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What is Life ADA?

The Life ADA project aims to achieve concrete objectives in terms of resilience to climate change in 3 agrifood chains: dairy (Parmigiano-Reggiano), wine production, and fruit and vegetables.

In particular, LIFE ADA aims to:

1

Transfer knowledge on climate scenarios together with risk management and adaptive measures to improve farmers’ skills in addressing current and future climate risks

2

Build proper tools to support the decision-making process in outlining efficient adaptation plans at farm and supply-chain level

3

Define a coherent political strategy at a regional level to support adaptive planning by farmers

4

Promote an innovative approach for insurers to strengthen the ability to reduce risk and guarantee the insurability of farmers in the long term, despite the increase in catastrophic and systemic risks

The successful achievement of the project goals will be partly due to implementation of an innovative public-private partnership model between insurance, the public authorities (Regions), technical-scientific institutions, NGOs, agri-food cooperative representative bodies and professional agricultural organisations.

The project was initiated on an experimental basis in Emilia-Romagna, replicated in Veneto, Tuscany and Lazio and then extended to the entire country, thereby increasing the number of farmers involved.

The project was launched in September 2020 and will end in December 2024, for a total duration of 52 months.

The total budget allocated to Life ADA amounted to € 1,975,000, with € 1,084,004 of this funded by the European Commission.