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Urbanizzazione e sicurezza
alimentare: alcuni dati sulle
tendenze europee
Ciro Gardi, Claudio Bosco, Ezio Rusco
7-8 maggio 2009
Centro Congressi
Palazzo delle Stelline
Corso Magenta, 71
Milano
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Land Management and Natural Hazard Unit
Soil Action
Food scarcity??
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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Agricultural productivity in EU
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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Cereals production in Europe is until now, more or less
stable, but there are several question marks for the future
Wheat production EU 27
• shrinking of agricultural land
160000
140000
• climate change
• competition with bioenergy crops
• the energy incognita
(fertilizers, pesticides, etc.)
Cereald yield (1000 t)
(soil sealing, soil degradation processes)
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Soil sealing in EU
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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Urbanization in EU 25 1990-2000
10000
8000
More than 8,000 Km2 of agricultural land
have been lost between 1990 and 2000
(like the area of the Umbria region)
Km2
6000
4000
2000
0
Agricultural land
Natural and seminatural
land
Other land uses
Soil sealing in EU
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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Losses of agricultural area
Relative losses of agricultural area
250000
3
200000
2.5
%
Ha
2
150000
1.5
100000
1
50000
0.5
0
0
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AT BE CZ DE EE ES FR GR HU IE IT LT LU LV NL PL PT RO SI SK
Agricultural productivity loss
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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Losses of agricultural productivity potential
1600000
1400000
t of wheat
1200000
1000000
The global agricultural productivity loss
(EU 20) it has been estimated in 4.5 milions of
tonnes of wheat
800000
600000
400000
200000
0
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IE
IT
LT LU LV NL PL PT RO SI SK
Which soils have been lost?
Ispra, 12-14 May 2009 – IRIS Workshop
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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joint research centre
Thank you for your attention!
European Commission
http://eusoils.jrc.it/