Edukad projektid

eesti keeles / in English

Quantification of ecological services for sustainable agriculture

acronym: QUESSA
start: 2013-02-01
end: 2017-01-31
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: KBBE - Toit, põllumajandus ja biotehnoloogia
instrument: CP-FP - Väikese- ja keskmisemahulised koostööprojektid
call identifier: FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
project number: 311879
duration in months: 48
partner count: 14
 
abstract: The project aims to identify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH), outside and within crops, providing essential ecological services (ES). Vegetation traits will be linked to potential ES provision, case studies will measure actual ES levels and inform models which will show unused opportunities and trade-offs among ES by SNH from habitat to landscape scale. This will be achieved for a range of representative cropping systems and farming intensities in regions dominated by agriculture and matched to the requirements of local and national stakeholders. Surveys will identify key SNH and existing literature will be used to link their vegetation traits to ES provision. ES provision will be measured in existing habitat types (SNH to crop) across economically important cropping systems, farming intensities and four European agro-climatic zones using simple techniques in 16 case studies. A case study is defined by a unique combination of region, crop species, and service. Each case study will concentrate on locally important cropping system and the main ES required. Pollination and pest control have been identified as main ES needed, but also soil fertility, weed control and social services will be considered. The relative socio-economic weight of the studied ecosystem services will be appraised using feedback from national experts using a semi-quantitative method. Data will parameterise spatially explicit models to determine how the vegetation composition, management, shape, area, and placement of SNH in agricultural landscapes affect the distribution of mobile-agent based ecosystem services from farm to landscape level. To investigate synergies and trade-offs in ecological services, multi-criteria analysis will be developed to combine a suite of modules in an integrative modelling framework. Outputs are designed to inform local, national and EU stakeholders on how to improve ES provision from SNH and will include a novel web-based tool.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator GAME AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST UK John Holland http://www.gct.org.uk
2 partner EIDGENOESSISCHES VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT CH Philippe Jeanneret
3 partner WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT NL Rudie Juliens http://www.wageningenuniversiteit.nl/UK/
4 partner SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA IT Roberta Chiordi http://www.sssup.it
5 partner SZENT ISTVAN EGYETEM HU Jozsef Kiss http://www.szie.hu
6 partner ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES DE BORDEAUX AQUITAINE FR Maarten Van Helden http://www.enitab.fr
7 partner JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION EU Romilda Manicolo http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
8 partner THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UK Enda Clarke http://www.ex.ac.uk
9 partner SOLAGRO ASSOCIATION FR Philippe Pointereau http://www.solagro.org
10 partner STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK NL Petra Van Dierman
11 partner Eesti Maaülikool EE Eve Veromann http://www.emu.ee
12 partner UNIVERSITA DI PISA IT Marco Mazzoncini http://www.unipi.it
13 partner UNIVERSITAET KOBLENZ-LANDAU DE Martin Entling
14 partner ESSRG Kft. HU Balázs Bálint