“The agriculture of the third millennium:win-win sustainable innovativetechnologies for the green economy”.

Lecturer:Prof. Alessandro Arioli

Agronomist

Provost atSt. John International University

New Hampshire (USA)

Chair Department of

Environmental and Social Sciences

Italy Campus of Vinovo (IT)

THE FORESTRY, FOOD, FEED & FUEL VILLAGE PROJECT

THROUGH NEW FORESTRY & FARMING TECHNOLOGIES

Turin, 18th-19th May 2015.Workshop on Biorigenerative Space Systems

Lecturer: Alessandro ArioliRector at St. John International University, New Hampshire (USA)

Chair, Department of Environmental and Social SciencesChair, Research and Development DivisionItaly Campus, Castello Della Rovere, Vinovo (To)

Personal Mobile Phone: +39 366 8627554E-mail : a.arioli@sjiu.it istariol@tin.it www.sjiu.itSkype: alessandro.arioli2

TITLE: “The agriculture of the third millennium: wi n-win sustainable innovative technologies for the g reen economy”.AbstractThe present horizons of the “agriculture of the third millennium” show new scenarios of integration and synergy among different sciences, which contribute to create an “holistic” approach to the global challenges “worldwide food security”.This integration takes inspiration from the gloCal approach (“think global, act local”), in the aim of developing new tools for the implementation of new technologies in the agricultural sector, which is traditionally “low permeable” to scientific innovation.These new technologies allow territorial stakeholders to adapt the traditional supply-chains to some of the most important challenges of the third millennium: (i) the food security above all; (ii) the climatic change, (iii) the water conservation, (iv) the calibration of low-impact technologies, (v) the application of sustainable biotechnologies, (vi) the customization of energy production from renewable sources.Our report for the workshop represents a wide outlook of the main topics of the sustainable development through a win-win new international agricultural behaviour, whereas the concept of sustainability is shared among scientific, technical, economical, ecological and social-rural contributions.

MAIN ITEMSThe use of calibrated flying drones for specific agricultural, forestry and ecological applications.Planning, prototypes and handcraft-made equipment for the innovative “PSM-Crop system“, alias “Polymeric Soil Mulching in extended herbaceous crops with accelerated bio-degradability of plastic consumables”, for high yield of summer crops without irrigation and/or through water conservation (“dry farming approach”).Implementation of drip irrigation systems with fertirrigation, using dedicated new biotechnological consumables for vegetableplants including mychorrizae and rhizo-sphere bacteria.Production of heating and electric power through innovative “cement-free micro-units” for anaerobic digestion, with residual feedstock: organic wastes, agro-industrial residues, agricultural by-products: installed electric power from 5 to 20 kWe containerized units.Holistic planning for small rural communities, with self-sufficiency in terms of food, feed and no-food production: 100% food security goals, 100% energy security goals through “The Village Project Proposal” for Developing Countries and insulated Communities.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Istituto di Ricercadi Dott. Arioli & C. S.a.s.

Prof. Alessandro M. Arioli

Turin (Italy)

THE ACTORS OF KNOW-HOW TRANSFER FOR THE HOLISTIC PROPOSALOF «THE VILLAGE PROJECT»

CHRONOROGRAMME OF THE FIRST 18 MONTHS OF “LIFE VALLE Y” VILLAGE PROJECT PROPOSAL

MONTH,PROGRESSIVE

► 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

PROJECT PHASE▼

PHASE-1

PHASE-2

PHASE-3

PHASE-4 ►

PHASE-5 ►

PHASE-6

REALIZATION OF

INNOVATRIVE

PROTOCOLS AND

SCHEMES

THROUGH

ISO 26000 / SA 8000

INTERNATIONAL

STANDARDS WITH

RELATED

KNOW-HOW

TRANSFER

START-UP AND

MANAGEMENT

OF FOOD

PROCESSING +

TRAINING +

SPREADING +

DIDACTIC

FARMING

SYTART-UP

OF

PRODUCTIVE

CROP

CYCLES

REALIZATION OF

PROTECTIVESTRUCTURES

TERRITORIAL

ASSESSMENT

INCLUDING

«DrAsAs»

(Drone

Assisted

Assessment)

and LCA (life

Cycle

Assessment)

FEASIBILITY

STUDY OF

«LIFE VALLEY»

