This 4-year project aims at promoting the sustainable development of resource-efficient and economically profitable industrial crops grown on marginal lands, considering that industrial crops can provide valuable resources for high added value products and bioenergy.
To achieve the project objective, an up-to-date database of existing resource-efficient industrial crops will be developed with information on their agronomic characteristics, input requirements, yield performance and quality traits for end-use applications.

Protect the environment with your Smartphone!

Download the FotoQuestGo App developed by the International Institut for Applied System Analysis (IIASA)

Every day, around 2.5 million m² of land in Europe are being built upon. These developments create a negative cost for the environment such as increased risk of flooding and loss of food security. The International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) has developed an App called ‘FotoQuest Go’. With ‘FotoQuest Go’ you become a ‘citizen scientist’, documenting the environmental changes and helping researchers around the world to measure and evaluate environmental changes. In MAGIC, this data will help us to validate the marginal land maps that we are producing by having the most up to date information of what is actually growing in the field. You will find all further details by watching the video!

For getting more insight knowledge how the environment in Europe has changed we need your help! Furthermore, you can earn cash prizes of up to three euros for each point you visit!

Learn more about FotoQuest Go

  • MAPS

    The Marginal Land spatial datasets (MAGIC-MAPS) – only available for project partners. Here you can search for a location, zoom in/out, turn on GPS to change background and legends

  • CROPS

    In MAGIC, industrial crops are categorised into oil crops, lignocellulosic crops, carbohydrate crops and speciality crops.

  • DSS

    First prototype available at the mid of 2019 The MAGIC-DSS (Decision Support System), maily focuses on the information needs of the MAGIC stakeholders from various fields - industry, farmers, scientists, governments

The impact of MAGIC will be maximized by integrating sustainability aspects (covering environment, society and economy) of the value chains. Success stories of industrial crops in EU regions will be analysed addressing technical, environmental, economic and social issues to produce policy recommendations and best-practice guidelines for their promotion at local/regional level. The project results, database, maps and the DSS tool will be used as dissemination tools to increase farmers’ awareness and establish strong links with EIP AGRI.

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