1,329,542 €
Abstract and official technical sheet:
The LIFE VitiCaSe project
Presentation
The LIFE VitiCaSe project has received funding from the European Union's Life Programme Project 101113620 — LIFE22-CCA-IT-LIFE VitiCaSe - “Viticulture for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration”
CREA is partner of LIFE VitiCaSe, a project with unique characteristics in Europe and at the forefront worldwide, dedicated to Carbon Farming in viticulture, characterized by a series of agricultural and soil management practices aimed at increasing the capacity of the wine ecosystem to capture and retain atmospheric carbon.
The general objectives of LIFE VitiCaSe are:
- Increase organic carbon stocks in soil
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Contribute to climate change mitigation
The general activities of the project include:
- Creation of a database on agronomic practices
- Creation of a credible and certifiable IT tool for estimating the carbon stock
- Integration of the digital platform with blockchain technology
- Validation of the system through field analysis
- Implementation of the system in 4 pilot vineyards of 3 farms
- Certification of Carbon Credits and placement on exchange platforms
- Monitoring of technical and economic results
- System transfer and replication
Project partners are:
Image Line (leader), Carbon Credits Consulting, CREA – with its research centers CREA Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA) e CREA Politics and Bioeconomy (CREA-PB) -, EZ Lab France, Unione Provinciale Agricoltori di Siena (UPA Siena) and the wineries Castello di Albola, Tenute Ruffino and Società Agricola San Felice.
Consultant: Euris Srl
Work Packages (in brackets, the WP coordinators):
WP1: Project management and coordination (Image Line)
WP2: C FARMING data collection (CREA)
WP3: C Farming IT tool (Image Line)
WP4: Pilot action and tool validation (CREA)
WP5: C stocking certification and development of a business model (Carbon Credits Consulting)
WP6: Monitoring (CREA)
WP7: Sustainability, replication and exploitation of project results (Image Line)
www.life-viticase.eu
Coordinator: Simona Palermo c/o Image Line srl Unipersonale – Via Giovanni Nicotera 29, 00195 Roma (Italy) - Mail: info@life-viticase.eu • Tel. +39 0546 060098
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Disclaimer: Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.