PHASE-1 PHASE-2 PHASE-3 PHASE-4 PHASE-5 PHASE-6

Isole Eolie

THE TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS

GELA

PROVINCE OF CALTANISSETTA

TYPICAL RURAL SCENARIO OF THE SICILIAN HINTERLAND

THE FORESTRY, FOOD, FEED & FUEL VILLAGE PROJECT

THROUGH NEW FORESTRY & FARMING TECHNOLOGIES

Prof. ALESSANDRO ARIOLI Provost

Chair Department of Environmental

and Social Sciences

100 species

provide 90% of

human nutrition

Vegetable Bio-diversity :from Forest- to Agro- bio-diversity

AGRO-BIODIVERSITY10,000 species

vascularplants

250,000

BIODIVERSITY5-50 million total living species

20 staple cropsof global strategic

importance

( 10,000 ediblespecies and

wild relatives )

Eample of NON SUSTAINABLE PLANNING

A tropical forest in South America, substituted with GMO soybean crops

( Mato Grosso, Brasil )

SUPPLY-CHAINS AND CLUSTERS: THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS FOR THE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE “VILLAGE PROJECT” FOR THE “GLOCAL(*)”

PHYLOSOPHY OF THE GREEN ECONOMY

The typical supply-chainis structured, like the rings of a chain, in a subsequent one-way flow with a univocal direction “from farm to fork”.This element is common food, feed and no-food supply-chains.The relationships between two subsequent phases are one-way only:

The typical cluster structure shows the interactions between and among the different supply-chains and the elementary phases of any supply-chain.

The relationships between and among the different phases and/or supply-chains allow the holistic

results typical of the synergistic added value of the “cluster projects”.

GLOCAL (*) = “think global and act local” represents the funding concept of the green economy, which refers to

the availability of general win-win concepts aplicable and customized to local scale.

2-D3-D

OIL-CAKES

( FEEDSTUFF )AGRICULTURE

FOR FOOD

AND ENERGY

THE INTERACTIONS AMONG THE DIFFERENT SUPPLY-CHAINS CREATING THE CLUSTER OF THE VILLAGE PROJECT

The “Village Project” for the African Rural Communities shows the synergistic integration among the 3 typical supply-chainscreating a main cluster :1) the agricultural plots for food

production;2) the breeding activities

(zootechny);3) the (re)afforestation

programme.The three supply-chains provide either the main production (food, feed, wood, oils...) or secondary products (oil-cakes, vegetable remains, animal manure...). The interactions among the different supply-chains are shown in the annexed scheme of “multi-chain cluster”.Anyway, any single supply-chain (vegetable production, forestry, animal breeding) is self-sufficient when the planning is carefully customized with the yet existing territorial characteristics.

“0”seeds

1

28

7

6

5

4

3

THE MACRO-CLUSTER STRUCTURE FOR THE RURAL COMMUNITY

THE GENETIC SOURCE SECURITY FOR TEH LOCAL BIODIVERSITY

THE STRATEGIC CENTRAL “VILLAGE PROJECT” INCLUDING SEEDS SELECTION / PRODUCTION /

REPRODUCTION, IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER VILLAGE PROJECTS OF THE SAME AGRO-

ENVIRONMENTAL RURAL COMMUNITY - A REAL APPLICATION OF THE “GLOCAL” APPROACH

The “macro-cluster structure of the local network of “Village Projects” for t typical Rural Communities reflects the characteristics of the local territory, such as1) Geographical factors2) Pedological aspects3) Water resources4) Logistical elements5) Anthropological factors6) Ethnic composition7) Cultural factors8) Limiting factorsThe most important limiting technical factor consists in the seeds availability as the main reference for the improvement of the performances of vegetable productions.So, the “zero” Village Project must be focalized to the goal of the territorial self-sufficiency of self-multiplied seeds.The modular dimensions of the single Village Projects vary from 600 to 5.000 Ha of arable land, plus bordering new afforestation.

THE VILLAGE PROJECT CHRONOLOGYProgressive project implementation of innovative sust ainable rural development, 3 years

100 Ha

Planning = 2ND year of extended Village Project: herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (Standard Full Scale Module implementation) = « # 7 modular rural units » .

5.896,00 Ha

100 Ha

Planning = 3RD year of extended Village Project: herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (Standard Full Scale Module implementation) = « # 8 modular rural units » .

