Water Footprint reduction Durum Wheat Aureo Project 6 th Water Forum

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Water Footprint reduction Durum Wheat Aureo Project 6 th Water Forum Luca Ruini Barilla HSE&E Director BCFN Food for Sustainable Growth Reference 10 November 2011

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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

0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40

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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12.0

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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