Development of certification scheme aimed at Carbon Farming
Developing a regulatory framework and a carbon certification scheme: this was one of the main outcomes of the project. In particular, the aim of this action was to gather the information collected in the Lombardy region during the previous course of the project and process it to develop a proposal for a certification scheme for […]
How much do you know about Carbon Farming? The quiz promoted by C-FARMs
From now you can test your knowledge on “Carbon Farming” through the C-FARMs quiz. You can, in fact, put yourself to the test with this quiz, created within the framework of the LIFE C-FARMs project and published on the project’s institutional website, also accessible from here. From Nature Based Solutions to Greenhouse Gases, passing through […]
Carbon Farming in the World: let’s look at the news of the month of March
European consumers paying attention to the carbon footprint of products. An interesting article showing a survey realzied in 12 countries with a total of 12,000 questionnaire respondents. The results show the importance of clearly and visibly communicating the carbon footprint of the products we buy. Read the article in Agriland, the largest digital news publisher […]
Public consultation of the scheme on Carbon Farming Certification produced by C-FARMs opened
As part of the LIFE C-FARMS project, a certification scheme for Carbon Farming practices from agroforestry farms has been drafted by project partners. This document, among the major project objectives of the LIFE C-FARMs preparatory project (LIFE20 PRE IT/017), has now reached the public consultation stage, having been affected by an initial drafting phase by […]
Evaluation of the application potential of IT tools in Carbon Farming practices
Action led by Terrasystem, aims to review a selection of existing IT Tools for farm management in order to assess their potential and gaps in the application of Carbon Farming practices. These tools, mainly represented by commercial software but also by modelling software developed within European research projects, are basically conceived as Decision Support Systems […]
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 […]