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51. An agrosilvopastoral experience in Tuscany

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Pier Mario Chiarabaglio, Achille, Giorcelli, Francesco, Pelleri, Mantino, Alberto, Pecchioni, Giovanni, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Marco, Mazzoncini, Antonio, Coli, and Marcello, Mele

Subjects
greenhouse gases, environmental sustainability, agroforestry, economic sustainability
Published
2018

53. An on-farm rotational grazing trial: restricting access time to pasture did not affect the productivity of a dairy sheep flock in spring.

Author

Mantino, Alberto, Cappucci, Alice, Annecchini, Francesco, Volpi, Iride, Bargagli, Enrico, Bonari, Enrico, Ragaglini, Giorgio, and Mele, Marcello

Subjects
ROTATIONAL grazing, SHEEP farming, RANGE management, PASTURES, ANIMAL herds, SHEEP, MILK yield
Abstract

In the Mediterranean area, semi-extensive mixed farming systems characterise the inland landscape and guarantee the maintenance of several agroecosystem services. Rationed and rotational grazing have been proposed as efficient agroecological practices for sustainable intensification. Previous studies have highlighted that, during spring, restricted access time to pasture of below four hours per day decreases herbage intake and milk production of rotationally stoked ewes. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of restricted access time on daily herbage intake and milk productivity of Sarda ewes under rotational grazing management in a real farm located in southern Tuscany. The entire flock of 145 lactating ewes was allotted two homogenous groups and rotationally stoked on a grass-legume mixed pasture and fed about 1.7 kg of DM ewe-1 d-1 of supplementation. Each group was then assigned to the following treatments: two hours per day of access time to pasture, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET, and four hours per day of access time to pasture, from 10:00 to 14:00 CET. Data on herbage yield and quality, dry matter intake and milk yield were collected from April 5 to May 10, 2018. The rotational grazing schedule was conducted allowing for abundant herbage and exploiting high-nutritive biomass of the upper horizon sward. The results of our on-farm experiment showed that restricting daily access time to pasture down two hours did not reduce the potential daily herbage intake and the milk performance of dairy ewes rotationally stocked on a mixed pasture in spring. Our study also highlighted the capacity of ewes to self-regulate the herbage intake in order to meet their energy requirements, when neutral detergent fibre is not a limiting factor. Our outcomes should encourage researchers and farmers to co-design further on-farm experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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60. Comment optimiser les chaînes d'approvisionnement en biomasse issue de cultures énergétiques ?

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Gabrielle, Benoit, Perrin, Aurélie, Wohlfahrt, Julie, Flatberg, Truls, Bjorkvoll, Thor Harald, Echevarria, G.I., Sanchez, D., Van Der Linden, Raimo, Loyce, Chantal, Pelzer, Elise, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Shield, I., Yates, N., Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Agro-Systèmes Territoires Ressources Mirecourt (ASTER Mirecourt), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Stiftelsen for INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning [Trondheim] (SINTEF), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas [Madrid] (CIEMAT), Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Agronomie, AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa], Rothamsted Research, Stiftelsen for INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning Digital [Trondheim] (SINTEF Digital), and Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP)

Subjects
culture énergétique, chaine d'approvisionnement, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], biomasse, optimisation, durabilité, biomass, supply chain, optimization, energy crop, sustainability
Abstract