Total surface of full-scale rural development at th e end of 3 RD year = 11.792,00 Ha

100 Ha

Planning = year-1 new farming, 737,00 Ha demonstrative herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (NOTE: including the University Campus’ Farming): « # 1 modular rural unit » .

737,00 Ha

5.159,00 Ha

The service pack: SQUADRON®™ SERVICES

Service Quality in Assessment through Drones

PRECISION FARMING, AGRICULTURE, AFFORESTATION, LIVE STOCK,

ENVIRONMENT, MONITORING, SPRAYING, SECURITY …

“The AGRO -DRONES” UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Pilot-less Aviation

THE FLYING DRONES FLEET OF THE CONSORTIUM

Our Monitoring & Mapping Drone technology

The top performing Drones of NOWLANDING GROUP

The top performing Drones of NOWLANDING GROUP

� Data Geo-Location

� Characterizing variability

� Decision-making = two strategies for dealingwith variability

The Three Stages of Drone Monitoring

The top performing Drones of NOWLANDING GROUP

HELI-DRONES for NOWLANDING TM

AGRO & FORESTRY SPRAYFlying Spray unitfor Agricultural Low Impactand Precision Farming

The top performing Drones of NOWLANDING GROUP

MAIZE CROPS WITHOUT

IRRIGATION OR WITH

MINIMUM WATER SUPPLY

COUPLING BIODEGRADABLE

STARCH-MULCHING WITH DRIP

FERTIRRIGATION IN MAIZE CROPS IN

ARID AND HEMI-ARID FARMS

EVIDENT RESULTS OF INOCULATION OF MYCHORRIZAE AND RHYZO-BACTERIA

(Berta, Arioli & Team – University of Eastern Piedmont, Tortona 2007)

C = witnessB = inoculated with rhyzo-bacteriaM = inoculated with mychorrizedBM = inoculated with rhyzo-bacteria + mychorrizae

INVOLVED GENETICS

OF SOIL BACTERIA FOR THE ORGANIC FERTILITYIMPROVEMENT AND DISEASES PREVENTION:

• Pseudomonas spp.• Azospirillum spp.• Burkholderia spp.• Bacillus spp.• Enterobacter spp.• Serratia spp.• Alcaligenes spp.• Arthrobacter spp.• Acinetobacter spp.• Flavobacterium spp.

C = witness

B = inoculated with rhyzo-bacteria

M = inoculated with mychorrizae

BM = inoculated with rhyzo-bacteria + mychorrizae

EVIDENT RESULTS OF INOCULATION OF MYCHORRIZAE AND RHYZO-BACTERIA

(Berta, Arioli & Team – University of Eastern Piedmont, Tortona 2007)

THE FORESTRY, FOOD, FEED & FUEL VILLAGE PROJECT

THROUGH NEW FORESTRY & FARMING TECHNOLOGIES

THE VILLAGE PROJECT CHRONOLOGY FOR A TYPICAL GLO CAL APPROACHProgressive project implementation of innovative sust ainable rural development, 3 years

100 Ha

Planning = 2ND year of extended Village Project: herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (Standard Full Scale Module implementation) = « # 7 modular rural units » .

5.896,00 Ha

100 Ha

Planning = 3RD year of extended Village Project: herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (Standard Full Scale Module implementation) = « # 8 modular rural units » .

Total surface of full-scale rural development at th e end of 3 RD year = 11.792,00 Ha

100 Ha

Planning = year-1 new farming, 737,00 Ha demonstrative herbaceous crops, arboreus crops and livestock (NOTE: including the University Campus’ Farming): « # 1 modular rural unit » .

737,00 Ha

5.159,00 Ha

GROUND-NUT

Seeds tons/Ha

Oil content %

Oil x Ha, tons

44-48

VILLAGE PROJECT

The territorial mix of edible oil crops for the sustaiable development: oils for food and biofuels, oil-cakes for feedstuff

33-38

2,2-4,3

0,8-1,5

33-38

1,5-3,8

0,5-1,33

The supply chain……

VILLAGE PROJECT

The territorial mix of edible oil crops for the sustaiable development: oils for food and biofuels, oil-cakes for feedstuff

FLOWSHEET FOR “VILLAGE PROJECT” – THE VEGETABLE OIL SUPPLY CHAIN

Moringa oleifera, Gouund-nut, Sunflower

crops & harvest

Oleaginous crops :seeds cold squeezing(products = oil + oil-cake)

