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• Agronomical benefits
• Enhanced nutrient self-sufficiency
• Efficient nutrient mangement
• New sources of income from energy sales
• Better price from the products
• Social aspects
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Stakeholder benefits
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• Reduced nutrient loading
• Soil carbon sequestration
• Alternative fuel sources
• Reduction in fossil fuel use
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Environmental benefits
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• The projects runs for 2015-2016
• Responsible partner: University of Helsinki
• Project partner: Natural Resources Institute Finland
• Funded by the Ministry of Environment (RAKI-
projects)
• Project coordinator: Kari Koppelmäki
(kari.koppelmaki@helsinki.fi)
• http://blogs.helsinki.fi/palopuronsymbioosi
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Palopuro acroecological
symbiosis project
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• Model for farm-scale biogas production
• Economic and technological solutions
• New funding instruments
• Environmental impact assessment
• Model of nutrient and energy flow
• Qualitative inquiry into process of healing metabolic
rift
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Future work
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What is Agroecological symbiosis
- Agrocology describes here ecologically, economically and socially sustainable food system based on ecosystem services and symbiosis is about cooperastion
In Palopuro case this means that we are devoloping and implementing localised agrifood system what is based on recyling nutrients locally and producing renewable energy from locally available biomasses. Also the local community is involved.
Knehtilä farm is the centre of this symbiosis . Cereal farm
Organic egg production started few months ago in neighbour farm. Feed production and manure management are integrated with production of Knehtilä farm
‘In term of biophysical aspects the vegetable farms are small contributers but introduce increased biodiversity to farming system and integrate increased social inner action.
- The bakery, Samsara, is moving their production to the farm next year. After that all the baking quality grain from the Knehtilä would be milled and baked to bread by Samsara bakery.
To produce renewable energy for the local use and for sale, the green manure leys are planned to use as a source of biogas together with horse and chicke manure
There are also plans for gasification of low-value wood biomass with the side product biochar to be used as a soil enhancement material
Part of th biogas would be used locally in the bakery, farm machinery and CHP production and part could be sold as fuel for passanger cars. This model is still developing.
The residue from the biogas production would be used as a organic fertilize enhancing the productivity in organic farming.
The products from the symbiosis are sold locally and regionally
Better price from the products
Higher processing rate
Direct sales
Social aspects
Cooperation with customers