Des chaînes d'approvisionnement en biomasse respectueuses de l'environnement et économiquement compétitives sont un facteur clé de succès pour le développement de la bio-économie. Or Celui-ci est susceptible d'être entravé par la pénurie potentielle de biomasse lignocellulosique, matière première la plus demandée pour fabriquer des produits bio-sources. Des technologies innovantes pour la gestion des cultures, la récolte de biomasse et leur prétraitement, le stockage et le transport offrent de nombreuses possibilités pour augmenter l'offre en biomasse tout en réduisant les coûts et en minimisant les impacts négatifs sur l'environnement. Trois récents projets européens visaient à développer de telles technologies, l'ensemble des chaînes logistiques, et à évaluer leur viabilité et durabilité. Les sources de biomasse étudiées incluaient les rémanents forestiers, les résidus d'arboriculture ainsi que des cultures lignocellulosiques annuelles, pérennes et ligneuses. Des filières existantes dans différentes régions d'Europe ont servi de cas d'étude en vraie grandeur et de support pour des démonstrations à l'échelle commerciale. Les principaux verrous identifiés concernent le stockage de biomasse et la phase de production pour les cultures dédiées, et des leviers d'amélioration portant sur la densification de la biomasse, le développement de systèmes de récolte plus efficaces et les systèmes de production de biomasse ont permis de réduire les coûts, la consommation d'énergie et les émissions de gaz à effet de serre., Cost-efficient, environmental-friendly and socially sustainable biomass supply chains are urgently needed to achieve the 2020 and 2030 targets of the European Union. Optimized logistics are a key factor of success for bio-based value-chains, and there is currently ample room for improvement. Innovative techniques for crop management, biomass harvesting and pre-treatment, storage and transport offer a prime avenue to increase biomass supply while keeping costes down and minimizing adverse environmental impacts. This communication will draw on results from recent projects funded by the European Commission on the development of new or improved technologies for logistics chains, encompassing energy crops, forest and agricultural residues. It includes an assessment of their sustainability at supply-area level for small to large-scale bio-based projects. The main bottlenecks of logistics reside in storage capacity and feedstock production, and some promising avenues to alleviate include legume-lignocellulosics mixtures, decentralized densification via briquetting, more efficient harversting systems and a widening of harvesting time windows. In a case-study in Burgundy, reduction in costs of more than 30% could be achieved with these options, along with an abatement of 10 to 20 % of greenhouse gas emissions.

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2017
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63. Improving logistics for biomass supply from energy crops in Europe: Main results from the Logist'EC Project

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Gabrielle, Benoit, Flatberg, Truls, Perrin, Aurélie, Wohlfahrt, Julie, Bjørkwoll, Thor, Echevarria Goni, Inès, Van Der Linden, Raimo, Loyce, Chantal, Pelzer, Elise, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Shield, Ian, Yates, Nicola, Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Technology and Society, Departement of Applied Economics, Stiftelsen for INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning Digital [Trondheim] (SINTEF Digital), AgroParisTech, Agro-Systèmes Territoires Ressources Mirecourt (ASTER Mirecourt), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Biomass Department, Natioanl Renewable Energy Centre (CENER), Biomass & Energy Efficiency Unit, Bioenergy Group, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Agronomie, Institute of Life Sciences, Field Crops and Bioenergy, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Agro-Ecology, Rothamsted Research, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), LOGISTEC, European Project: 311858, Stiftelsen for Industriell og Teknisk Forskning (SINTEF), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, biomass, 020209 energy, étude de cas, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 05 social sciences, 02 engineering and technology, pretreatment, harvesting, energy crop, 7. Clean energy, logistic, biomass supply chain, 12. Responsible consumption, culture énergétique, case study, sustainability assessment, 13. Climate action, 050501 criminology, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, biomasse, miscanthus, logistique, optimization, 0505 law
Abstract

Cost-efficient, environmental-friendly and socially sustainable biomass supply chains are urgently needed to achieve the 2020 targets of the Strategic Energy Technologies-Plan of the European Union, which are likely to be impeded by the potential scarcity of lignocellulosic biomass from agriculture. Innovative techniques for crop management, biomass harvesting and pre-treatment, storage and transport offer a prime avenue to increase biomass supply while keeping costs down and minimizing adverse environmental impacts. The LogistEC project aimed at developing new or improved technologies for all steps of the logistics chains, and to assess their sustainability at supply-area level for small to large-scale bio-based projects. It encompassed all types of lignocellulosic crops: annual and pluri-annual crops, perennial grasses, and short-rotation coppice, and included pilot- to industrial-scale demonstrations, in particular around 2 existing bioenergy and biomaterials value-chains in Europe (in Eastern France and Southern Spain). This paper reviews the main results obtained in the project on the main components of logistics chains, regarding feedstock production systems, harvesting and post-harvest handling, storage, densification and pre-treatment of biomass. The information and tools delivered by the project provides a first step to guide in incremental improvements as well as systemic changes in biomass feedstock supply chains from energy crops., Proceedings of the 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 1-4 June 2015, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1-5

Published
2015
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64. The overseeding of two cool-season legumes (Hedysarum coronariumL. and Trifolium incarnatumL.) on switchgrass (Panicum virgatumL.) mature stands increased biomass productivity.