OIL-CAKE

SEEDS

Esters(BIO-DIESEL) = ∼ 87-89%

GLYCERINE = ∼ 11-13%TRANS-ESTERIFICATION

BIOGASBIOGASBIOGASBIOGAS

FEEDSTUFF

OIL

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION

FILTRATION

AND

SEPARATION

CO-GENERATION ENGINE,

USING VEGETABLE OILS

OIL CAKE

OIL EXTRACTION

GRAINS (OILSEEDS)SCHEME OF

SUBSEQUENT PHASES

OF MECHANICAL

SOLVENT-FREE

EXTRACTION OF

VEGETABLE OILS AND

PRODUCTION OF OIL

FOR FOOD, BIODIESEL

AND OIL-CAKES FOR

FEEDSTUFF

TRANS-ESTERIFICATION

FOR

BIODIESEL

PRODUCTION

Solar poweredW

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ER

Fish product

SOIL

WATER SOURCE

THE SUPPLY-CHAIN OF THE FISH

TILAPIA NILOTICA

OIL-CAKES

GRAINS

Tilapia nilotica for fish-breeding

OILS

FEEDSTUFF FOR FISH- BREEDING

FISH-BREEDING OF TILAPIA NILOTICA: A STRATEGIC FOOD FOR S.A.D.C.

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• View of 2 complete squeezing “Family Lines, 100% AISI 304 stainless steel, for small communities and craftsmanlike production.

• Including storing box of 3 sectors, press-filter (mm 200x200) and one x 100 lt storage tank.

• About 60 kg/hour of dry seeds and 20 kg/hour oil

production + 40 kg/hour of

pelletized feedstuff (oil-cake).

• 4 kWe electric installed power.

• Mono-phase 220 volts available.

• Full respect of CE rules & regulations for work security.

Small machines with mechanical oil refination for cold extraction of vegetableoils (“ready for bottling”) for the Village Project

THE ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER OF THE VILLAGE PROJECT :

A BIO-MECHANICAL RUMINANT

TO CONVERT INTO ELECTRIC AND THERMAL POWER AND BIO-FERTILIZER

THE RESIDUES OF THE SLAUGHTER HOUSES OF THE VILLAGE

TO CONVERT INTO ELECTRIC AND THERMAL POWER AND BIO-FERTILIZER THE RESIDUAL BLACK WATER (URBAN

SEWAGE) FROM THE VILLAGE

TO CONVERT INTO ELECTRIC AND THERMAL POWER AND BIO-FERTILIZER THE RESIDUAL MANURE AND SEWAGE

FROM ANIMAL BREEDING OF THE VILLAGE

TO CONVERT INTO ELECTRIC AND THERMAL POWER AND BIO-FERTILIZER THE RESIDUAL STOVERS AND RAPIERS

FROM THE VEGETABLE CROPS (E.G. MAIZE) OF THE VILLAGE

THE ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER: A BIO-MECHANICAL RUMINAN T

Biogaz (50-60% Methane)

Bio-grinder/refiner

Hopper for charging the system

Primary digester

Secondary digester

Digested residue

BIODIGESTER:

a bio-mechanical plant integrated with the agricultural supply chain, which valorizes primary and secondary vegetable matters of the agro-zootechnical chain, transformed through an anaerobic process of bio-fermentation.

RETICULUM

ABOMASUM

OMASUM

MASTICATIONRUMEN

DIGESTED

CASE OF500 kWe

GENERAL PROCESS SCHEME OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FOR PRODUCTION

OF BIOGAS FROM HERBACEOUS MATTER (E.G. MAIZE STOVER AND

RAPIERS), SEWAGE, MANURE, GLYCERINE, SLAUGHTERING RESIDUES

FINAL PRODUCTS ► ELECTRIC POWER, THERMAL POWER, FERTILIZERS

STORAGE TANK

LIQUID SEWAGE

STORAGE

BIOACTIVATION

CO-GENERATIONUNIT

BIOGAZ

PUMP

DIGESTER-1

DIGESTER-2

DIGESTED RESIDUESTORAGE

ORGANIC FERTILIZERS FOR

DISTRIBUTION TO CROPS

( 500 kWe = 10.000 tons / year)

► ELECTRIC ENERGY

► THERMAL ENERGY

STOVERS, RAPIERS AND SILAGE FROM HERBACEOUS

CROPS

▼

Food crops (Maize, Vegetables, Pulses)

