7-8 maggio 2009

Centro CongressiPalazzo delle Stelline

Corso Magenta, 71Milano

Urbanizzazione e sicurezza alimentare: alcuni dati sulle

tendenze europee

Ciro Gardi, Claudio Bosco, Ezio Rusco

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONJOINT RESEARCH CENTREInstitute for Environment and SustainabilityLand Management and Natural Hazard UnitSoil Action

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 2

Food scarcity??

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 3

Agricultural productivity in EU

Wheat production EU 27

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Cereals production in Europe is until now, more or less stable, but there are several question marks for the future

• shrinking of agricultural land (soil sealing, soil degradation processes)

• climate change

• competition with bioenergy crops

• the energy incognita(fertilizers, pesticides, etc.)

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 4

Soil sealing in EU

Urbanization in EU 25 1990-2000

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Agricultural land Natural and seminaturalland

Other land uses

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More than 8,000 Km2 of agricultural landhave been lost between 1990 and 2000

(like the area of the Umbria region)

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 5

Losses of agricultural area

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Relative losses of agricultural area

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Soil sealing in EU

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 6

Agricultural productivity loss

Losses of agricultural productivity potential

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The global agricultural productivity loss (EU 20) it has been estimated in 4.5 milions of

tonnes of wheat

Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop 7

Which soils have been lost?

The evaluations presented are based on the avearage productivity of the Nuts 2 units (e.g. italian regions)

Next step of this research will be the evaluation of the specific productivity potential, based on:

• soil type• landform• climate

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Thank you for your attention!