Water Footprint reduction Durum Wheat Aureo Project 6 th Water Forum
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Water Footprint reductionDurum Wheat Aureo Project
6th Water Forum
Luca Ruini Barilla HSE&E Director
BCFN Food for Sustainable Growth Reference
10 November 2011
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NORTH ITALY
SOUTH ITALY
SPAIN
GREECE
SW USA
MEXICO
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Carbon footprint
Carbon footprint (kg CO2 per kg)
Durum wheat cultivation: different impact in different area
NORTH ITALY
SOUTH ITALY
SPAIN
GREECE
SW USA
MEXICO
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Energy LandCrop Land
Ecological footprint (global m2 per kg)
NORTH ITALY
SOUTH ITALY
SPAIN
GREECE
SW USA
MEXICO
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Green WaterBlue Water
Water footprint (litre of water per kg)
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Action• Develop new Italian high quality
Durum Wheat variety Aureo (traditional breeding)
• Sourcing of 20.000 t of Aureo Durum Wheat from South Italy cultivation than from SW US (Desert Area) with Alamo
AlamoSouth West USA
AureoMiddle Italy
Barilla Durum Wheat Aureo Water Footprint reduction
liter
/kg
Green Water:Evapotraspiration
Blue Water:Irrigation
AureoMiddle Italy
AlamoSouth-west USA
- 20 million of m3 (Blue Water)
-1.000t of CO2eq (transports)
Results