Vegetal oil crops (Sunflower, Ground-nut, Jatropha, Moringa )

Dry grains

Dry straw &

cobs

Vegetable Oils( food

& bio-fuels) )

Proteinic & fibre

dry oil-cakeDry

straw

LOCAL FOOD + FEEDSTUFF

RENEWABLE ENERGY

RENEWABLE ENERGY

THE INTEGRATED AGRO-ENERGETIC SYSTEM FOR FOOD + FEEDSTUFF + ENERGETIC CHAIN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN: the amount and distribution of genetic diversity ma intained

by farmers over time and space

Unit = farmer’s unit of diversity management • Traits for distinguishing the unit :

– Origin and source of material– Morphology (young plant, flowering stage,

maturity of fruit on the plant, maturity stage after harvesting)

– Environmental/ecological adaptation (type of soil, resistance to pests, earliness, yield)

– Use (fast cooking, taste, straw)

• What is the farmer’s unit of diversity management (FUD) – is it the cultivar name?

• What characters does a farmer use to distinguish this unit?

• What is the level of consistency between farmers’ units of diversity management (FUD) and genetic distinctiveness?

EXAMPLE: 7 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF SORGHUM.

IT MEANS MORE RESISTANCE & TOLERANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS, PARASITES, NATURAL

SELECTION….

“Diversity for development”“Diversity for development”

ECO-COMPATIBLE & SUSTAINABLE CROPS

CARBON OXIDATION

Carbon fixation

HARVEST + TRANSPORT + STORAGE

PROCESS :CONVERSION

INTO HEAT AND ENERGY

DISTRIBUTION OF HEAT AND ENERGY

BY-PRODUCTS

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON

( CO2 = variable.Actually, 2010-2013 = ~ 380 ppm )

CO2

CYCLE

BIOFUEL FOR VEHICLES

SECONDARY EMISSIONS FROM FOXILE SOURCES

� HEAT� ELECTRIC POWER� MECHANICAL ENERGY

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THROUGH NEW FORESTRY & FARMING TECHNOLOGIES

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ANALYSIS APPLIED TO SOIL AND

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SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT

PLOT

PLANNING

AND

SCHEDULE

• OPTIMIZATION OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

• OPTIMIZATION OF NON-IRRIGATED CROPS

TECHNICAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT FOR NOT-IRRIGATED PLOTS (OPTIMIZATION OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES)

IN FORESTRY & FARMING PROJECTS

Teaching about specific

Hw and Sw

Fertilizers, fertirrigation, crop nutrition, irrigation optimization, pesticides management, fertility increase and maintenance

Planning technologies

Technical lessons, briefings, brainstorming, know-how

transfer

On-the-job Training(practice) …….

…. coupled to theory about SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR

LOCAL AGRO-ECO-SYSTEMS …..

DEDICATED TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR LOCAL TECHNICIANS IN FORESTRY & FARMING PROJECTS

The Italian system “Vallerani-Nardi-New Holland” for arid land mechanical preparation

WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGIES

CECE SYSTÈMESYSTÈME ESTEST TRÈS INDIQUÉTRÈS INDIQUÉ

POUR LAPOUR LA PRÉPARATION DES PRÉPARATION DES

TERRAINS AVANT L’OPÉRATIONTERRAINS AVANT L’OPÉRATION DE DE

SEMIS POUR SEMIS POUR CONSERVERCONSERVER LELE

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NIVEAU DES SYSTÈMES NIVEAU DES SYSTÈMES

RACINAIRES DES PLANTESRACINAIRES DES PLANTES

WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGIES

FOR SOIL PREPARATION IN

ARID, HALF-ARID, SAVANNAH

AND SALTY AREAS.

ENERGY SAVING SYSTEM FOR

REDUCTION OF FUEL

CONSUMPTION AND HIGH

AGRONOMIC EFFICIENCY.

Preface

Artificial irrigation is based on traditions stretching back thousands of years.

During this time, though, the spread and methods of irrigation have changedappreciably. In the early days people were able to content themselves withexploiting the annual flooding of the river banks and at most making slightcorrections to distribute the water more evenly. Alongside this seasonalmethod of irrigation using damming and trickle techniques, long-term andcontinuous irrigation methods have been developed, which for the most partrely on some sort of auxiliary energy. The aim with these is to use water assparingly as possible.

As a result, the efficiency of water use has been considerably improved,accommodating the necessary enlargement of the area of arable land in spiteof limited supplies of water.