Author

Mantino, Alberto, Giannini, Vittoria, Tozzini, Cristiano, Bonari, Enrico, and Ragaglini, Giorgio

Subjects
SWITCHGRASS, ENERGY crops, PANICUM, AGRICULTURAL productivity, LEGUMES, CLOVER
Abstract

In the Mediterranean rainfed systems, perennial warm-season grasses are profitable crops for the production of herbage as forage or feedstock for bioenergy purposes. During summer, when the production of cool-season crops is scarce, warm-season grasses can improve the productivity and stability of forage cropping systems. In Italy, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) can be cultivated for herbage production or as energy crop. The objective of this work was evaluating if relay intercropping with cool-season legumes could be suited to convert a mature stand of switchgrass from energy to dual, energy and forage, production, together with improving the productivity and the quality of the harvestable biomass. All these things considered, a field experiment was carried out in Central Italy, on mature stands of two switchgrass varieties, Alamo and Blackwell, overseeded with two legumes: sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) and crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.). The intercropping system was compared with fertilized and un-fertilized pure switchgrass stands. After two years of study, data showed that the intercropping increased the total above ground biomass (AGB) productivity. In the second year, the increase in total AGB production for switchgrass mixtures compared with the pure stands was greater for sulla, a biennial legume, than crimson clover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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65. How to improve the performance of biomass supply chains from energy crops in Europe? An overview of the Logist’EC project

Author

Gabrielle, Benoit, Perrin, Aurélie, Wohlfahrt, Julie, Flatberg, Truls, Bjorkvoll, Thor Harald, Echevarria Goni, Inès, Sanchez, David, Van Der Linden, Raimo, Loyce, Chantal, Pelzer, Elise, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Shield, Ian, Yates, Nicola, Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Agro-Systèmes Territoires Ressources Mirecourt (ASTER Mirecourt), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), SINTEF Technology and Society, Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT), Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Agronomie, AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Rothamsted Research, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Association of Applied Biologists. GBR., and ProdInra, Archive Ouverte

Subjects
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], boimass logistics, biomass supply chains, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], energy crops, pretreatment, harvesting, sustainability assesment, optimization
Abstract

Communication orale, texte intégral; Cost-efficient, environmental-friendly and socially sustainable biomass supply chains are urgently needed to achieve the 2020 and 2030 targets of the European Union. Innovative techniques for crop management, biomass harvesting and pre-treatment, storage and transport offer a prime avenue to increase biomass supply while keeping costs down and minimizing adverse environmental impacts. The LogistEC project funded by the European Commission aimed at developing new or improved technologies for all steps of the logistics chains, and to assess their sustainability at supply-area level for small to large-scale biobased projects. It encompassed all types of lignocellulosic crops: annual and pluri-annual crops, perennial grasses, and short-rotation coppice, and included pilot- to industrial-scale demonstrations. This communication reviews the main results obtained during the project, along the different steps of biomass supply chains. Integration of these innovations into supply chains increased their environmental performance by up to 20%.

Published
2015

66. Optimizing the harvesting of Miscanthus x giganteus: The effect of harvest time and system of biomass cost

Author

Ragaglini, Giorgio, Perrin, Aurélie, Villani, Ricardo, Tozzini, Cristiano, Gabrielle, Benoit, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Santa Anna, Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, and Association of Applied Biologists. GBR.

Subjects
[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Harvest, Miscanthus, Biomass, [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
Abstract

Optimizing the harvesting of Miscanthus x giganteus: The effect of harvest time and system of biomass cost. Biomass and Energy Crops V

Published
2015

69. Steel and biodiversity: a promising alliance

Author

Peters, Klaus, primary, Colla, Valentina, additional, Moonen, Anna Camilla, additional, Branca, Teresa Annunziata, additional, Moretto, Deny Del, additional, Ragaglini, Giorgio, additional, Delmiro, Vanesa Maria Menendez, additional, Romaniello, Lea, additional, Carler, Sophie, additional, Hodges, Jennifer, additional, Bullock, Matthew, additional, and Malfa, Enrico, additional

Published
2017
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80. Steel and biodiversity: a promising alliance.

