{"id":1685,"date":"2019-12-04T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclimakers.org\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2020-09-29T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:48:45","slug":"italy-torre-delle-carciole-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclimakers.org\/fr\/italy-torre-delle-carciole-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALY | Torre Delle Carciole Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Torre Delle Carciole Farm<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Description<\/h3>\n

The farming sector is particularly vulnerable to climate change that has caused extensive damage to agriculture. In Italy, damages caused by climate change in the last decade amount to 14 billion euros (around 15.4 billion US $) and are due to the alternation of extreme events, from prolonged periods of drought to violent waves of bad weather that have devastated crops, structures and infrastructures. Italy holds the European leadership in terms of the number of companies operating in the organic sector, and even this primacy is being put at risk by climate change that affects the typical Made in Italy products and the crops, particularly due to the arrival of alien species that are killing fruit and vegetables.
\nTorre Delle Carciole farm started the cultivation of Phyllostachys Pubescens Edulis bamboo in 2014, in order to have a short rotation timber production for the sale of fine wood to the processing industry. The waste and unsold part is valued as a raw material for the production of electrical and thermal energy with a positive environmental impact. The bamboo in its final uses has a neutral or positive CO2 impact.<\/p>\n

Results<\/h3>\n

CO2 positive energy from Bamboo is a project based on the speed of growth of bamboo and its thermodynamic characteristics. It is ecological and protects the environment. No treatments nor fertilizers are needed, bamboo derivatives have a positive CO2 footprint, absorb 35% more of H20, avoid soil erosion, desertification and purify water. The goal is to have an autonomous cycle from planting to processing and use of the finished product with guaranteed basic profitability. From a general perspective, farmers from all over the world will have to feed an increasing population in forthcoming years, putting in place sustainable production models that are suitable for achieving global adaptation to meet the climate change challenge. Research and innovation can play a key role in helping farmers to improve their sustainability models,
\nso there is a need for incentives and reward mechanisms in this sense. With particular regard to CO2 positive energy from the Bamboo project, the main challenges to implement were:<\/p>\n