Regarding the effect of irrigation, 0.5 m3 of water distributed through dripirrigation or 1 m³ of artificially sprinkled water are equiv alent to 5 m³ whentrickle irrigation is used, or 25 m³ water distributed by mea ns of damming.

GENERAL ITEMS FOR WATER CONSERVATION & ENERGY SAVINGIN HERBACEOUS, ARBOREOUS AND SHRUBBY CROPS

SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION FOR IRRIGATION

ENERGY & WATER REQUIREMENTS OF IRRIGATIONFOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

MICRO-BASINS FOR LOCAL WATER STORAGE

WATER FILTRATION

HEAD OF A SINGLE PLOT

FLOW / PRESSURE REGULATORMANIFOLD

LATERAL

EMITTER

FLOW CONTROL ON/OFF

MAINLINE

FARM WATER SUPPLY

CONTROL HEAD

TOOLS FOR UNDERGROUND

DRIP IRRIGATION

SCHEMES OF DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

Elements of S.D.I. applied to many useful arboreous and shrubby

plants (e.g. Eucalyptus, Poplar, Moringa, Albizia…)

Thanks to Netafim

Thanks to Netafim

MAIZE CROPS WITHOUT

IRRIGATION OR WITH

MINIMUM WATER SUPPLY

COUPLING BIODEGRADABLE

STARCH-MULCHING WITH DRIP

FERTIRRIGATION IN MAIZE CROPS IN

ARID AND HEMI-ARID FARMS

COMBINED MULCHING-&-SOWING MACHINECombined machine for the contemporary application to the soil of the bio-

polimeric biodegradable mulching with direct sowing of maize, cotton, beans,

sunflower, ground-nut and sorghum crops

Zoom over the effect of steam condensation made by the bio-polimeric starch-mulching in dry soil (June, Northern Italy).

The effect is produced by the physical properties of the plastic sheet, whichis permeable to UV rays (provided by the sunlight) and impermeable to IR

rays (emitted by the soil): these characteristics allow water evaporation and superficial steam’s condensation from underground soil layers.

WHITE, YELLOW AND RED MAIZEFOR HUMAN FOOD

Drip irrigation for MAIZE

for human food

(Zea mays indurata )

3 varieties of maize for “polenta-porridge”, pasta and biscuits

MAIZE for human food

(Zea mays indurata)SUNFLOWER

MULTI-PURPOSE OIL CROP

(Helianthus annuus)

Not-irrigated crops = use of biodegradable plastic mulching.

Irrigated crops = use of drip irrigation with fertirrigation.

High-oleic content in new hybrids.

Not irrigated crop.

Sorghum

FOOD & FEEDSTUFF BIOMASSES IN NEW FARMING PROJECTS

MAIZE for feed and no-food

(Zea mays indentata)

for maize silage (animals &

anaerobic digester)

High-fibre content

in new hybrids.

Not irrigated crop,

or drip irrigation.

High quality dwarf tomato for dehydrated tomatoes

GROUND-NUT (Peanuts)

High oleic content.

Drip-irrigated crop.

Dry seeds for human food.

Oil-cake for feedstuff for animal

breeding, oil for food.

Up-to-date at February 2015.

ALESSANDRO ARIOLI,E-mail : a.arioli@sjiu.it istariol@tin.it

Lecturer in Agricultural, Environmental and Ecological sciences.

Professor in agricultural technologies, quality assessment and biomasses at University of Turin (Itay).

Lecturer in innovative technologies for biomasses at University of Eastern Piedmont (Alessandria, Italy).

Chair of the Department of Environmental and Social Sciences, University of New Hampshire (USA) St. John International University,

EU Campus of Vinovo (Italy).

Provost (Rector) of the University of New Hampshire (USA) St. John International University, EU Campus of Vinovo (Italy).

THE LECTURER

Turin, Italy, 19TH May 2015.

The Author is always available for

any further information.

The Lecturer

Prof. Alessandro Arioli

Istituto di Ricercadi Dott. Arioli & C. S.a.s.

Prof. Alessandro M. Arioli

Turin (Italy)

Prof. Alessandro ArioliProvost / Rector

Chair, Department of Environmental and social Sciences

St. John International University, New Hampshire (USA), Italy Campus of Vinovo (Italy)

E-mail 1: a.arioli@sjiu.it

E-mail 2: istariol@tin.it

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