CARBON 4 BIOECONOMY
Agriculture plays an important role in mitigating climate change, as appropriate farming practices can contribute to increasing soil carbon stocks and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, agricultural raw materials can provide an important resource for the development of the bioeconomy. However, carbon farming and the bioeconomy often remain insufficiently connected in practice, while differences in regulations, market conditions and supply chains limit wider cooperation.
Carbon 4 bioeconomy aims at connecting carbon farming and the bioeconomy and promoting the use of low-carbon agricultural practices in the development of new bio-based products and value chains.
Project will develop:
- Transferring, combining and adapting knowledge, methodologies and tools developed through Carbon Farming CE, BIOECO-UP, SOIL4NATURE and RESISOL for further application in carbon farming and the bioeconomy.
- Implementing two pilot actions to test the links between low-carbon agricultural practices and the development of bioeconomy products.
- Exploring opportunities to use agricultural raw materials produced through farming practices with a lower carbon footprint in new bioeconomy value chains.
- Strengthening cooperation between farmers, agricultural advisors, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other stakeholders.
- Identifying market, organisational and regulatory barriers that limit the wider uptake of the developed solutions.
- Preparing joint recommendations and an action plan to support the further development of carbon farming and the bioeconomy and the integration of these approaches into future agricultural policies.
- Transferring project results into practice through knowledge exchange, stakeholder engagement and communication activities.
Carbon 4 Bioeconomy brings together, builds on and transfers into practice the results of four previous European projects:
- Carbon Farming CE (Interreg Central Europe), which developed and tested carbon farming techniques, business models and approaches to monitoring soil carbon sequestration.
- BIOECO-UP (Interreg Central Europe), which promoted the development of the circular bioeconomy, new bio-based value chains and supporting policies.
- SOIL4NATURE (Interreg Hungary–Slovakia), which focused on integrated soil management practices.
- RESISOL (Interreg Austria–Czechia), which focused on improving soil resilience to climate change.
By combining the results of all four projects, Carbon 4 Bioeconomy aims to demonstrate how farming practices that contribute to soil carbon sequestration can also provide raw materials for the development of new bioeconomy products. The project will contribute to more effective use of existing solutions, create new opportunities for cooperation between agriculture and the bioeconomy, and support the long-term adoption of sustainable practices across central Europe.
Project duration: 1 October 2026 – 30 September 2028
Partners:
- Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (KIS), Slovenia
- Bio Forschung Austria, Austria
- Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute (IUNG-PIB), Poland
- Bioeconomy Cluster, Slovakia
- Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), Slovenia
- Institute for Circular Economy (I.C.E.), Croatia
- Ministry for the Living Environment (Élő Környezetért Felelős Minisztérium), Hungary
Total project budget: EUR 1,124,900.00
Interreg funding: EUR 899,920.00
Partner budget: EUR 131,950.00
ERDF co-financing for the partner: EUR 105,560.00
Partner's own contribution: EUR 26,390.00
The CARBON 4 BIOECONOMY project is co-funded by the European Union through the Interreg Interreg Central Europe programe.
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Carbon Farming CE
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