C-FARMs on “Rigeneriamo il Territorio”
The LIFE C-FARMs project, now in its second year in February 2023, is becoming a reference project in Italy on Carbon Farming. The article “Soil Carbon Storage Against the Climate Crisis,” published February 15th in the magazine “Rigeneriamo il Territorio” (an e-magazine for information and conversation on the topic of territorial regeneration, reclamation and redevelopment […]
Carbon Farming practises: Demonstration at Farm and Regional Level
The activities of the LIFE C-FARMs project continue, expressing the first results. One of the key phases, coordinated by Confagricoltura, is the application of management practices selected within the project activities. These good practices will be tested on both small and large organisations located in the Lombardy Region. The selected farms/companies (agricultural farms, livestock farms, […]
Carbon Farming in the World: early news for the year 2023 by C-FARMs
New year, same customs. The LIFE C-FARMs project reports the most important news from all over the world concerning carbon farming. Let’s see together what this new year offers us for the world of Carbon Farming Published in Carbon Brief, a UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy, […]
C-FARMs meets with stakeholders
Last Monday, January 23, 2023, the partners of the LIFE C-FARMs project organized, involving some stakeholders from the sector, the first of two planned meetings on the review process of the proposed Carbon Farming Certification Standard. After a research work of stakeholders interested in the project activities, called stakeholder mapping, the partners in charge of […]
Informatic tools and development of a web app prototype for “Carbon Farming”
Who are you and what role do you play within your organization? Terrasystem is a spin-off company of the DIBAF (Department for Innovation in Biological, Agri-Food and Forestry Systems) of the Tuscia University of Viterbo, born in 2004. The organization is specialized in innovation processes and technology transfer applied to agricultural and forestry monitoring, precision […]
Carbon Farming in the World: last news from 2022 by C-FARMs
The LIFE C-FARMs project reports for the last month of 2022. the most important news from all over the world concerning carbon farming. Really important information comes from the European Union on the certification of carbon credits in agriculture. On November 30, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a first EU-wide voluntary framework […]
The C-FARMs project broadcast on Rainews24
Rai News 24, the Italian free-to-air television channel operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana, interviewed Lucia Perugini of the CMCC foundation to talk about the carbon farming practices that are being tested in the project LIFE C-FARMs, in the episode dedicated to the 2022 Food&Science Festival of Mantua. Lucia Perugini identified the […]
2022 of the LIFE C-FARMs project
The LIFE Carbon Farming Certification Systems (C-FARMs) project, which officially started in December 2021, has officially completed its first year of life. The LIFE project, which lasted a total of 18 months, saw the implementation and conclusion of many actions during 2022. We list the main ones below. The technical actions started with the identification […]
Can the carbon accumulated or not emitted in carbon farming practices be certified?
As part of the LIFE C-FARMs project, the PEFC Italia partner is studying the creation of a Standard to certify the carbon stock deriving from sustainable agronomic practices. Here is our interview with the experts who are working on this activity. Who are you and what role do you play within your organization? PEFC is […]
Carbon Farming in the World: November news by C-FARMs
The LIFE C-FARMs project reports, as usual for months, the most important news from all over the world concerning carbon farming. For the November news review, there is an obvious focus on news issued from COP27. By November, the European Commission will issue the regulation to certify carbon farming practices, “but leave key decisions to […]