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DESCRIPTION:Agricultural activities are responsible of huge amounts of soli
 d wastes. Agro-residues are a large quantity. Their utilization as a sourc
 e of biomass is a great opportunity in the optic of the spread of the circ
 ular economy model. Among the agro-residues\, those coming from olive grov
 es\, vineyard and fruit plantations can be particularly relevant. Biomass 
 residues from agricultural pruning represent a typical case of agro-residu
 es yearly produced and hardly ever used as a resource for production of en
 ergy\, biochemical or other products. Mismanagement practices and especial
 ly burning of those agricultural waste are very common. These cause seriou
 s human and environmental health problems and threaten food and energy sec
 urity.\nFor a more sustainable and circular approach in agriculture\, agro
 -residues\, as those from pruning\, should not be considered as waste\, bu
 t as a precious resource. To pursue this aim\, there is a need of overcomi
 ng the technical and logistic problems that farmers experience. A proper m
 anagement system for biomass from pruning residues is mandatory.\nThis stu
 dy pretends to contribute to the development of a proper wise collection s
 ystem for agricultural biomass from pruning. The approach based on a terri
 torial analysis using a software GIS is followed.\nAt first\, the study in
 vestigates the types\, production processes and possible optimal sustainab
 le uses of biomass residues\, highlighting the main issues of the most spr
 ead practices. Then\, the objective is to map the production of the agricu
 ltural pruning residues on the territory. The attention is focused on an a
 rea particularly suited to agriculture in the Apulia Region (Italy). By us
 ing pruning indices for each crop and the land use map\, the study manages
  to quantify and localize the pruning residues. Based on this\, the best p
 osition of the collection centres is defined. The obtained maps can be eas
 ily used and updated. The study points out the power of the GIS tools for 
 this purpose. The results of this study represent a first important step t
 owards the improvement of the agro-residues management system and can help
  policymakers and stakeholders to promote more sustainable actions.
DTSTAMP:20260518T025033Z
LOCATION:Sala Biblioteca @ PoliBa
SUMMARY:A GIS-BASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRUNING WASTE MANAGEM
 ENT IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE - Fabiana Convertino\, Evelia Sche
 ttini\, Annachiara Dell'Acqua
URL:https://talks.staging.osgeo.org/foss4g-it-2023/talk/WYHQZZ/
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