Agriculture is currently facing the challenge of ensuring food security. In addition, climate change affects the sustainability of farming systems by decreasing crop yield and soil fertility (Kakabouky, 2021). Novel agriculture practices, such as the inclusion of alternative crops into traditional cropping systems could be a new solution to pursue environmental benefits. In recent years, there has been growing interest in two easy-to-grow oilseed crops belonging to the Brassicaceae family: Camelina sativa (L. Crantz) and Brassica carinata (A. Braun). Camelina is a low agronomic input crop which can adapt to different environments and produce oil suitable for multiple bio-based application (Zanetti et al., 2021). Carinata is a resilient crop with high erucic acid contents, thus suited to produce biofuels, including aviation fuels (Seepaul et al., 2021). The present study was carried out to support the development of these two crops within conventional EU cropping systems, and to provide insights on the use of camelina and carinata oil.
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