Project objectives:

• To mobilise the large biomass potential from fragmented private owned forests and from agricultural land by increasing the co-operation among farmers and forest owners,
• To integrate the agricultural and forestry sector into the energy market as raw material supplier (e.g. woodchips) or as energy supplier (e.g. bio heat) and
• To stimulate local and trans-national exchange of experiences and know-how transfer.

Description of project activities:

• Spreading of Best Practice, mainly from Austria and Italy
• Description of best practice examples
• General description of the bioenergy market in selected countries and the involvement of farmers and forest owners in the sectors heat, electricity and transportation fuels from biomass,
• Successful experiences to promote the use of bioenergy among farmers and forest owners,
• Experiences of farmers and forest owners as biomass suppliers (e.g. woodchips, rape seed, liquid manure) for energy purposes,
• Successful models to promote the farmer and forest owner not only as raw material supplier but also as energy supplier (e.g. a farmer co-operative sells heat instead of woodchips),

• Dissemination of best practice booklets
• Farmers and Forest Owners as Heat Sellers
• Biofuel Production by Farmers
• Green Electricity Production by Farmers
• Training courses
• Workshops
• Study tours
• Regional bioenergy coordinators
• Specific dissemination activities (e.g. internet, articles, press conferences, lectures, fairs)

Project Budget:

For more information see project web page www.agriforenergy.com.