Le projet pilote de ferme à bilan énergétique positif et les complémentarités productions animales et végétales

Abstract

Since 2006, the « Grignon Energie Positive » programme, based at the experimental farm of AgroParisTech in Grignon, has dealt with the capacity of agriculture to adapt to energy and climate issues. The project has focused on farm system management tools and has enabled to test the environmental efficiency of some farming practices. It has also tackled communication issues associated to changes in farming systems. In 4 years, this project has enabled the achievement of significant improvements in the environmental performance of Grignon Farm, with respect to its fossil energy consumptions and its greenhouse gas emissions. A number of levers for environmental improvement in crop as well as in livestock production have been proven to be efficient.

Keywords

• agriculture
• energy
• climatic impact environmental performance