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INTER LIFE PT 2016 - Annual

Meeting on LIFE Exchange

Experiences & Networking. 3rd and

4th of November, 2016 - Portugal

THE LIFE+

AQUA projectCRPA spa - Reggio Emilia

Aldo Dal Prà

Achieving good water QUality

status in intensive Animal

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LIFE+ AQUA: facts & figures

• LIFE+ Environment PROJECT

• October 2010 – March 2014 (42 months)

• BUDGET: € 2.600.000

• Beneficiary: CRPA S.p.A

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THE LIFE+ AQUA project

AQUA intends to demonstrate how it is

possible to reduce water pollution from

nutrients at river basin level scale by

optimising the use of nitrogen and

phosphorus in livestock farms.

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LIFE+ AQUA: Objectives

• To reduce nitrogen in manure by increasing the N

efficiency in livestock intake.

• To improve the fertilisation efficiency by maximising

the efficiency of nutrients use (N-P) (slurry application

techniches – crop management)

• To reduce the pressure and impact in agricultural

catchments with intensive livestock rearing by manure

fraction separation and transfer of the solid fraction

outside NVZ.

• To reduce N and P losses through the application of

good agro-environmental practices.

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Who is the project address to?

• Farmers from the Northen regions of Italy

• Stakeholders,

• Decision makers

• Public authorities

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Why Northen Italy?

• In this part of Italy more than 70% of the

livestock is reared:

– 68% of dairy cattle,

– 61% of other cattle,

– 85% of pigs,

– 80% of poultry.

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THE TEAM

• C.R.P.A S.p.A

• CRA

• ERSA

• ERSAF

• Fondazione CRPA

• IPLA

• Veneto Agricoltura

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FUNDINGS

• European Commission

• Piedmont Region

• Lombardy Region

• Veneto Region

• Emilia-Romagna Region

• HerAmbiente srl

• Enìa spa (IREN)

• AGCO Italia

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ACTIONS

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The demonstrative Farms

Biagi Romeo - MN

Pinotti L. e A. - CR

Cagnin G. e L. - PD

Sgambaro M. - PD

Bolzon E. e figli - UD

Mori Carlo - RE

Zambelli F.lli - RE

Sevega B. e D. - CN

Mana Stefano - CN

Diana - TV

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The demonstrative Farms

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The project organization chart

CRPA

Fondazione CRPA

CRA

IPLA

ERSA

Veneto Agricoltura

ERSAF

A.2: Cropping management

A.10: Monitoring and evaluation

A.12: After Life Communication Plan

A.6: Economic & environmental evaluation

A.9: Project Management

A.11: Audit

A. 8: Dissemination & dimonstration

A. 1: Reduction of N excreted

A. 4: Transfer of solid fractions

A.3: Environmental measures

A. 7: Networking and transferability

A. 5: Traceability and Certification

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Action 1

Reduction of N excreted

• Reduction of N excreted through the application of

low N diets in pigs and high N efficiency diets for

dairy and beef cattle

• 10 demonstrative farms:

4 dairy cattle farms

3 pig farms

2 (+1) beef cattle farms

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Action 2

Cropping management

• Adoption of management and agronomical

techniques to reduce N leaching to water and to

the atmosphere.

– Application of the best available techniques to

distribute slurries: fertirrigation, use of trailing shoes or

band spreading on meadows, microirrigation

– Crop rotations characterised by high N uptake, long

cropping seasons, ecc.

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Action 3

Environmental measures

• To demonstrate the efficacy of buffer strips and

wetlands to reduce nutrient losses to water.

• The effects of water deriving from soils

fertilised with 170 kg N/ha/year and 250

kgN/ha/year (as requested by the Italian

Derogation) will be compared in the

demonstration

sites

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Action 4

Transfer of solid fractions

• Manure management through a consortium which separates the solid fraction.

• Manure solid fraction transfer to farms with lack of organic matter in soils

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Action 5

Traceability and Certification

• To apply good traceability practices to the

nutrient’s management producing

evidence of:

– the use of low protein diets (A1)

– the transfer of manure solid fractions to

zones with high need of organic matter (A4).

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Action 6 Economic & environmental evaluation

• Economic and environmental evaluation

of action from 1 to 3– Economic assessment by mean of balance sheet of

demonstrative farms + nearby farms

– LCA methodology will be applied to evaluate the

environmental impact in the nine demonstrative

farms before and after applying the new

managements techniques (A1-A2).

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Action 7

Networking and transferabilityCountry Institute/Centre Contact

The

Netherlands

Plant Research International Frans Aarts

UK Rothamsted Research Roland Bol

Italy Ministero dell'ambiente e della tutela del territorio e del

mare

Liliana Cortellini

Germany KTLB Helmut Dohler

Spain IRTA Francesc Domingo

Greece Dimitris Perrotis College, American Farm School Athanasios Gertsis

France Institut de l’Elevage Andrè Legall

Italy Po river basin Authority Fernanda Moroni

Italy Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali Daniela Quarato

EC European Commission – DG Environment Luisa Samarelli

UK ADAS John Williams

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Azione 8

Dissemination & demonstration

•Information actions

•Direct actions: 12 demonstrative

actions, 6 courses, 10 information

days in schools, Seminars,

Conferences

•Indirect actions: website, leaflet,

technical articles, electronic

newsletter, film, Layman report

Achieving good water

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INTER LIFE PT 2016 - Annual

Meeting on LIFE Exchange

Experiences & Networking. 3rd and

4th of November, 2016 - Portugal

Aldo Dal Prà, CRPA spa - Reggio Emilia

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aqua@crpa.it