Room: Poster Area
Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 1DV.4
Sustainable integrated agricultural management practices - Prospects of a sustainable production of biomass
Utilizing Contaminated Lands for Bioproduct and Bioenergy Production: Sorghum and Industrial Hemp as Low-ILUC Feedstocks
Short Introductive summary
The productive use of contaminated and marginal lands offers a sustainable pathway to generate renewable biomass while reducing pressure on fertile agricultural areas. This study evaluates fiber sorghum and industrial hemp cultivated on heavily metal-contaminated soils in the Thoriko mining area (Greece) to assess growth performance, heavy metal accumulation, and phytoremediation potential. The results demonstrate crop-specific responses to contamination, with sorghum showing superior biomass production and metal removal, while hemp exhibited lower productivity but measurable metal uptake and tolerance to contaminated conditions. These findings highlight the potential of resilient bioenergy crops for integrated biomass production and soil remediation.
Presenter
Efthymia ALEXOPOULOU
CRES - Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Biomass Dpt., GREECE
Presenter's biography
She is an agriculture engineer grantuated from the Agricultural University in Athens (AUA) with PhD on the “Adaptability and biomass productivity of the non-food crop Kenaf in Greeceâ€. She is responsible for Energy Crops Unit in Biomass Department of Center for Renewable Energy Sources.
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Co-authors:
E. Alexopoulou, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving, Athens, GREECE
E. Papazoglou, Agricultural University of Athens, GREECE
Session reference: 1DV.4.33