A Hungarian consortium will lead SUSTAINCrop, a 36-month international project, studying development opportunities of a bio-based economy in Europe from June, the project's leaders told MTI.
The new Horizon Europe project will develop tools to compare different crop production systems and assess the environmental and economic impact of renewable plant-based raw materials, including rapeseed, sugar beet, hemp and flax, which playing an increasingly important role in replacing fossil-based raw materials more thoroughly than it has been done before, the statement said.
The project will examine the impacts on land use, water resources, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and future market opportunities. Reliable and comparable data, and scientifically sound results applicable in practice, could support farmers and industrial players in establishing bio-based value chains and making sustainability-driven decisions, they added.
The statement said SUSTAINCrop was also an opportunity for cooperation with Latin America, as partners from Argentina, Guatemala and Colombia are also involved. In Europe, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Germany and Spain are participating. The total cost of the 36-month project is just shy of EUR 2 million, they said.
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