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LIFE DIMITRA aspires to achieve high GHG emissions savings and mitigate nitrogen losses from the efficient conversion of digestate into high quality bio-based fertilisers and the substitution of fossil mineral fertilisers, thus also fostering the principles of cascading use of digestate for the recycling of its nutrients. A significant decrease of GHG emissions from biogas digestate management is targeted, by enhancing digestate properties, developing new fertilising formulations from digestate, improving nutrient use efficiency for fertilisation and reducing the dependence on on-site land application. Apart from fertilisers, clean water is recovered, which can be used on-site or for irrigation purposes. Digestate valorisation will also lead to reduction of GHG emissions related to the storage and transportation of large volumes of raw digestate.

Demonstration of a range of simple, flexible and cost-effective decentralised treatment systems for digestate’s valorisation, turning it into a suitable fertiliser or soil amender

Development of new fertilising products that overcome digestate shortcomings, while creating further environmental, economical and social benefits

Demonstration of the potential new business models and marketing approach to agro-food actors and farmers

Support of the successful incorporation of integrated system innovation approaches aiming at the valorisation of digestate into existing and future national and EU-level policies
