Keywords:
CO2 Sequestration
Waste recycling
Long-term experiments
Crop rotation
cropping techniques
N use efficiency
Crop residue management
His research activity started in 1980. He worked in projects
sponsored by several organizations, such as the Italian
Agricultural Ministry (projects PANDA on sustainable agriculture
and PRISCA on industrial crops), the Italian Ministry of Education
(ex 60% on weed control and N fertilisation) and Emilia Romagna
Region (N fertilizers and sewage sludge). He had the coordination
of an inter-university project (40% MURST) on Vegetable Sustainable
Management and of PRIN programmes on CO2 sequestration in tilled
soils. He is the responsible of conventions with Bologna “Cassa di
Risparmio” Foundation and Hera Ambiente Ltd. Recently his main research
activity concerned the recycling of municipal wastes and compost in
agricultural soils, N fertilization of cereal crops, soil organic
matter dynamics and the prosecution of long lasting (50 years)
agronomic field experiments on crop rotation, inorganic and organic
fertilisations, and crop residue management. Up to now he published
about 95 scientific papers and four books: on cauliflower cultivation, on agricultural ecology, on field crops and on general agronomy