Author

Peters, Klaus, Colla, Valentina, Moonen, Anna Camilla, Branca, Teresa Annunziata, Moretto, Deny Del, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Delmiro, Vanesa Maria Menendez, Romaniello, Lea, Carler, Sophie, Hodges, Jennifer, Bullock, Matthew, and Malfa, Enrico

Subjects
BIODIVERSITY, HUMAN genetic variation, INDUSTRIALIZATION, CONSTRUCTION materials, TRANSPORTATION
Abstract

The term “Biodiversity” derives from a contraction of “biological diversity” and commonly refers to a measure of the variety of organisms, which are present in different ecosystems, by considering genetic variation, ecosystem variation, or species variation within an area, biome, or planet. Biodiversity is receiving an ever-increasing attention at many levels of European society as well as from many industrial sectors, and a variety of actions are being put in place in order to protect, preserve and increase it. The present paper provides examples of the capabilities and potentials of the steel sector with respect to biodiversity. In effect, steel is a valuable and fundamental structural material in order to develop measures and systems for protection of biodiversity. On the other hand, biodiversity can represent for the steel industry not only a heritage to preserve, but, through its functional traits, it can become an opportunity, offering an ecosystem’s perspective to all industrial companies. In the paper, steel relevant topics and applications are analyzed leading to the conclusion that biodiversity should be exploited and can play a role with potentially relevant benefits both for the company and for local communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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85. Considering pedoclimatic effects on N2O accounting in LCA of Faba beans and cereals

Author

Goglio, Pietro, Colnenne-David, Caroline, Di Bene, Claudia, Bosco, Simona, Laville, Patricia, Doré, Thierry, Roche, Romain, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Mazzoncini, Marco, Gabrielle, Benoit, Bonari, Enrico, Environnement et Grandes Cultures (EGC), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Agronomie, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa], Centro di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali Enrico Avanzi (CIRAA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), and Doré, Thierry

Subjects
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2012

86. Effect of weather conditions on N2O emission patterns during winter cereal cultivation in two different climatic regions

Author

Goglio, Pietro, Colnenne-David, Caroline, di bene, claudia, bosco, simona, Laville, Patricia, Decuq, Céline, Grandeau, Gilles, Gueudet, Jean Christophe, Ragaglini, Giorgio, Doré, Thierry, Mazzoncini, Marco, Gabrielle, Benoit, Bonari, Enrico, Environnement et Grandes Cultures (EGC), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Agronomie, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa], Centro di Ricerche Agro-Ambientali Enrico Avanzi (CIRAA), Doré, Thierry, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, and Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP)

Subjects
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience

Published
2012

97. Evaluation of Switchgrass (Panicum Virgatum L.) Suitability under the Mediterranean Environmental Conditions: Preliminary Results

Author

NASSI O DI NASSO, Nicoletta, Lasorella, Maria Valentina, Tozzini, Cristiano, Ragaglini, Giorgio, and Bonari, Enrico

Subjects
Biomass
Abstract

This work describes part of the research activities conducted within the ENERPAN project. The main aim of the project is to increase the agronomic and physiological knowledge concerning the suitability of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) genotypes for energy use in the Mediterranean environment. Our research activity focused on investigating different crop management systems, in order to optimize switchgrass biomass production. Three field trials were carried out in spring 2010: (i) six switchgrass varieties were compared assessing their morphological and physiological responses to the Mediterranean environmental conditions; (ii) two switchgrass varieties were studied to investigate the influence of water and nitrogen level on crop yield, (iii) the sustainability of switchgrass cropping system was evaluated, at farm level for two different switchgrass varieties (e.g. production, energy balance, GHG emission etc.). Preliminary results on biomass yield response to the environmental conditions and to crop management seem to show a good suitability of some switchgrass varieties to our environment with promising biomass productions. Furthermore, nitrogen and water levels seems to affect switchgrass yield. Our results referred just to the first year of growth, for this reason, further studies are needed to evaluate switchgrass performances in the long term and to estimate the crop cycle length of this perennial species in our climate., Proceedings of the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 6-10 June 2011, Berlin, Germany, pp. 615-618

Published
2011

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