VitiCaSe LIFE project aims to develop an incentive-based carbon farming mechanism which allows farmers and land managers to generate carbon credits by storing organic carbon or by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
In particular the project will pursue the following objectives:
- Define agronomic practices and cultivation techniques to increase the storage of organic carbon in the soils of vineyards.
- Estimate the carbon credits generated in the vineyards (compared to business-as-usual) through ad-hoc IT technologies.
- Develop specific monitoring and verifying procedures to allow third-party certification of the carbon credits generated in the vineyards.
- Test the sale of carbon credits in voluntary markets. Credits will be sold by farmers and acquired by companies wanting to offset their CO2 emissions.
Thematic areas
Business dimension Carbon farming© European Union, 2024. Image sources: Adobe.Stock.com